Red light head torches

[Andrew*]

Here's a few head torches for astro use.

Keep it on your head - no pockets to fumble about with, hands free, and you're in the dark anyway, so no-one to laugh at you!

http://tinyurl.com/333k5k - £29 - Petzl

http://tinyurl.com/2s5x8b - £6.37 - Energizer with 3 LEDs

http://tinyurl.com/2kxfop - £17 - another Energizer with 5 LEDs. I've seen this one, so I can say a bit about it: 2 LEDs are used for a concentrated beam, another 2 for a wide beam, or all 4 for both, and then an additional red LED for night vision. The only problem is it's only got one button, so you have to cycle through the white light before you get to red.

http://tinyurl.com/22t4vz - £18 - Cybalite. This does the same thing as I tried to do with a white light head torch. I stuck a quality street wrapper on it. Hopefully this is a bit stronger!

Andrew

[Kai]

I have that £6.37 Ever Ready one and its very good

[The Warthog]

My kids bought me a headlight for Christmas, but didn't realize I needed a red light. They are going to get me the red filter for it, but my daughter has borrowed it for a 5 day wilderness hike at present. I use it for taking down my equipment at the end of the night. It's like working in daylight, and so convenient because the light is pointing wherever you are looking. I plan to make more use of it when I get the red filter. They also supply a blue filter, which cuts the intensity, and could be handy for lunar observing, when night adaptation isn't really an issue.

[Xunil]

My kids bought me a headlight for Christmas, but didn't realize I needed a red light. They are going to get me the red filter for it, but my daughter has borrowed it for a 5 day wilderness hike at present. I use it for taking down my equipment at the end of the night. It's like working in daylight, and so convenient because the light is pointing wherever you are looking. I plan to make more use of it when I get the red filter. They also supply a blue filter, which cuts the intensity, and could be handy for lunar observing, when night adaptation isn't really an issue.

If you dont mind being stuck in red mode, borrow some red nail varnish off the wife and paint the bulb (if you can get at it)

Worked a treat on mine.

[blinky]

I bought a white light unit and changed the white LED's for red ones