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Location: Menomonie, WI | I'm looking for a new headlamp for night fishing. Something light that doesn't suck 20 batteries an hour. Anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks!!
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Location: Holly, MI | Look at the LED lamps. They have a very low battery drain. I have an LED flashlight that supposed to be able to be left on 24 hours a day for 8 days straight! The LED ones are more expensive but since when did that ever stop folks with Esox feaver from buying anything |
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Location: Lindenhurst, Illinois | Whatever you decide on make sure you get one with an on/off switch and not one that you have to rotate the light to turn on. Much easier when you have a fish on. |
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Location: Edina, MN | I got an LED one at the Orvis store last year and I am on my second season with the same batteries and use it all the time. Had a nice regular one before but the LED's are amazing. |
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Location: Illinois-Indiana | Make sure you get one with a seperate battery compartment that you can clip on your belt, the ones with the batteries on the headlamp are too heavy. |
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Location: Chicago, IL | I have to ditto the LED lamp deal... my twist is to try and find one that emits red light as well as white. The reason is that I keep my red on all the time... Red light will not attract bugs and it is just bright enough to see your bait coming in but not so bright that it would startle a following fish.
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | I have been using a Streamlight Topspot II for the past year. My fishing partners had me order them Topspots after seeing how well it worked. It has a Krypton bulb in it and an adjustable beam. It is the flashlight used by the NYFD because of it's ability to cut through lots of crap (smoke, fog, algae bloom, skeeters). If you search around you can find them on the net for about $20 (order spare lamps right away to save on the extra shipping, they cost about $2.50 each) They can be used as a headlamp or closed to form a regular flashlight. They have an unbreakable lense cover, and a red cover only cost a dollar. |
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| I too tired of bulbs blowing... 
Edited by Sponge 4/30/2007 6:53 AM
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | Last winter I bought a Streamlight (Septor model) . It has 7 LED's with the capability of turning on 1,3,or all 7. It uses 3 AAA batteries with a reported battery life of 150 hours. It is extremely light weight and very comfortable. I currently have well over a hundred hours on it with absolutely no complaints. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | I got a rayovac light at walmart that has 4 settings: Off Red LED Blue LED Regular flashlight bulb It also has the strap over the top of the head (that helps a lot to keep it on the head) |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | LED's? I think carbide is the wave of the future. + you can cook a can of beenie weenies on your head while you fish.
I did work in a coal mine you know! |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN |
Red and white LEDs, try this
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?p=WX2&i=70078
Or, if you want better quality, try Petzl headlamps. I have a Petzl Zipka LED and a Petzl Micro with krypton bulb that both work well. The Micro only lasts about 4 hours with 2 AA's but with a beam you can adjust. LEDs are more like a floodlight without a focused beam but they last a lot longer. Both have batteries in the light housing but you wouldn’t know it. REI, Galyan's, and I think Gander all carry them.
Or look here
http://www.rei.com/online/store/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=400000080...
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