What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
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Walter Mitty <[email hidden]> wrote in
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What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
Those LED headlights look dorky, but work real well around camp.
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Walter Mitty said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
I put a little key ring on the base of my mini-mag (it has a whole for one), attach a metal (belt?)
clip to that, and hang it from the ceiling of my tent.You can hold also a mini mag in your mouth while you cook. Just don't lean over the pot or you're
likely to drool into your dinner. ô¿Ô¬ ...... Or, get one of those head band holders.--
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Walter Mitty at [email hidden] wrote: What light did you cycle/campers take in
order to cook & read at night in a tent?My main light is a 10w halogen with two Velcro mounting straps for helmet mounting ( wrapped in the
vents). This makes for very flexible mounting. I attach it to the mirror and extension when I have
the full velomobile fairing on. I wrap it around handle bars. It can go flat on surfaces and be hung
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Walter Mitty said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
A white LED headlamp (I use the Princeton Aurora which has three brightness settings plus flash
mode). Lightweight, small, batteries last a long time, and it can be an emergency bike light
replacement if the main light fails (but with very cautious riding). -
Walter Mitty daydreamed:
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What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
Petzl Tikka headlamp. It's small, lightweight, and lasts a very long time on one set of batteries:
But if you're really trying to save space and weight, the Petzl Zipka is the way to go:
backcountrygear.comPET1520Open ↗
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What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in
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tent?
Candles for any reading, supplemented with flash lights, for cooking, poking around after things,
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Terry Morse said:
Walter Mitty daydreamed:
Quoted message said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
Petzl Tikka headlamp. It's small, lightweight, and lasts a very long time on one set of batteries:
But if you're really trying to save space and weight, the Petzl Zipka is the way to go:
If you go with either of these, get the 'Plus' versions which allow you to adjust the tilt. I found
the original Tikka and Zipka point down too much to be usable as an emergency headlight without
adding some paper or other padding under the strap. -
Walter Mitty <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in a tent?
I found a 5 led headlight from a site "cheaper than dirt" for 9.97 it has 3 white led's and 2
flashing red's ( switch on top to change modes). its the cheapest ive seen so far and works
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Per Löwdin said:
Quoted message said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in
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tent?
Candles for any reading, supplemented with flash lights, for cooking, poking around after things,
going to the loo, etc.
Oh yeah, I forgot, ... that's what I have ended up using now. An REI (or other branded)
candle lantern.--
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:51:59 GMT, "Per Löwdin" <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in
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tent?
Candles for any reading, supplemented with flash lights, for cooking, poking around after things,
going to the loo, etc.Candles, in a tent? Do you relish the idea of burning to death within your tent?
And how do you cook using a flashlight? I imagine it takes forever to heat anything up with it.
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Candles, in a tent?
Yes, we have them on the ground in the vestibule, use a Hilleberg Namatj GT
hilleberg.comnammatj 3 gt 403820.htmOpen ↗Quoted message said:
And how do you cook using a flashlight? I imagine it takes forever to heat anything up with it.
he, he, we cook on a keresone stove lowdin.nuimage010.jpgOpen ↗
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Walter Mitty <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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tent?
I found a 5 led headlight from a site "cheaper than dirt" for 9.97 it has 3 white led's and 2
flashing red's ( switch on top to change modes). its the cheapest ive seen so far and works
ok for me.
On my previous camping trips, I use my bicycle lights, billcotton.comlightbar.htmOpen ↗
However, you posting the question, cause me to realize that I can to use one of the headlamp that I
converted for night cross country skiing. I bought a head light from Harbor Freight with one LED
item # 45807 harborfreight.comdisplayitem.tafOpen ↗ now selling for
2.99 USD, and converted it to a 30 LED light by replacing the single LED with a 1156 auto 30 LED
replacement bulb and machining the reflector to fit over that bulb and attaching a wire to my 12
volts electric system. billcotton.combicycle electric.htmOpen ↗ A five
LED is available from Battery Space. batteryspace.comproduct.aspOpen ↗ at two
for 16.95 USD. -
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Candles, in a tent?
Yes, we have them on the ground in the vestibule, use a Hilleberg Namatj GT
Clueless (and almost löw.. lawless). This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-
replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a set of batteries:
kolumbus.fienglish.htmlOpen ↗ -
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]
(Timo Noko) said:
This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a set
of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.htmlOpen ↗One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later? Or as
in, use it randomly every day for a month...What is "Fairy ultra"?
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In article said:
(Timo Noko) said:
This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a set
of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.htmlOpen ↗One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later? Or as
in, use it randomly every day for a month...(2000 mAh / 20 mA) = 100 hours continuously or 3 hours every night.
Quoted message said:
What is "Fairy ultra"?
European (or nordic) dish-washing liquid.
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"Per Löwdin" <[email hidden]> brightened my day with his incisive
wit when in "]news:[email hidden] he conjectured
that:Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
What light did you cycle/campers take in order to cook & read at night in
aQuoted message said:
tent?
Candles for any reading, supplemented with flash lights, for cooking, poking around after things,
going to the loo, etc.I would never use candles in a tent.
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[email hidden] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive
wit when in "]news:[email hidden] he conjectured
that:Quoted message said:
In article said:
(Timo Noko) said:
This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a set
of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.htmlOpen ↗One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later? Or
as in, use it randomly every day for a month...(2000 mAh / 20 mA) = 100 hours continuously or 3 hours every night.
Quoted message said:
What is "Fairy ultra"?
European (or nordic) dish-washing liquid.
So 4 days then you spoofer!
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In article said:
[email hidden] (Timo Noko) brightened my day with his incisive wit when in news:c1iich$hav$1@phys-
news1.kolumbus.fi he conjectured that:Quoted message said:
In article said:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:45:02 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden] (Timo Noko) wrote:
>This ancient design of mine was designed to be a candle-replacement. It runs ONE MONTH with a
>set of batteries: kolumbus.fienglish.htmlOpen ↗One month as in, turn it on, it continues to run until the batteries run out one month later? Or
as in, use it randomly every day for a month...(2000 mAh / 20 mA) = 100 hours continuously or 3 hours every night.
Quoted message said:
What is "Fairy ultra"?
European (or nordic) dish-washing liquid.
So 4 days then you spoofer!
Ok, ok... But you can glue one of these 33mA solarpanels (2 euros) on top of the battery box and
then it will work FOREVEEEERRRR!!!!! -
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I would never use candles in a tent.
We don´t have them inside the inner tent but in the vestibule on the ground or placed in a bottle,
often we have had no choise as we have been camping where there has been not electricity.
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