A store called Gander Mountain has a new 3 watt LED headlamp made by the Browning Co.
http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/lites/images/371841m.jpg It retails for $ 86.00 there. This should be an ideal caving lamp, assuming your willing to buy lithium batteries or the newer rechargeable li-ions. Although the headlamp is small, it is too much light for a cave like Airmans's, and I think the burn time is probably less than 4 hours. Has anyone ever burned out a Luxeon type LED? Has anyone experienced light failure with a luxeon type lamp? I have several flashlights using these bulbs, and they seem to be a more reliable than the standard krypton bulb. I think a creative caver could mount 2 of these headlamps on their helmet. This would give you plenty of light in a borehole passage, and provide a back-up light source using the same batteries as your primary light. David Locklear _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list Texascavers@texascavers.com http://mail.texascavers.com/mailman/listinfo/texascavers_texascavers.com
