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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Need to get a few new head lamps for me and my clients for 2006.
I have been using the Kat Eyes that slide on the bill of your hat, and a 1,000,000 candle powerflash light.
Don't want anything HUGE, or heavy.
What is the best flashlight to get for around $35.00 (for one) as I need to get three of them and don't want to break the bank
Links would also be appreciated if you could offer up any!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I'm using the Energizer for tracking deer when there is snow, and a RayO Vac for general use including fishing. The Energizer is very bright and the Ray O Vac has a wider, but not as bright beam. Both use 2AA batteries, and both have elastic headbands. For fall tracking I'm using a Guide Gear 7 LED headlamp that lights up the forest floor almost as well as my Coleman tracking lantern. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | At the end of the season I bought a new Petzl Tikka LED head lamp that I really like. They are $37.99. It has 3 dimmer settings to save battery life and weights virtually nothing with only 2 AAA batteries.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=00366...
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Location: NeverNever Lake | I bought this one several months ago and I couldn't be happier. The headlamps we used in the coal mines pert near 30 years ago couldn't come close to todays LED's in both brightness and efficiency ....... this is the first 3 watter headlamp that I know of and it's like fishing in broad daylight,, get this for yourself go to wally's for your client's...
http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=003432351... |
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| Leave the dance with who brought ya.Cat Eyes.Great light, convenient and cheap. Steve |
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| i like the Cats Eyes for the fact that they are not near as bulky as most others. couple pairs of those and a big spot and you are set |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I have a cheap Rayovac light I used a lot this past season at night and was very pleased with it. It has a LED white light, LED red light and a regular light for distance. |
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| Sounds like Medic has the same one I've got.
Have had it for a couple years and just replaced the batteries this summer.
Has been very reliable for lots of stuff including picking crawlers for vacation.
The only drawback I can see is that the on switch turns a bit hard. Can somtimes give you problems with one hand.
I think I paid like 19 bucks at Wally World.
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Location: Contrarian Island | Petzl makes the best headlamps IMO...Cabelas has them
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| I have a couple of the little Petzl ticca led lights: absolutly fantastic.
Batteries last a long time, plenty of light, super small and can fit into any pocket or cubby and the strap is comfortable enough. Plus, no cords. I think they are coming with red lesens now so your night vision doesn't get so screwed up. I know what you mean about the switch being tough--but because I keep it in my pocket, I'm glad it won't get turned on by accident. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | ...
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| I second the PrincetonTec EOS. LED headlamps are by far the best! They do cost a little more ($30 ain't bad, though!) but you make it back in batteries. They use very little power compared to halogen or (gulp) incandecent bulbs and are much lighter and brighter. I also have an Energizer LED headlamp ... it's nice, but not anywhere near as good as the EOS. |
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| Maybe I am wrong, but I do quite a bit of night fishing and every single LED headlamp I have tried is only good for tying knots and picking out backlashes. I don't care if they have two or ten of those little lights, I was not able to see a fish out in the water ten to fifteen feet away with LED's!!!!
The four Princeton headlamps that I bought at a Outfitter store in Ely, MN this summer all took a big giant crap after using them for about two weeks. Not really happy with those either. Does anyone that fish a lot at night and catch a lot of fish at night know of a good headlamp that Mike Hulbert and I can buy for ourselves and clients????? Something around $30 that casts a bright light out into the water about ten to fifteen feet away, and lasts for more than two weeks. I also don't want a heavy one because they cause headaches.
I used a Petzel Micro but it isn't bright enough. I am definitely leaning towards a brighter Petzel because I really like the one I have, but am wondering if any one knows of a better headlamp.
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Location: The desert | For a hand held beam light.....now this may sound ridiculous BUT....my buddy got a really nice one from Aldi's you know the strange grocery store that not many people go to....well we college students in Point know that they have cheap stuff so we shop there for food and such....they also have some off name brand stuff that is actually pretty decent, check out the hand held spotlight there....great price, great product......I also saw right before I left for break that they also had the handheld GPS Garmin Etrex (yellow one) for like 70 buck...not sure what they run now at gander or cabellas but seems like that is a decent price.
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Location: Watertown, MN | Tried several, but I just picked up a Cabelas head lamp with 50,000 candle power, it also has a spot light at 10K candle. It was 39 or 49 marked down to $19. Took it into the basement last night seems okay, it also has a rechargable lithium battery pack, plus a back up pack that runs on 4 AA batteries, hopefully this will save me from buying handfull of batteries.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I also have a Brinkman that is VERY bright. Supposed to be the brightest out there, and that I don't doubt. |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Lightweight, Easy to Use Durable with Bright lamps and Red lights too. I got mine at Home Depot or Fleet Farm, I think. Here's the link to the energizer website. http://www.energizer.com/products/flashlights/flashlight.asp?cat=4&... |
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| Chad,
Mount some tractor lights on your boat if you want to light up the water. I spend SO much time on the water at night that that's what I did. I put four lights on the boat (one in each "corner) and it lights up the water about 25' out around the entire boat.
Petzel makes a LED/Halogen combo headlamp for about $90. It has a bright halogen bulb that would do a good job of lighting up the water to net a fish but still has the better LED light for work inside the boat.
If you want to use a headlamp for netting fish my recommendation is to spend the money on a good one with a bright halogen bulb and buy/use rechargeable batteries.
John |
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Location: north central wisconsin | ...
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | I have been using the same Petzl for a good dozen years now, pretty lightweight, run ya about 30 bucks. |
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| I have done quit a bit of night fishing and have tried a ton of head lamps. What I found is the best is a Rayovac from Walmart which has the LED on the bottom and the bigger beam on top. It is light weight so you do not get a headache after wearing it for 4 hours and it will light up the fish perfect. I have spent a ton of money on these things and this is by far the best I found. Later Troy |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | TroyZ, I also bought one of those from Cabelas the other day, for $19.99 I couldn't pass it up.
Chad is right, as we have talked about it in the past. The LED's are good for backlashes, putting on hooks, split rings, etc.. but in my opinion they just don't cut it for night fishing.
I will be doing some more research, but I am, and I know Chad is to, looking for a head lamp with a actual light bulb as they are WAY better for finding the fish and seeing it at night.
If any of you know of any with a actual light bulb that is SUPER bright, please let me know.
I appreciate all the advice so far. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I also do alot of night fishing, Pewaukee having so much traffic you need to fish at night. Sportsman Warehouse had 10 - 15 different types of lights. Theres like 4 things that you need: 1) How much light do you need 2) How comfortable is it to wear and will it stay on your head. 3) how long will the battery last. 4) How easy is it to turn off-on. I've tried those cheap 2 cell clip on's but the weight on the front of the hat is annoying, plus theres about 2 of them on the bottom of the lake. The CATSeye looks the best for light weight but the batteries look to be expensive. Has anyone used the GERBER single "AAA" model. It's price around $15.00 bucks? The other one I would like to try is a battery pack on your belt just the lamp as weight, is the cord in the way? Great post you would think that something as small as a head lamp would produce this many listings.
Happy New Year.....
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | I use a Petzl that has a remote battery pack that I strap to my belt that holds 4 C-cell batteries and I am very pleased with it. Like Chad have found the LED's ( I have two of the 3-light Cat Eyes) aren't good for much beyond your fingertips.
Only think I know of that would be as good or probably better than the model I'm using is the lights that the coon hunters use. My buddy has one with a rechargable batter pack that straps to his belt. He pop-rivited the light right to the front of a baseball style cap and the thing is unvelievably bright and very comfortable. The battery pack isn't really noticable on your belt and if you run the wire up your back it is totally out of the way.
Check out Cabela's or Macks Prarie Wings for hound-hunting lights.... |
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Location: north central wisconsin | ..
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | I've been using Petzl for years, even went on an Everest Base Camp trek a few years back, the new Tikka XP is amazing and not badly priced. It has a boost, wide angle options, 3 settings and a battery status indicator. The nice part is that it doesn't weigh a ton, the days of the old "Miner" helmet lamps are over.
http://en.petzl.com/petzl/LampesNews?News=111 |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Look over some of these new headlamps and it could change your thoughts about the future of LED technology............
http://www.caves.org/imo/LED.htm
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| check these out:
http://www.pelican.com/lights.html
pelican makes a variety of pro-grade lights for watertight uses.
obviously, in a boat, watertight is good. and their beam technology is top-shelf.
not the cheapest lights in the world, but their guarantee policy is "you break it, we replace it."
you're better off buying a good one once, than 10 bad ones over time.
"The guarantee does not cover shark bite, bear attack and children under five."
Edited by lambeau 12/30/2005 5:44 PM
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