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[at-l] re: Lightweight flashlight?

Mike said:
> 
> if you're looking for light weight, try those little diode flashlights that
> keep popping up on this list.  i've seen 'em, and they look good.  who here
> has firsthand experience?  raven?

The white  Photon II has enough light to read, or to show a few feet of
trail at night.  The yellow one (I) hasn't had a trail workout yet, but I
suspect it would also do the same.  The white (II) has an on/off switch
(in adddition to the squeeze-on which the originals (I) have) and is not
field-maintainable unless you want to carry a size-aught phillips-head
screwdriver and mess with the TINY parts inside.  The squeeze-on type just
pops open.  Both run on flat round lithium batteries, and ARE NOT water-
proof.  They are very small, thus extremely light-weight (oz. or less?).
If you look at the testimonials on the web site, some of them would lead
you to think they're waterproof, but I can tell you from personal experi-
ence (and the mfr's. letter to me) that they are not.  If you want to
use them in the rain/mist, put them inside a ziploc--they'll shine
through the plastic.  --  Earthworm

	http://www.photonlight.com/ is the URL.
 

Linda L. Patton, Reference Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State Univ.
      Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850)644-5019 lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
          "A world without wilderness is a cage." -- David Brower
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