How Many Carry a Second Light

[Crafty Angler]

Yeah but you guys call it a "torch" don't you?

[Mike P]

I usually have 3. Princeton Tec around my neck, a spare Garrity LED in my fanny pack, and a headlamp apiece in my jig and plug bags.

And this is a guy who does 95% of his fishing in the Canal where there's a nav light every 1/10th of a mile

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Mike P

And this is a guy who does 95% of his fishing in the Canal where there's a nav light every 1/10th of a mile

I lost a light one night when accessing the canal from the 100 steps. Took me about 20 minutes to make it back up to my vehicle in the pitch dark. Stumbled many times and almost broke a leg.

Now I carry two lights on one headband. Looks funny, but works fine.

[shadow]

I carry two,yet one night my main light goes dead and my back up is also dead,so my partner and me share his light walking back a pretty good hike on some god awful black rocks,slippery as hell,well it takes us twice as long to get back to are cars,when we get back I remember that my cell phone has a flashlight feature. oh ya look at what my phone does.

[doc]

maybe a dumb question, but why do you wear a headlight around your neck?

[shadow]

Originally Posted by doc

maybe a dumb question, but why do you wear a headlight around your neck?

for me it is out of habit,mostly it is more comfortable and I have better control of my light.I can drop it and cup it when I am talking with some one so I don't blind them.same goes when scouting the water for a rock.

[shadow]

also I can't afford to constrict any blood flow to my brain.

[doc]

i think you might constrict more blood flow to you brain with light around your neck!!

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by NIB

A headlamp can be fun under the covers also.

Geez, and here I am using a necklight...

[SirWinston]

Originally Posted by doc

maybe a dumb question, but why do you wear a headlight around your neck?

So that when you are perched on a rock at dark thirty and a bloody great wave appears out of nowhere (which tends to happen with annoying regularity), it is not able to knock your light off your head into the welcoming darkness around you.....

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Yeah but you guys call it a "torch" don't you?

Headlight/necklight translates fine, but when it is 'flashlight', then guilty as charged, your honour.......

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I lost a light one night when accessing the canal from the 100 steps. Took me about 20 minutes to make it back up to my vehicle in the pitch dark. Stumbled many times and almost broke a leg.

Now I carry two lights on one headband. Looks funny, but works fine.

I haven't done the 100 steps in years. That's why I have a bike, to access areas from the Run to the campground

[smac]

i will be this weekend. New moon baby!

[jimmy z]

I have two spares, and extra batteries, at all times.

[steve]

Always carry a back-up.

[BassDawg]

OKAY!! alright,,,,,,,,Allready!!

i'll go get a back-up today..........
always have a b-up of batteries, ziplocked in the backpack
there's plenty of room for another necklamp and a "torch".

maglites are the chit, even the minimags bust
out some mega candleage; considering their size.

[ivanputski]

I never understood why i see so many guys wearing a "head" lamp around their neck. When I need the light, I need it to shine wherever my eyes are looking... I dont need to look down and jam it into my chest with my chin... and you KNOW its not going to be shining where you need it. I think most wear it around their neck out of fear of looking like an over-zealous newbie... to show how seldom they actually need it. Who knows, but for me, a light dangling on my neck is a flat out nuisance.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by ivanputski

I never understood why i see so many guys wearing a "head" lamp around their neck. When I need the light, I need it to shine wherever my eyes are looking... I dont need to look down and jam it into my chest with my chin... and you KNOW its not going to be shining where you need it. I think most wear it around their neck out of fear of looking like an over-zealous newbie... to show how seldom they actually need it. Who knows, but for me, a light dangling on my neck is a flat out nuisance.

If you have bifocals it works a lot better.
It won't fall off.
I get less light in my eyes with it around my neck.

[Joe]

I used to use rechargeable batteries - I would always have a light fail during the cold nights of fall.
I use an LED light now and alkalines - never have had one fail - but I still carry two. It's dark about twice as long in the late fall as it is the summer.

[Saltheart]

headlamp , minimag in pocket , LLBeane lcd light clipped to jig bag.

[SirWinston]

Originally Posted by ivanputski

I never understood why i see so many guys wearing a "head" lamp around their neck. When I need the light, I need it to shine wherever my eyes are looking... I dont need to look down and jam it into my chest with my chin... and you KNOW its not going to be shining where you need it. I think most wear it around their neck out of fear of looking like an over-zealous newbie... to show how seldom they actually need it. Who knows, but for me, a light dangling on my neck is a flat out nuisance.

The one I have is essentially a headlight. Hang it around your neck (so that bloody wave can't get it without a fight...) until you need it , then move it up to your forehead and bring the strap up as needed...

A hell of a lot more comfortable over time, to say the least.
The one I have also has an adjustable LED head, which does pretty well even at the neck, or when I sometimes bring it up only to place the pad over my mouth (too busy/lazy to get it up to the forehead and works almost as well, without it getting in the eyes at all).

[Goose]

my 2nd light is a little penguin(1 triple batt), boaters world carries 'um