[pct-l] photon/LED flashlights

[m_karon@hotmail.com (Marshall Karon)]

The PHOTON light I got was from REI and did have small screws to open the 
unit. We changed the battery, but boy did you need good eye site, a steady 
hand, a flat clean surface, and lots of luck. Tiny, tiny, tiny. But, still 
the best thing going.

I too had a Maglite Solitare. Although the batteries are easy to get, when 
the bulb burned out I had a real problem finding new bulbs. Even in Lake 
Tahoe. So, for sure, get extra bulbs before you head out.

Oh yes, unless you hike into the night or like to read when it is dark, you 
really don't need much extra lighting until you get into Washington and the 
shorter day light hours.




>From: CMountainDave@aol.com
>To: m_karon@hotmail.com, pct-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] photon/LED flashlights
>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 01:20:49 EDT
>
>I'm not sure of which photon key chain lights you are referring to. I took
>two along with me on my thru hike but they had no changeable batteries as 
>far
>as I know. The tiny off/on switch went bad on one of them. Then I
>accidentally threw it into a campfire along with some candy wrappers that I
>had stuffed into my shirt pocket. It exploded big time! The second one I 
>left
>in a cabin I stayed in at Ollallie Lake. It's so small and easily misplaced
>so watch out if you take one. So I bought a small AA battery flashlight and
>one morning before dawn the bulb burned out just as I hoisted my pack and I
>had to wait an hour before it was light enough to see because I had no 
>SPARE
>BULB!!! Duhhhhh!!!! During that hour I chanted over and over : You WILL 
>take
>a spare bulb next time, you WILL take a spare bulb next time

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