Light Bright
A week or two ago I found a LED head lamp for a very good price at Target. It stood out to me because it has four different modes:
- Flood
- Normal
- Flood + Normal
- Red
All four modes are ridiculously bright and sufficient for lighting a darkened path. Even the red is blindingly bright. Quite honestly it is the brightest head lamp I've seen. I'm excited to do more hiking with my new gear. One more thing to check off my official Big Lots Backpacking Wish List. Pretty soon I'm going to have to cross off the "Big Lots" part because I'm finding stuff elsewhere.
When I was playing with the various modes of my new headlamp, two distinct characters emerged. In the Star Wars vein, the hero has a blue device, and the sinister character is empowered by red.
By the way, I noticed something weird when playing with my new head lamp. It seems that the red setting appears brighter than the other modes shining directly in my eyes - with protection from my closed eyelids, of course. When I shine the lamp in my closed eyes and cycle through the 4 modes, I stopped on the brightest, and it was the red one. Weird. I wonder if closed eyes are more sensitive to red light or something. Haven't a clue. Any one of the modes is too bright to shine directly in my open eyes though... it's almost like looking directly at the sun (not a good idea).