tigger
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Post by tigger on Feb 5, 2020 9:50:36 GMT -8
Lumens, blumens...
I don't like focused beams. I like a bit of a softer spread for night hiking off-trail, being able to see off to the side makes it easier for me to navigate terrain. Interestingly, I've found around 60 lumens to be more than enough for pretty much all of my hiking. Beyond that, it is overkill. I like to have a couple of brightness settings so that I don't blind my hiking partners around camp...unless we're drunk and I want to torture them...more.
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Post by texasbb on Feb 5, 2020 12:25:29 GMT -8
I agree, tigger . I don't hike much at night, but when I do I prefer no additional light at all if there's enough moonlight. The brighter the added light--and, as pointed out above, the more focused--the worse the tunnel vision. It's much scarier when you can only see a small spot and everything around it is unnaturally dark.
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Post by johntpenca on Feb 5, 2020 19:11:10 GMT -8
I don't hike much at night, but when I do I prefer no additional light at all if there's enough moonlight. The brighter the added light--and, as pointed out above, the more focused--the worse the tunnel vision. It's much scarier when you can only see a small spot and everything around it is unnaturally dark. That why I like lamps that allows one to adjust the peripheral angle. Sometimes I want to spotlight an area, sometimes I want a wider view.
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