The product I am about to describe is one of the best LED lights I
have found so far.
http://www.amazon.com/ICON-D773-Icon-Flashlight-Titanium/dp/B003W5X22S
You could call it a high-tech pen light. It is very well constructed.
It is versatile. You could duct-tape it to the side of the helmet.
You could use
it as your primary light source in Airman's Cave. It has a very
sturdy clip that
would allow you to clip on your chest harness while you are climbing rope.
It has a very good light pattern. I really like the way the high
beam and low beam
are. The high is very bright and the low is very dim. This makes
a great back-up
light to throw in your cave pack. Use the dim setting for when you
are just sitting
around in the cave. Use the high when you are walking around an underground
camp, or for cooking.
It appears to be very water resistant if not water proof to a few feet.
I claim this is the best LED product of the year 2010.
My only complaints after a brief test are that it only comes in a grey
color, and if you
don't screw the battery cap down very tight then the spring on the
battery doesn't make
complete contact. Both of those problems can be corrected with a
little caver ingenuity.
For cavers whose primary light source uses triple-A batteries, I would
call this light a
must have - for the simple reason that you only need to carry a few
spare AAA's with
you in your pack.
I know there are prominent cavers that no longer use mag-lites or
flashlights as their 2nd or 3rd
source of light, but this one is worth having.
If I ever do go caving again, I will be taking this light with me.
There is absolutely no excuse for cavers running out of light on a
caving trip. There
are so many tiny lights now that put out 3 hours of usable light with
just 2 or 3 AAA batteries.
Ref:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=icon+solo]&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=7884724305919424630&ei=wroKTbaVBYL58AbO5qSiAQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCoQ8wIwAg#
Disclaimer: I only briefly tested it in the backyard. If
anybody wants to buy one and test it thoroughly,
in a cave, that would be great.
David Locklear
281-995-8487
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