Casey,

I went to the evil megastore known as Wal-Mart and found a headlamp that
has red LED, white LED, and incandescent lights that runs on a single AA
battery. It's about $11-12 and is produced by Ray-O-Vac. I've used it
for a couple of years for night flying and it's not too bright or to
dim. The white light also works well. It has a couple straps that
holds it well on your head.

It's a cheaper, better solution than I've seen in ANY aviation-related
store/catalog/sales-website.

This amazon link has a picture of it.

http://tinyurl.com/ya94gx

Chris G., PP-ASEL
Salem, Oregon


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.)