How Many Carry a Second Light
 

Needed my backup light last night. Middle of nowhere. Dark. Went to turn on my light and nothing. Good thing I carry an extra.

SOP for me now after my one light crapped out one dark night on CH- thankfully gary soldati had a spare.

I've carried two with me ever since the night I got the Jehovah beat out of me on some rocks trying to get back in during a big swell. A good scare will teach you more than good advice or so I've heard.

Two. Always. A Princeton Tec 40 on some surge tube around my neck and a duplicate spare in my bag.

I also have a USCG approved emergency strobe velcro-ed high up on my wader strap just in case. Old Uncle Zeke used to call it a body recovery device but I figure upping the odds if you go over the side never hurts.

Don't leave home without it.

I always have at least one or two of those Photon micro lights on me. I use the orange colored one when I walk at nite whether fishing or whatever. I pack mine with grease to help stop rust.

I've also started to carry a small glow in the dark compass !! I've not gotten lost fishing, but I have stayed in the woods too long and walking out with no lite land marks is a real drag. :( Better safe than sorry. Doesn't hurt to carry spare batteries in a Ziplock along with some of those breakfast bars/energy bars as well).

Those Fenix LED lights are the bomb for the $. Those chunky little D123 lithium batteries hold a charge for over a decade. LED bulbs won't burn out easily so you don't need to worry about busting the wire on the bulb.

Due to energy cut backs there will no longer be a light on at the end of the tunnel:jump1:

Always- small red one on my hat and a Maglite with a litebite on a lanyard around my neck inside my shirt. And sometimes I even carry a third small cheapie in a pocket if I have one.

Man - I miss fishing with my partner Zeke. Best darn surf fisherman that not many people know about.

Always have at least a small pen red light as a backup. I can remember using the old heavy Justright headlamps with 4 D cells and the friggin cord from the battery pack up to the light. Damn bulbs would burn out or the cord would corrode at the worst time - too big to carry an extra.

DZ

In addition to my head lite (which is always on my neck for some reason) I carry a 6" maglite on tied on a string hanging off my neck and inside my waders. Some nights I don't turn on a light all night but if I use the 2nd light I'm damm happy I had it.

I'm up to 3 on account of having 2 nights where not one but both lights managed to fail.

I've since changed lights but I still usually have 3 lights on me; one small one for dealing with fish and other up close tasks, one bright one if I need it for walking or emergencies, and one more very waterproof back up light.

They're all compact so even though 3 is a lot of lights it doesn't slow me down at all.

More times than not, I have a small led around my neck along with a headlight.

I've gone out and had 2 lights bad..:hs:

always carry a backup light. We all have "dark" stories.

I always keep a spare in my surf bag as a "just in case" light. I've actually used it quite a few times even when not really planning on fishing into dark.

always carry two - you never know if the British will be coming by land or by sea

Always have my head lamp, and a good waterproof around my neck..

princeton tec blast around my neck that use for retrying, ect

one on my head for walking out

the blast has amazing power for a small light

Creepy light story...
 

Out at Naps, the point... VERY FOGGY.

I have a head light, and a neck light.

For NO reason the neck light turns on. I turn it off.

a little later it goes on again... I turn it off.

a minute or two later it starts flashing. I cannot turn it off.
I bang it a few times... It goes off.

Again, it turns on and I cannot get it to go out. Now I'm getting creeped out.

I decide to take out the batteries. My greatest fear is that the light will stay on...

It doesn't. Fish the rest of the tide a little unsettled, but no worse for the wear.


I swear, If that light had stayed on I would have crapped myself.

"head" light around the neck, mini mag on a lanyard as backup, extra batteries for both just in case of the dreaded double failure.

Head lamp around the neck and a Princeton Tec light on a lanyard, with a spare Princeton Tec in the plug bag.

-spence

Head lamp around my neck. That is all.


I like to live dangerously.

Head lamp and a mag light on a cord around my neck every time.

me also. For years. Got caught short lighted a few times but so what. Let you eyes adjust and you can move OK.

Me too, Dennis - he's out in the Northwest now banging barndoor halibut and cohos as you probably know.

Hey, D, how about a light tackle blackfish category in the senior division for old guys like me and Zeke this coming year for the club record? :hihi:

Nah, nevermind, Bryan and George will probably wanna get in on the action....:fishslap:

Always

OK,I'll admit it I am a flashlight junky..
I have at least a dozen of em.I bought one last night.
From this neat little one I wear on my hat for tying knots to the big blasters that IMO are still the best light made..And all the P-Tec models in between.
Anyone else have this affliction..??

:wave:

I use a small headlamp for retying,unhooking fish... and a Surefire G2 nitrolon on a lanyard around my neck to navigate through the surf,rocks,etc... only problem with the Surefire non-LED lights are when they go dead there's no signs of the light dimming and they're $15 a pair for batteries at the nearest pharmacy.

Always have a spare in the plug bag, fits pretty good in the AS medium bag. And carry an extra set of batteries. The headlamp i have eats em fast.

A headlamp can be fun under the covers also.:heybaby: :p:point::rotf3:

:musc:

Ahem, in case you hadn't noticed, the British are already here!! :D

You never know, they may be able to lend you a light if needed......:kewl:

As for myself, my loyalty from way back is to the Royal Marines who are always able to arrive by land AND by sea :hihi: