LED Torch @ Morrisons

[Alang]

Can't say I ever noticed that when I had one clipped to my safety helmet for a lot of years.

Most of us only have two arms

[Bruce]

Funnily enough, I wore one on my safety helmet when working underground, and I was well and truly fed up of the glare that resulted. The answer was to take the light off my helmet and shine it on what I was looking at, but from an oblique angle. Result: no glare.

But your mileage may vary (and obviously does!).

[Alang]

Never had any glare. Sometimes had reflected light

Still only have two arms

[Stuart Noble]

Perhaps the light needs to be on a flexible antenna

[F]

An infra red thermometer that read zero at all times, a li-on camera battery that stayed charged for no more than three minutes, a high capacity li-on laptop battery that provided power for a shorter time than the standard battery.

You gets what you pays for...

YMMV

[F]

Providing the light with which to take photographs when being pulled on a sledge, through snow, by a dozen huskies, north of the Arctic Circle.

Recommended? You bet!

[John Rumm]

I use head lights all the time. When you need both hands free to work on something they are ideal for DIY - especially electrical and network wiring. Even simple stuff like getting behind a TV or hifi and plugging in leads. Hand held torches just don't cut it.

Me, and see above.

[Pete Verdon]

I have one which is. Actually, it's a non-head torch with a flexible stalk, to which I have added a strap as I couldn't buy a head-torch when I needed one. It turns out it's usually best to put the light right in close to my head - as soon as it's anywhere else I find the light gets shadowed by obstructions, whereas if it's near my eyes it shines through the same gap I'm looking through.

Pete

[Bruce]

Next time I intend to do that, I'll buy one.

It could be a very long wait.

But at least I know what they're for. Thanks. ;-)

[Bruce]

All the time? Every waking hour, you mean?

[Alang]

Miner' s lamps had a main beam and dipped. I used the dipped for working. Never had any problems

[John Rumm]

They get in the way when snogging, but other than that they are ok ;-)

[Bruce]

Moving on from snogging, I suppose they could be useful finding your way around interesting, dark places, or even reading a map. ;-)

[John Rumm]

There are several answers to that, but they all lower the tone a little too far even for me ;-)

[Dave]

You still snog?

Dave

[John Rumm]

Yeah, but I am fussy so you can put the mistletoe down ;-)

[dtechy]

electricians?