What Brand of Caplamp Do You Use?

[Adam Craig]

For those who are enlightened enough to use carbide caplamps, which brand do you use for caving? Don't count the $500+ model on the shelf, unless you actually take it caving

[cheshire]

Okay, what are the "others" that have been so popular?

Personally, I'm quite fond of my Mike Lite.

[Grandpa Caver]

Ok...I'll chime in here. When I started caving we would borrow old Just Rites from the Ball State U's geology department cache. Once we had refurbished a few of them (they were in terrible need of a little TLC) they were great. Later on I bought a Premier and it served me quite well untill I went electric and sold it.

At about the same time I bought a Butterfly and it never worked right. Always spitting, sputtering and leaking somewhere no mater what I tried. After some twenty years, I still own it thinking I'll use it for a hood ornament on my vehicle sometime.

My limited experience puts the old Just Rite first with the Premier comming in at a close second. I sure wish I coulda kept one of those Just Rites!