Re: [at-l] Photon II light drown is sweat

["W F Thorneloe, MD" <thornel@ibm.net>]

While I haven't had the sweat and corrosion problem, I have a great deal of 
kudos for the Photon lights. I give them away as stocking stuffers, and 
like the orange light best, as a compromise between brightness, reading, 
and distance seen. The light is very simply made: essentially a plastic 
shell with a pressure switch (I) or slide switch (II) and a watch battery 
attached to the LED. My last trip out, I used 2 Photons and left the head 
lamp at home, and never missed them.

I am surprised how few people use them, especially with the focus on 
ultra-lite.

OrangeBug
Atlanta, GA

At 03:34 PM 5/31/1999 -0400, Charles W. Davidson wrote:
>         I wear me Photton II flashlight like a necklace. That way its easy to
>find in the dark! It is so small I often do not bother to store it
>during the day. The sweat of a long day in the hot sun corroded mine
>yesterday. One wire to the LED bulb corroded off, the whole thing was
>full of corrosion. Fortunately I discovered I could replace the white
>two battery bulb with  the yellow bulb and single battery from my Photon

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