Vote: Headlamp vs Handheld
Thank you for voting! More voting over here ---->
vs
posted @ 12:48 PM
20 comments
Sunday, May 14, 2006
vs
About Me
- Name: tripped over a rock
- Location: Denver, Colorado
using brute force to pound number sense into the minds of the future generation. Put down that calculator! And stop shooting spitwads!
Vote Here
- Clif Bloks vs. Sharkies
- current leader: Clif Bloks
- Amphipod vs. Brooks vs. Ult Direction
- current leader: Ultimate Direction
- Thorlo vs. Smartwool vs. Injinji
- current leader: Tie (Injinji and Smartwool
- Bodyglide vs. Vaseline
- current leader: Bodyglide
- Succeed vs. Endurolytes vs. E Caps
- current leader: Succeed
- Headlamp vs. Handheld
- current leader: Headlamp
- Is a 50k an ultra? Yes vs. No
- current leader: Yes
- Snake-on-Trail vs. Branch-in-Eye
- current leader: Branch-in-Eye
- Caffeinated vs. Non-Caffeinated
- current leader: Caffeinated
- Cougar-in-Path vs. GI Disaster, No TP
- current leader: TIE?!?!?
- Clif Bar vs. Power Bar
- current leader: Clif Bar
- Recoverite vs. Ensure vs. Beer
- current leader: Beer
- Tri-Fashion vs. Trail-Fashion
- Spiderweb vs. Loud Unidentifiable Rustle
My stride for the entire marathon, and the reason I don't do road races. Exaggerated leaping is slightly more justifable if there are rocks and roots below your feet.
Zane Grey Highline 51 Miler, 2006, starting line.
Zane Grey Highline, the trail.
I nearly tripped over every single one of these rocks.
20 Comments:
Handheld. Specifically, the Coast single super-bright LED handheld pictured above.
Headlamp, leaves my hands free.
Headlamp, definitely.
Headlamp, but one without top strap:)
Hey, there, found ya!
i found these things called cat eye's...you can clip them to the brim of your cap and away you go. i will have to check out the handheld and see what i think.
matt
http://whyultra.eponym.com
The Essential Gear aluminum hand torch. Green lens.
Was up in Denver playing around today, fun city!
handhelp...green...no doubt about it.
handheld
Why the green? Is it easier on your eyes or do features stand out better? I've only ever tried plain white light.
Green is easy on the eyes. Especially when you finish your run and go back into well lit areas (or try to drive) your eyes adapt quickly. With the white LED's, everything hurts my eyes after the run.
Plus after an hour or two, it gives you a really cool tunnel vision feeling.
I think green makes all the roots and rocks stand out a little better so you trip less. Also makes it a bit harder for a sniper to take you out.
When was the last time a sniper tried to make a hit on Brownie? Most have been playing with the married women again.
Me I go for the headlamp most of the time so my other hands are free for laying trail. Have done the combo thing and that helps even more but just more weight to lug around.
Centipede needs both hands free...one for the tweezers and one for the pic of Rosie O'Donnell.
The moon, absolutely, very cheap.
Headlamp, I always carry two bottles when I run or walk as be the case lately.
Hey, Rosie is kind of hot if you turn your head to the side and squint real hard...ok that doesn't even work. Now Bugs Bunny when he dresses like a girl, that's hot!!!
Headlamp. I prefer to run w/ handbottles so unless it is the beginning of a race and I only need light for about an hour or so, I will use a small handheld.
Hand-held! Hand-held flashlights need to be held low and parallel to the ground, so that you cast a shadow and show the height of all trail obstacles. A headlamp won't do that; it is about the same height as your eyes. If you point it down at the trail, it won't cast a shadow, and you'll be tripping over roots and rocks all of the time.
That's why I excel at the night portion of a 100-mile trail run. All of the headlamp geeks are tripping their asses off.
Headlamp, unless there is enough ambient light or moonlight.
Both!
Post a Comment
<< Home