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Holly Robertshaw - adventurer

I received my 2C Light in 2006 as a Christmas present. Its first mission was to come kayaking with me for 4 days around Abel Tasman over the new year. I was a bit worried about the salt spray affecting the light but I didn't need to. It was fantastic as a cap during the day and was the only light I took with me for the whole trip. It charged up during the kayaking and then at night I used it to see what I was cooking and eating for dinner and it was great for finding the way to the loo from my tent in the middle of the night. It was also a great talking point at some of the busier campsites where other campers were very impressed.

A few days later my cap and I walked the St James Walkway in the Lewis Pass. I wore the cap during the day, even in light showers and at night I used it again 2C what I was making for dinner and to read about the next day's journey. I was impressed that it seemed to be just as bright when I turned it on in the early hours of the morning as it was when it was just getting dark.

The 2C Light also came with me on the Kepler track a 4 day tramp near Te Anau. Aside from the way I had already been using it the cap came on a small caving excursion close to the hut on night one of the tramp. The light from the cap was enough for me to explore the cave with 4 other friends who had hand-held torches. I had the benefit of having both hands free to clamber around the cave and not worry about my torch.

Next week I am starting my OE to the UK and the 2C-Light is one of the "essentials" for my pack. It is great in the day time to keep the sun off my face and hair tied back, I am finding new uses for it at night all the time and it is a great talking point to meet people.

Holly

Kristina Anglem nee Stroud-Penny
MultiSport Champion

"The 2C is a great tool for adventure racing support crews and it keeps you visible during night time training sessions"

 

Bruce and Lorraine Smith, Thames, New Zealand

I was moving stock and it got a bit late & my 2C hat saved the day! I was able to get home safely without tripping over anything on the race!
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Tracey McKenzie and Scott Venrooy - enviromentalist lifestylers

Great for bushwacking to the longdrop! Great for reading in bed. Great for spontaneous dance parties in the bush. Also great for entertaining teething baby!

Checked feverish baby in middle of night for chickenpox. Cautiously checked for wild pigs in garden. Scampered around looking for rouge mice and circadas in hut. Set up bush shower in the dark. The 2C Light never saved us from becoming lost, but one night the batteries went flat on the TV just before “Lost” ( we are addicted) so we performed an emergency battery changeover operation, aided by the 2C Light. So I guess you could say your product helped us get lost !!!

 

Hi guys.

Recently, we called into a friends to drop off of our dog for a weekend while we went away. It was night, and as I went to go out to the car to get the rest of the dog supplies, my friend said "Wait a second, I have a present for you". Knowing I was a bit of a "Hattie", with quite a collection, he had bought me one of your hats. I had never heard of them. So, the first time I had the cap on, I used it. It's been the start of a very happy relationship! In all honesty, my wife and I can't remember a day when I have worn it and NOT used the lights at least once. I have found it especially useful for my quick trips to the supermarket on my electric bicycle, in these dark winter evenings, as well as trips to the woodshed. I often work nights around horse races so it's been a hit there as well. I'm particularly impressed with the quality of it.

It looks like the rest of my hat collection is only going to gather dust from now on. I'm buying one for my father, a trout fishing guide and keen duck hunter.

Cheers, Nigel and Lee Rangiora

"A truly wearable solar powered bright idea! "
http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/archives/475

Hi, just wanted to tell you that I bought my husband one of your hats for Christmas and he loves it.
He has just been on a 5 days trip hunting and fishing around Dusky sounds with some of his mates and their sons, 12 in all, and he took his hat with him, everyone wanted to know where he got it from as they thought it was awesome He uses his for everything and as he's an early morning walker in the hills behind Blenheim each day
he finds it great as he doesn't have to carry a torch with him.
Great and intelligent invention I may add.    Thanks         Shirley Chesmar

Hi Simon - thought I'd forward this email we got recently from some people we met tramping at Easter in Kahurangi National Park! Francie

Subject: Solar powered hats
Hi guys,

I keep meaning to write and let you know we ALL bought solar powered hats after meeting you at Mt Arthur Hut! The website you gave us was correct and we found that there was a retail outlet in Nelson where we could pick them up, so we took 4 home to Dunedin. I believe Peter was planning to order the box of 10 hats from the website, having as many children and friends as he does. They are a great hit!

It was nice to meet you out in the wilderness,

Happy tramping,

Susie, Peter, Ciaran, Gus, Jed, Louis, Romany and Eden

 

Hi there,

What a great cap and idea! I just came across it tonight while on the net. Brilliant!

The idea of having the cap in use, and charging, during the day with a built-in emergency light for no real additional weight when on day tramps and the odd bit of exploring (look up geocaching ;-) is excellent to say the least. Nicely discreet lights to avoid the overly-geek aspect is very well done.

Cheers,

Gerard H
Dunedin

Hello there - have just seen an article on your excellent cap on Stuff.co.nz.

My family and I have returned from 4 weeks in Mozambique where we were really pleased to give our eldest daughter in marriage to a wonderful young man from this most interesting of countries. Anna has been living there for approx 2 years working alongside other internationals with aids orphans and widows.

We were not staying in great hotels but had the joy of wonderful folk sharing their home with us.

Brown outs with power regularly cutting off in the evenings and off course daylight completely vanishing into darkness around 5.30pm with extremely poor or usually no street lighting !! What I would have given for a light other than the small hand held torch whose batteries never seemed to hold their charge beyond maybe an evening or two. I also tried a head lamp from another well known NZ company but again found this somewhat difficult to remember to keep in my pocket for evening use or invaribly it had been "borrowed" by another member of the family - "first in best lit" they always said !!

We also spent sometime in South Africa moving through the Kruger National Park where the sun was just like Mozambique - everywhere, all day, everyday, and I had to purchase a wide brimmed hat to replace the cap that I had been wearing as my ears and the back of my neck began to burn in the relentless sun.

My question is - have you given thought to producing a wide brimmed model to overcome just the situation that we found ourselves in - ears and nech exposed to the "all day" sun?

(The make of wide brimmed hat I purchased has a stiffened mesh material similar to your Sportsman model and the brim is made of a stffened canvas material)

Thanks - Ross

[ Ross - we plan to make many different styles of 2C Lights for many years to come, but for now just the three styles. Keep checking back as we add styles. SD ]

2C Light Guys,

I read about your cap (on nzstuff.co.nz) and it sounds pretty cool, and
particularly useful up here in Far North Queensland where we have a lot of sun,
as well as boating and hiking away from normal power sources.

I have one question that I couldn't find an answer to on your website: How does
the switch fit into the cap? (ie. Where is it located and what are the details
of its workings and profile?)

I'd like to give one of these a go, but the feedback form that I needed to fill
out to go into the draw for a sample wasn't really relevant to someone who
hadn't yet tried one out. I'd be happy to fill out a 'feedforward' form (as
you call them), but couldn't find them on the website. (The link in the 'Don't
have a 2C?' sidebar goes to the same feedback form.)

Anyway, all the best with the cap - it's always good to see Kiwi innovation
taking the world by storm.

Dan

 Dan - all feedback is useful to us - you are in the prize draw ]

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Brilliant
I'm a retired Appliance Serviceman, who spent 50 years groping around in the dark behind Refrigerators and washing machines.
What I would have given for one of your hats !!!
Good luck with your business. I only wish I had a bundle to invest with you.

Frosty
 

Hi,

I’m a kiwi Expat Engineer working in Scotland and stumbled across your website. What an awesome idea…and much more styley than the ‘dickhead lamps’ I end up having to use for breakdowns in the middle of the night.

I’m about to order one…only worry is that there might not be enough sunshine over here to charge it! But I’ll risk the lack of winter sun and get my Mum to send one over I think!

Congratulations on developing a fantastic product and I wish you every success.

-Mike

 

 

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Hi again
Just thought I'd attach some photos of the hats, which were in continual use on the last tramp - from cooking, to playing cards at night, to tramping...
Francie

“I think this light-in-a-hat is bloody brilliant!”

....“I have to say, I love it! This hat is just awesome...soooo much easier than having a pocket torch or anything.” “...Personally, I think any trout fisherman who does not get one of these is going to be missing out...” “....having a totally hands free light to help launch boats, tie knots, choose flies, see fish for netting etc, well, how can you not want one?”

Stu Cawker/
Captain Asparagus - Full review here :  www.fishing.net.nz

The caps have a really slick molded plastic peak that houses the liteweight solar panel, dual LED’s and multi-function switch. It’s a clever bit of design, engineering and packaging.

Rod Drury - Full comment @ http://www.drury.net.nz/?s=2clight

"Dear All
Without doubt your cap that I bought when I was at NZ Boatshow AKL has been a godsend I have used it in so many places from a powercut to night fishing. I tend to wear it most of the time and that ensures a "full charge". Just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good work.
Regards William"

“My husband and I often fish at night, but I don’t like to take my fish off the hook, so now I can use the flashing mode to attract my husband to come over and help me when I get a catch at night !  ”  Hazel

Dear 2C people!

I spoke with someone at 2C recently – I’ve now bought 3 caps as I think they are simply superb – they are an example of one of those outstanding inventions that are simple in concept and sophisticated in design. I am a trout fisherman and the cap is so convenient when fishing early morning or at night – the light, when required, is only a switch away – no clip on lights needed that get tangled up with lines and rods. Hands free!

A friend has now bought one after seeing mine.

The only downside to this remarkable product is that the wiring and mechanism in the peak is not hidden by a shield – the solar panel obviously needs to be exposed but why the rest of the system? It detracts from an otherwise superbly presented product. All it needs is a matt inserted into the peak shaped around the solar panel, and the product is completely finished off

What about it? Robert B.

[ Our exposed internals aims at the modern desire to have full transparency in our design - a good honest look at what the buyer is getting...but we will consider this carefully for our next production run . SD.]

My jetski broke down just as it was getting dark, I swam back to land, got my 2C Solar Cap light , swam back and was able to fix it ! Jerry, Northland

Just to let you know that that cap I bought off you is still working fine! It's been in the jungles of Kalimantan, where the only other light source were from fire flies - boy, did they get confused with the flashing LEDs!

Cheers, Julian (currently in Jakarta)
 

 

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