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    Kevin Stephens
    Member

    @kykevin

    Locale: Land of Arches

    What do you all use for light around the camp? No one ever really talks about that, just flashlights?

    #1392143
    Aaron Sorensen
    BPL Member

    @awsorensen

    Locale: South of Forester Pass

    For normal a normal utilitarian knife, the Fenix Cree LOD with it's single AAA battery is hard to beat.
    You get 9 hours of low with a lithium battery that is brighter than all but the best 3AAA headlamps.

    It's also much more water resistant and shock-proof than a head lamp and weighs just under an ounce.
    It doesn't even compare to any of the other model Crees.
    If you want a really sweet light, going with any of the other models will not do you wrong. Especially if you want to do any night hiking.
    Ounce for ounce there is no headlamp out there that can even come close to the Crees.

    #1392157
    Jonathan Duckett
    BPL Member

    @thunderhead

    Locale: Great Smoky Mountains

    I use a Petzl Tikka XP. Great, powerful light but be warned that it loses its maximum brightness pretty quick after putting brand new batteries in it. I've never used lithium in it, so that may porlong the maximum brightness. I also have a Princeton Tech Impulse Micro Light. The Tikka XP weighs 3.3 oz with batteries and the Micro Light weighs .5 oz with the hat clip on it.

    #1392164
    Mark Verber
    BPL Member

    @verber

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    If I wasn't a flashlight geek I just take a photon freedom button light except trips where I was planning to do a lot of night hiking in which case I would most likely bring a Princeton Tec EOS. But I am a flashlight geek so I bring other lights to play with / test. I have a list of recommended flashlights

    #1392168
    Sam Haraldson
    BPL Member

    @sharalds

    Locale: Gallatin Range

    For emergencies I have a Photon Freedom Microlight that is on a lanyard which never leaves my neck (along with my Swiss Army Classic knife and my whistle). For regular camp duties and night-hiking I carry a Black Diamond Spot headlamp.

    #1392170
    Benjamin Tomsky
    Member

    @btomsky

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    I carry one red and one white photon freedom on a lanyard around my neck and use the clips to attach them to my hat at night. I use the red to read and do close-distance chores, and the white if I need to go somewhere. Sometimes I bring another white one if I plan to hike at night. Two white photon freedoms aimed in approximately the same direction is plenty bright for night hiking…

    #1392172
    Adam Rothermich
    BPL Member

    @aroth87

    Locale: Missouri Ozarks

    I've been using a PT Aurora and the free PT Pulsar (similar to the Photon) that came with it.
    I keep the Pulsar on a lanyard around my neck with a whistle and small Swiss Army knife.
    I keep the Aurora in my pack and, although its a great light, I find myself using it less and less. I've thought about getting the e-LITE or a real Photon to replace it to save some weight.

    Adam

    #1392188
    Jason Turner
    Member

    @headchange4u

    I use a Petzel E+Lite. It's great. 27 grams including batteries, 45 hour burn time low, 35 hour on high, it has strobes, super bright LEDs and a red LED. You can wear it on your head, wrist, hat, shirt, etc. I use it in my hammock a lot. Just clip it to the ridge line and you are good to go.

    #1392189
    Jonathan Ryan
    BPL Member

    @jkrew81

    Locale: White Mtns

    I second the Fenix LOD CE. Brighter than my tikka xp at half the weight, with fewer batteries and actually works with lithium batteries. Duct tape a Photon clip and voila, you have a headlamp.

    #1392213
    Kevin Stephens
    Member

    @kykevin

    Locale: Land of Arches

    Thanks for all the info

    #1392229
    Jason Klass
    BPL Member

    @jasonklass

    Locale: Colorado

    Princeton Tec EOS.

    #1392536
    Fred Stevenson
    Member

    @freds

    Locale: Montana

    My Petzl Tikka Plus weighs only 2oz. It is brightest of all in a compact size (barely bigger than the three AAA batteries). I do not like the strap headbands and don't want to carry the weight. I took my old North Face hat, which is gore-tex lined with a rollable baseball brim, and modifed the adjustment strap in back to hold the light. The hat only weighs 1oz.and both the hat and light are water proof, so I just have to turn my hat around to have a light in any weather.

    #1397169
    Andrew :-)
    Member

    @terra

    Locale: Sydney, Australia.

    Great "Tikka plus on the hat" idea. I love it!
    Thanks.

    #1397680
    Elliott Wolin
    BPL Member

    @ewolin

    Locale: Hampton Roads, Virginia

    I don't know why anyone would use anything other than Photon Freedoms. I carry two, one white, the other one emitting light that does not mess up your night vision (red, blue-green I think, etc). They weigh next to nothing, give plenty of light, and can be dimmed to whatever level you need.

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