Craig Hansen
We found them to be exceptionally robust – we brutalized them for a month in the desert and they were bright enough and never ran out of light.
There were five things on this adventure without which we would not have been so successful, and the [Solar Light] caps was one of them.
These hats are serious adventure gear, they replace at least three items in your pack - head torch, batteries and hat (if you’re using rechargeable batteries then the charger as well) - with one practical item. That’s a significant saving to the amount of stuff you have to carry.
They just worked which made life so much easier – we just picked up the hat, go hard through the day traveling for 18 hours, and then when night came they were fully charged up so we never needed to worry about having light.
The hands free operation of the lights was very very useful. They were always to hand ready to go, providing light whenever needed. When traveling at speeds of 50kmh on a wind powered buggy at night, we used bright halogen lights for navigating obstacles, but these are a constant drain on our limited resources, so as soon as we stopped we would use the 2C Solar Light Caps for all other lighting needs. In fact we used them at night on their flashing setting, pointing backwards to ensure vehicles would not run into our rear – they were very visible.
The [SLC750] style was so excellent – it can be deployed in so many different ways, tucked up under the glasses, as a pony tail, and act as neck protector much more effectively than a wide brimmed hat. The use of push studs is much better than Velcro because they don’t catch the dirt, rust or irritate the skin. The material stays dry and protects our sun sensitive skin so well which is needed because of the malaria tablets we were taking increasing skin sensitivity to sun.
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