fishing headlight

looking for a new headlight can anyone suggest a good one to buy

if money isnt an object i recomend the
silva L1

there is better our there and you get what you pay for

stay away from cheap ones.. they eat batteries and have a habit of not lasting long..(gone through a few cheap ones..) they are handy as a spare backup though :D

i can back Steve up on the brightness of the L1s. i had two of them shone in my eyes and couldn't see much after.

great light

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: may i ask who were the 2 einsteins

jp and you can guess the other moron. :roll: :roll:

i have the L1 and find them a gift. very light, great power output and has a pretty good battery life especially on the powersave mode which is more than sufficient for the majority of my fishing needs

L1 all the way!

The spelo nova is a very good one its rechargable and is very light to carry around :) its does not have those big batteries you carry around your waist 8) retails @ e290 :wink: but it is worth the money :mrgreen:

if money isnt an object i recomend the
silva L1

there is better our there and you get what you pay for

stay away from cheap ones.. they eat batteries and have a habit of not lasting long..(gone through a few cheap ones..) they are handy as a spare backup though :D

how much is that L1 gona set me back and where would i get one?

If I remember correctly the L1's are about €130 - €140 ish.

Personally I just bought this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=012 off ebay for £11stg Excellent light, not as good as the Silva, but it does use a 3Watt Luxeon LED so it's not that far off. The Led lights are excellent for baiting up and such and the main beam is good for checking the rod tip.

Kev

i have the l1 with the rechargeable batterys 169 from henrys
absalutley amazing light


fintan

I have the petzl tikka 4 led Headlamp...find it as good as the L1.There are four different settings on it and its about as heavy as a packet of fags on yer head.Bought it on E- Bay for € 55.00.

http://www.rawoutdoors.co.uk/Models.asp ... odelID=506

Im an LED lighting designer in Cork and have thought about making somehting like this in the past. Does anyone have any comments on what are the best things about lights like the silva. from the other posts in this i would guess that it would have to be brightness, lightweight, have a long battery life and cost between 50 and 200 euro.
For someone to develop one of these things its hard to compete with the likes of Petzl and those bigger companies who basically get the stuff made in some chinese sweatshop and flog loads of it over here.
Anyway enough waffle from me.
Cheers
Tony

Try Argos..15.30 Euro for a super bright LED, water resistant and free batteries. I've been using the same one for years I got in Dunnes, I change the batteries maybe once a year and does a good a job as any of the branded fishing lights that people pay stupid money for.

I've got a princeton tec apex on the way, will update when I've given it a shot. It's good by all accounts I've read, build quality a bit iffy at times but they exchange them if you have any bad problems with them.

speldo ones all the way,have mine 8 years and only got a new battery other day!fully waterproof and durable.i got a tiga when they first came out and the ting gave me nothing only bother,ended up selling it for 50 quid ,way brighter than speldo but id take the speldo any day.never leave u down.just my tawts:)

The spelo nova is a very good one its rechargable and is very light to carry around :) its does not have those big batteries you carry around your waist 8) retails @ e290 :wink: but it is worth the money :mrgreen:

ive got the same one, had it for about 3 years, still going strong, but the battery is dying a bit, well worth the cash, puts the silva squad to shame :P

eric doesnt your headlamp have a mind of its own :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

got the silva lx have to say for the price its an excellent piece of kit although ive only had it 2 months now highly recomend it :D :D

eric doesnt your headlamp have a mind of its own :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

it turns itself off and on at random, what can i say, its creative like its owner, but the light output is fantastic, recently ive fixed the faulty line with some tape.