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Lorraine · 07-29-2010, 01:00 PM

I will go camping with my friends. and I found that I did not have enough materials. I want to buy a camping light. but my friends told me it is very heavy. is it true? the camping light and headlamp, which is more practical? I find this headlamp https://www.tinydeal.com/headlamp-px2...43-p-7150.html
it is good?

gavin2511 · 07-29-2010, 01:11 PM

head lamp head lamp head lamp!!!

it puts light where you are looking, as a camp light will give area light!(poorly)

08-07-2010, 06:17 AM

Yeah, I think a headlamp will come in the handiest.

I don't know about you guys, but we always have a fire going when we're up camping, so you don't really need a lamp to light the immediate area.
However, when I have to excuse myself to the "little girls bush", I definitely need a light of some kind. Flashlights work alright, but headlamps require no hands.

Hash Zeppelin · 08-08-2010, 12:15 AM

go with the head lamp. it is hands free and points where you look. carry extra batteries.

Kalifornia · 01-21-2011, 12:19 AM

headlamp all the way!
a good red led light will give longer battery life too.

HighDesertJoe · 01-21-2011, 01:08 AM

I spent many of nights outdoors either backpacking or fishing and hands down Head Lamp are the only way to go. take a lot of extra battery's and often neglected is spare bulbs. Good Luck be safe have FUN

mosstrooper · 02-15-2011, 05:23 PM

I use almost exclusivly wind up torches now, they are a bit lumpy, and they arent the brightest torch in the shop, but you never need batterys, and it doesnt matter how fancy, tough, light, or sexy your headlamp is if it has no batterys you are stuffed.

Wind up torches often come with an adaptor that will allow you to give a mobile phone enough of a charge to make a call.

If the chips where down, a wind up torch might save your life.

angel4us · 02-15-2011, 05:33 PM

you need a mini mag light on string around your neck . a head lamp is a must . and hopefully somebody will have lantern or u got good ol fashion camp fire light. definitly have safety glasses on in woods boys !!! had a close freind lose sight in one eye getting fire wood in dark!

Sgt.Stedenko · 05-05-2011, 02:54 PM

Petzl, Fenix and Zebralight make some fine headlamps.
LED's are the way to go. Incandescent, halogen and xenon bulbs are a waste of battery.

Kirby · 05-05-2011, 11:04 PM

Think everything has been covered. Headlamp is the way to go. The mini-lanterns made by Black Diamond are pretty useful for group settings as well as for reading in your tent, but they are not cheap. A spare flashlight in the backpack is good item to bring, especially if you're not doing extended backpacking trips (where weight matters).

Also, lithium batteries weigh less and last 40% longer.

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Lorraine New Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2	camping light or headlamp I will go camping with my friends. and I found that I did not have enough materials. I want to buy a camping light. but my friends told me it is very heavy. is it true? the camping light and headlamp, which is more practical? I find this headlamp https://www.tinydeal.com/headlamp-px2...43-p-7150.html it is good?
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gavin2511 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: area 51 or ask your mum she know!! Posts: 490	head lamp head lamp head lamp!!! it puts light where you are looking, as a camp light will give area light!(poorly) __________________ https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=183534 cfl growers club MARIJUANA horticulture the indoor/outdoor medical growers bible-by jorge cervantes all comments made are purely for entertainment only!!
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08-07-2010, 06:17 AM	#3
mustardshanty Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah, I think a headlamp will come in the handiest. I don't know about you guys, but we always have a fire going when we're up camping, so you don't really need a lamp to light the immediate area. However, when I have to excuse myself to the "little girls bush", I definitely need a light of some kind. Flashlights work alright, but headlamps require no hands.
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01-21-2011, 12:19 AM	#5
Kalifornia Deadhead Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 104	headlamp all the way! a good red led light will give longer battery life too.
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HighDesertJoe COME ON PEOPLE NOW Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: High Desert Ca Posts: 1,317	I spent many of nights outdoors either backpacking or fishing and hands down Head Lamp are the only way to go. take a lot of extra battery's and often neglected is spare bulbs. Good Luck be safe have FUN __________________ When you're falling awake and you take stock of the new day and you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say, well, don't you fret, don't you fear, I will give you good cheer. Life's a long song. Jethro Tull
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02-15-2011, 05:33 PM	#8
angel4us Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: the third coast -sw michigan! Posts: 518	you need a mini mag light on string around your neck . a head lamp is a must . and hopefully somebody will have lantern or u got good ol fashion camp fire light. definitly have safety glasses on in woods boys !!! had a close freind lose sight in one eye getting fire wood in dark!
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05-05-2011, 02:54 PM	#9
Sgt.Stedenko Crotchety Cabaholic Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,446	Petzl, Fenix and Zebralight make some fine headlamps. LED's are the way to go. Incandescent, halogen and xenon bulbs are a waste of battery. __________________ "Get a goddamn job before sundown, or we're shipping you off to military school with the goddamn Finklestein shit kid...Son of a bitch!" "I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints, and then I smoke two more"
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05-05-2011, 11:04 PM	#10
Kirby Godspeed to your Mind Hamster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: West TX Posts: 310	Think everything has been covered. Headlamp is the way to go. The mini-lanterns made by Black Diamond are pretty useful for group settings as well as for reading in your tent, but they are not cheap. A spare flashlight in the backpack is good item to bring, especially if you're not doing extended backpacking trips (where weight matters). Also, lithium batteries weigh less and last 40% longer. __________________ Because the fact is, what blinds us to the presence of alien intelligence is linguistic and cultural bias operating on ourselves. The world which we perceive is a tiny fraction of the world which we can perceive, which is a tiny fraction of the perceivable world, you see. We operate on a very narrow slice based on cultural conventions. So the important thing, if synergizing progress is the notion to be maximized (and I think it's the notion to be maximized), is to try and locate the blind spot in the culture -- the place where the culture isn't looking, because it dare not -- because if it were to look there, its previous values would dissolve, you see. For Western Civilization that place is the psychedelic experience as it emerges out of nature. -- Terence McKenna
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