Anyone have a link to a head lamp with red lights?

I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

--
Glenn

"Glenn Mulno" wrote in message
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I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Look for a Mag Lite with a head strap. Sorry, I don't have a link to where
it can be found, but that's what I use some of the time.

Petzl makes a model called the Tikka. It's an LED headlamp. Comes with a
clear plastic lens, but you can also order red and green replacement
lenses. May be too bright for astronomy use.

macnmotion

Glenn Mulno wrote:
I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

--
Glenn

I have one of these, and I still haven't been able to pry out the white lens to
replace it with the red one. But maybe it doesn't matter. The white light has
been a great convenience for setting up/tearing down my scope in the dark. No
more holding a flashlight in my teeth to free up both hands.
--
Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33° 27'59"N, 117° 05' 53"W

I was at a star party over the weekend and saw something like this (not sure
if this is the exact one though):

http://tinyurl.com/sjb9

Available at Lowes. Not sure if you are in the U.S. though. I'm heading to
my local one this week to get one. It was nice because the first click on
brings up the red "nightvision" light first and not the bright white one
which would be most convienient for observing.

-riff

"Glenn Mulno" wrote in message
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I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

--
Glenn

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:11:39 -0500, "riff" wrote:

I was at a star party over the weekend and saw something like this (not sure
if this is the exact one though):

http://tinyurl.com/sjb9

Available at Lowes. Not sure if you are in the U.S. though. I'm heading to
my local one this week to get one. It was nice because the first click on
brings up the red "nightvision" light first and not the bright white one
which would be most convienient for observing.


With a Lowe's down the street, I thought I'd give this thing a try.

It sports two red LEDs and one white LED, plus a Krypton bulb that
they thoughtfully provided a "spare" slot for under the reflector
cap....because that's right where I moved the bulb to ;-)

The rotary dial goes: off - reds - white - krypton (krypton being
"off" if you've yanked the bulb)

In the reds position, with three AAA cells in there, those two red
LEDs burn BRIGHT. In a well-lit kitchen I stared into those suckers
for a split second and ... well, let's just say I've neither seen
anything a fraction as bright on anyone's head any night yet, nor
would I want to subject anyone to seeing such a display on my own
head. There's a recent post about replacing one of the cells with a
"dummy" (referring to the similar Eveready unit). I tried that, using
the ever-handy rolled up pieces of aluminum foil. With 2 out of 3
cells present, it hardly made a dent-- still bright as all get out. So
I went to just one cell. Now I got barely a glow out of the red LEDs.
Didn't seem like it would be enough to be useful. Hmmm.

Up to my 13-year-old daughter's room for some nail polish. I covered
the clear lens in front of the LEDs with some magic tape, and painted
on a few coats of the darkest red in her repertoire. That's better!
Just a few more coats over the (brighter) red LEDs and it should be
perfect.

Bonus: now there's a dimmer, of sorts: set it to the white LED
position (get one LED) or to the red position (two LEDs). The tint
isn't quite the same in the two positions, but this seems close
enough for government work (not to disparage the government; their
aurora-related data recently has been quite valuable!) and may be
fine-tuned by choice of nail polish color and # of coats.
-leor

"Glenn Mulno" wrote in message
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I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

--
Glenn



Hi Glenn,

Go to:
http://flashlightreviews1.home.att.n...essentials.htm

I have one of these and am extemely satisfied with it.


Martin

A couple weeks ago, I saw a bunch (and bought one) at WalMart. They were the
LED type and cost about $7.

Boatman

"Glenn Mulno" wrote in message
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I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

--
Glenn

"Glenn Mulno" wrote in message:
I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Glenn-
I just bought one a few weeks ago at Walmart, if you happen to have
one near you. I tried looking on their website, but don't seem to be
able to find it. Mine has a switch that pushes one direction for red
light, and the other direction for white light.

Chris Nicholl

On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:15:31 -0500, "Glenn Mulno"
wrote:

I was trying to find a head lamp (straps around your head) with red lights
but could not find any on the web. I could buy a regular white light one
and modify it but was thinking it would be easier if I could just find one
already set up.

Thanks,

Although a head lamp might be convenient, I can't imaging using a
light without a dimmer control for astronomy.

Les Blalock
http://www.txastro.com