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ArCaver wrote:It's not just short people. It annoys me, too. Wait, maybe I'm short...
By the way I haven't seen too many Hollywood movies with carbide cap lamps. And if your light flickers, fix it.
NZcaver wrote:I don't deny that carbide lamps are a great heat source, especially for slow trips (like surveying) in really cold caves. When you weigh-up the light quality, fuel source, and any temperamental issues some carbides are known for - they might still the best choice in some circumstances based on the heat factor alone.
My 2 cents...
The notorious "temperamentality" of carbide is usually just ignorance in action (overfilling, failing to clean the tip, etc)
Zach wrote:i too dislike the quality of the led lights, i think the light is harsh looking and really kind of dim not to mention the blinding ability of them.
For beginners, downsides of carbide also include a possibly greater risk of
a) burning hands+gloves, especially on vertical work.
b) melting traverse lines.
c) having a light that might just go out for no obvious reason while they're in the middle of some manouvre *before* they have developed a caver's skills for memorising their immediate surroundings.
d) carbonising the cave roof, etc.
Zach wrote:blinding in the since of being blinded when having somone with an led shining in your eyes is blinding,
you looked into the context to much or something there, or didn't get the meaning yeah.....
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