Roy Fellows on here makes excellent lamps
I've seen a petzl ultra vario on inglesport. Has anyone got one?
I use an Ultra Vario. It's fairly bright with a nice wide flood, and weighs less than a Scurion.Incidentally it is compatible with most of the accessories, so for example you can use those plastic bracket helmet mounts for Duos. Haven't actually used a new Duo battery with it, but fairly sure they would still work.
It puts me off a bit that you can't use a battery pack that takes standard batteries, as the battery pack for the ultra vario is about £60
I'm returning to caving after a break and am also looking for a light. I was looking at the Roy Fellows Lynx Basic. I think his lights measure up well against Scurions, they're just spartan on features ie less programs, and they look more 'homebrew' which is not a bad thing.
It doesn't for most impacts, but having bolts on the inside may cause more damage in a head on collision, & you may not be able to do it with modern foam helmets.
But for anyone who wants to pay the money for shear quality nothing will compete with Mr Biffs new Rude Nora.Onto my ownThe basic is a bit basic as I am meeting a £95 cost target. Generally people have been happy with them, the only issues have been mud with Derbyshire diggers causing the buttons to stick.I have built more expensive lamps with a IP 68 5 metre, 8 Newtons pressure push button, they they cost!Horses for courses?
I have fitted and run internal cable on the new petzl Boreo helmet which has a large ploystyrene interior. Certainly this helmet you can completely dismantle for intalling and fixing the light
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