[Paddlewise] Cheap, easy nav light

I've followed the occasional postings about how best to display a fixed white light
while underway at night. There have been some useful ideas, but I'm too lazy to
implement most of them. But while perusing the flashlight selection at Wal-Mart
today, I noticed that Eveready makes something called a "Sport Gear Pocket Light".
It's about six inches long, takes 2 AA batteries, and the head is a clear plastic
cap, so the bulb is visible for 360 degrees out the sides of the cap. The "roof" of
the cap is shaped into a lens, so that the light going out the top is focused into
a broad beam, good enough to light an area for reading, but wider and weaker than a
standard flashlight beam. Package says it's waterproof down to 30 feet. The case is
a simple cylinder, so I can rubber-band it to my headlamp band, or tuck it
underneath the band, and the light is visible above my noggin. (The headlamp is
off, of course; no flames, please.) About four bucks, alkaline batteries included.

I have no financial involvement with Eveready or Wal-Mart; I just like the light.

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