---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The Petzl headlamp is a favorite for backpacking. I have one and it works great, (I do a lot of hardcore backpacking). They are available in three and four LED configurations, (One of my backpacking buddies bought a four lamp version at an REI retail location, I don't think it is on the web page). The web page for REI outdoor sports is here: http://www.rei.com/ Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV Kent Swafford wrote: > I've always carried flashlights in my tool case. The improvements in > flashlights during the 2+ decades I've been working on pianos has made life > better for us piano techs. > > I had been using the Petzl Tikka LED headlamp ever since I heard about it > here on pianotech. It is a 3 LED headlamp on a headband that works 150 hours > on 3 AAA batteries. It's great for lighting wherever you look, like to work > the mutes behind the hammers of a vertical's high treble. > > When I was in Colorado last summer I was in a backpacking outfitter store > and found a new version of the same lamp called the Petzl Zipka. This is a 3 > LED headlamp on a fully retracting, self-storing elastic band. The advantage > of the Zipka over the Tikka is that it stores much more neatly and compactly > and quickly in the tool case. > > Highly, highly recommended. > > Here are 2 links: > > http://www.petzl.com/FRENG/frheadlamps/zipka.html > > http://www.rei.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prmenbr=8000&prrfnbr=10 > 402637 > > Kent Swafford ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/72/2a/ad/fa/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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