Casey Wilson wrote:

I'd like to revisit a topic bandied about on this newsgroup many moons ago.
At the time I wasn't in the market for one of those LED gizmos that straps
on the head -- now I am.
I vaguely recall there being some adverse criticism about the inability
to control what was perceived as "too bright." Is that still the case? Or
have the devices improved since then?
If you use one, do you strap it on before takeoff? Or wait until it is
needed to put it on? Do you put in on under or over your headset? In either
case, how long can you tolerate it?
I did some unsuccessful Googling to see if I could find one that will
clip onto the side or top of the headset. Anybody seen something like that?
(I did find the one that will clip onto the bill of a cap, but it didn't
seem like it would work on the headset.)


I have one of the Rayovac $14.00 jobs. First on is two red leds, second
setting is one white led, the third setting is an incandesce bulb. I put
the thing on first then head set. It is ready to go. Nice for night
preflights and cockpit duties. I usually left it off until needed and
the first click was the red leds. I found it brighter that I really
liked, but I could point it to the shadows in my C-172. A responder
commented you do not want to be moving your head during night IFR. I
guess that could be a problem, but you have to move your head anyway to
look at what you want. The "aviation" ones are too expensive. This
works fine. My wife like to read in the plane and she has one and used
the red leds to read. She said it didn't bother her at all.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI