Headtorch recommendations

At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!

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#61 Post by FMCN »

Now everyone says the Silvas or whatever are the best lights on the beach and i just spent over 200 euro on a new Tiga with the fancy lightweight rechargeable batteries. This weekend is the first it will be out but when i turned it on in the shop and looked into it i couldn't see properly for about an hour :lol:.
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#62 Post by theshoreking »

I'm not even out fishin and headlamps are doin my head in again. I spent 290 on that spelio. However, I have to say that yer man in the shop knows wot he is talkin about. He's fished for Ireland loads of times and he won in Gambia last year. I think someone said he won it again this year and had heaviest fish. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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#63 Post by roger de dodger »

290!!!! shampoo could have got ya a mini bus for that with two headlights :shock:
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#64 Post by theshoreking »

thanks for remindin me about it. Well it said 290 on the sticker but I'm sure he gev me a bit off. Still :roll: :roll:
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#65 Post by dbrock »

how do you find the speleo shoreking,, im seriously thinking of getting one after another broken silva to my door :roll: :roll:
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#66 Post by roger de dodger »

be carefull dennis you may have to change a bulb!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:
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#67 Post by AG »

speleo fx5 the choice of champions :lol: all the raiders used them back in the day . the hummer of headlights :D
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#68 Post by dbrock »

AG wrote:speleo fx5 the choice of champions :lol: all the raiders used them back in the day . the hummer of headlights :D
would you go as far as saying the HID,s of headlights
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#69 Post by theshoreking »

can't fault it so far.
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#70 Post by eric »

dbrock wrote:
AG wrote:speleo fx5 the choice of champions :lol: all the raiders used them back in the day . the hummer of headlights :D
would you go as far as saying the HID,s of headlights
trying mine out wasnt good enough, some people :roll:
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#71 Post by shamoo0804 »

Thanks rodger......

More free advertising.

Eric, was that the headlamp you were using the other night ?

Have to say, if it was, seemed a very bright lamp, looked pretty cool aswell....but seriously €290 for a headlight :roll:
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#72 Post by eric »

shamoo0804 wrote:Thanks rodger......

More free advertising.

Eric, was that the headlamp you were using the other night ?

Have to say, if it was, seemed a very bright lamp, looked pretty cool aswell....but seriously €290 for a headlight :roll:
thats the one, but have to say its nearly 5 years old, still functions apart from the contacts being a bit loose but electrical tape fixes that without any major drama, the silva costs 160 odd and lasted me 5 months?
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#73 Post by AG »

dennis its the alpine of headlamps :D i would even go as far as saying its the clifford of headlamps , :D
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#74 Post by dbrock »

cheers andrew i may be ringing bray in the near future
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#75 Post by FMCN »

Will someone put me out of my misery and tell me whats wrong with the tiga. Is it going to fall apart in a fortnight :)
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#76 Post by AG »

speleo fx5 designed to last . get a titan harness for the battery and away you go and no worries . it does exactly what it says on the tin :D
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#77 Post by kstaff »

The Silva's don't come in a tin so they must be tougher! :D

Ahh Silva's! I wear mine around the house It looks so good, and we save a fortune on electricty!

BTW has the original poster Party bought a lamp yet, he started all this! :D
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#78 Post by partylikeits1969 »

just to let ye know, I went for the Silva. Thanks for all the help and advice, in the end there were so many suggestions it nearly came down to an "eenie-mynie-mo" decision.
Silva just seemed to have a bigger following..... and it was the first answer I read

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#79 Post by wilky83 »

i bought one today €16 :D :D :D :D :D :D happy as the proverbial pig in you know what
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#80 Post by fishinmidget »

did you buy a headlamp for €16?

or did you buy a silva for 16 :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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