> Lincoln Ross <
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> > May be setting up headlight soon for use in winter. Concerned that gel cell may not do well when
> > cold. Suggestions for dealing with this or other cheap types of batteries? I have some pretty
> > fancy chargers from other hobbies. My lithium ion batteries are too small, unfortunately.
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> Is there any way you could rig your light so that you can stash the batteries in your jacket? My
> climbing headlamp has a cord so that the batteries stay warm- I can hang it around my neck so it
> stays against my chest, or over my shoulder/neck so it stays in my armpit. Either way, it stays
> very warm, and my experience is that my headlamp lasts something like three times longer than a
> headlamp which has exposed batteries in frigid temps.
>
> if you feel handy, im betting you could cut the cord and splice in a longer cord so that it would
> reach your torso, and just sew a loop of nylon on to hold it around your neck. a little funky, i
> imagine, but it makes a huge difference if you can pull it off (though perhaps your battery pack
> is enormous. mine is only 6AAs)
>
> anthony
You might consider the length of time outside as well. For a typical 15 minute one-way commute, a
gel cell doesn't lose all that much heat, especially inside the standard neoprene wrapper.
A two-hour mountian bike foray in real cold would of course be a different matter.
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