Wow, I'm impressed!
I read about the new Pelican 1 watt LED waterproof headlamp here, and decided
to get one. It came yesterday, and I can't quit playing with it. I took it
outside (in the freezing rain) several times last night just to marvel at how
bright it is and how many houses down the street I could hit with its powerful
beam of light. I caved for years with a Wheat Lamp, and I really think the
Pelican 2680 is brighter than it. It uses four AA batteries, and the specs say
you can get a 33 hours out of it. If I get half that amount of time with this
bright a light, I'll be a happy caver.
A lot of the caving I do is wet. I swim, I duck under the ceiling, I get in
bad mud. I need a light that can handle that, and this one looks like it can.
It seems extremely rugged.
I ordered online and spent $48 for my Pelican 2680.
Here's what the ads say about it:
All lights in the series feature cutting edge Recoil LED technology� that
creates a brilliant collimated beam by shining a 1-watt Luxeon LED backwards at
a parabolic mirror to harness 100% of the generated light. With long burn-times
(in some cases up to 50 hours) and extremely long LED life (10,000 hours), most
Pelican Recoil Series lights are safety approved for hazardous locations.
HeadsUp Lite� Recoil� LED 2680 - Blends the dependable Pelican 500 foot
submersible design with cutting edge Recoil LED Technology� that burns at a
tested 33 lumens, and features a 33 hour battery and 10,000 hour bulb life. Its
FM approved and nearly indestructible ABS plastic construction and
polycarbonate lens ensure that this headlamp will stand up to just about any
extreme environment. The 2680 comes complete with 4 AA batteries and both
rubber and cloth head bands to allow for a variety of underwater and surface
uses.
Oh yeah, the rubber head band, it's impressive. Finally, a stout head band has
come with the light. I've been replacing the wimpy elastic bands with bike
inner tubes for the past couple of years. This rubber head band is stouter
than even a bike inner tube.
Now, for sketching, this probably isn't the light for you. You want a more
diffused, less bright light for that. Or at least I do. But for exploration,
for pit caving, for seeing high leads, for hiking in the woods, this is the
one.
Bill Steele
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