Dave,
Take a look at this light and share if you see fit. I buy these for
construction work (Re-habbing old houses, maintenance inside of power
generation turbines.. Stuff like that), as well as caving. 3AA batteries give
over 6 hours of constant light. Spot and wide beam (or both). Batteries in
back, balance the load. Water tight (but have not gone swimming in one).
I have purchased several, not because they fail, but I loose them occasionally.
They work great with rechargable batteries (electronic boosters, keep the
voltage the same with rechargeable or alkaline).
Energizer Model number tufhd31pe
Available from a range of sources.. I paid over $40 for mine (well my employer
did at the time, and there was only one source)
Zoro has them for $25,06 and free shipping if you buy two.
https://www.zoro.com/energizer-industrial-headlamp-led-tufhd31pe/i/G2658424/?msclkid=2f71bdd9bca9114caefde1a4145de320&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLA_US_Low%20PC%20%3E%2010%20Clicks&utm_term=4581664953884707&utm_content=Lighting,%20Flashlights%20%26%20Batteries&gclid=CLGhxtrG6eACFeKbswod-NIMHA&gclsrc=ds
Never heard of Zoro, and you can find other bargains on the web.
Cheers
Robert (Now in Upstate NY)
On 3/4/2019 3:10:06 PM, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote:
With all the gloom and doom reported by the media, I thought I would
post some good news.
Walmart now has a headlamp suitable caving in most Texas caves and it is under
$ 25 including tax.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-300-Lumen-Rechargeable-Multi-Color-Headlamp/238499223
[https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-300-Lumen-Rechargeable-Multi-Color-Headlamp/238499223]
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/3a7de120-e127-40a2-bfd8-fa85f522b68a_1.d82c0907cc23d9ed9b0216e4f591691f.jpeg
[https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/3a7de120-e127-40a2-bfd8-fa85f522b68a_1.d82c0907cc23d9ed9b0216e4f591691f.jpeg]
I think I paid $ 23 plus tax.
Here is a video review of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMiAgVrXxU
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmMiAgVrXxU]
I have been waiting for a lamp like this for 30 years. I do not recall seeing
it in my recent visits to Walmart in the past month, however,
I do not live near any of the nice Walmarts ( there is a difference between a
ghetto Walmart and the ones near the upper-class areas of the
suburbs ).
The headband is large enough to fit on a caving helmet.
There are no silly light settings. You have a choice of 5 different light
modes. There is a separate switch
for bright spot light and a bright flood light and a dimmer spot light and a
dimmer flood light, and finally
practical red lights. No strobes, SOS, or green or blue, etc. You have to
intentionally hold down on the left
switch to get the reds to turn on. That is good.
And this part you won't see on other reviews: You can actually press both
switches and have several combinations
of the above. How cool is that ! It is like having to headlamps built
into one tiny unit. I guess you could mount
two or three of these to your headlamp and look like some futuristic caver.
The USB port can be covered with a piece of duct-tape while caving. If it
loses battery power, you just
remove the headlamp and put on another one.
It is not an ugly headlamp. It seems to be well constructed, and appears to
be slightly water-resistant.
I would not wear it in HoneyCreek Cave, or a similar cave where the headlamp
would be dunked underwater.
I would only use it as a back up headlamp for large caves or for an expedition
underground.
My only 2 criticisms is there is not a headlamp band to go over the central
part of the helmet, and they battery
life is limited to the very tiny battery in the housing. You must carry
additional headlamps if this is going to be
your primary headlamp. However, I would bet you could easily do Whirlpool
Cave, or a similar Travis County
cave without ever using up the battery, especially if you cave on the dim
setting.
Having USB recharging capability is great for car camping or when you just need
a headlamp near your car, as
they are so easy to recharge, either with the car's electrical outlet, or a
portable power-bank. I have seen portable
power-banks super cheap at retail stores like BIG LOTS. Walmart even
carries some rugged water-resistant
portable power-banks.
David Locklear
P.S.
The only other good news I have, is that someone on the internet ( who I do not
know ) claims that yesterday
they saw the person that I was alleging was missing. I assume that they saw
the person in the Clear Lake area of Houston,
or that they only knew somebody else that saw this person somewhere, meaning it
was 2nd-hand rumor. They
did not indicate if they spoke to this person, or if they saw them from a
distance. I was not at liberty to be nosey
with this person.
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