> I don't know how they've improved over the years, but my experience w/ > Princeton Tec lights was dismal -- the tab on the cheaply-made battery hatch > snaps off, leaving the unit totally worthless. This happened to me while on > a climbing trip in Australia. I encountered other people with Princeton Tec > lights who experienced exactly the same failure. I was surprised/disappointed to hear >Petzls aren't sufficiently waterproof. They're really good in terrestrial environments Must've been Princeton *headlamps* (Aurora etc), since Princeton Tec flashlights with cylindrical bodies have no hatches for the most part. Such flashlights turn on and off by rotating the reflector around the body. Should be quite waterproof, until rubber O-ring fails, or after screwing/unscrewing it many times, so the thread would wear out. On the contrary, headlamps Aurora (and Petzl, I think) have a wide hatch, even though with a rubber O-ring, but without a thread, so don't expect it to be waterproof. But, yes, they are OK for heavy rainfall or even occasional dunking shallow water. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 28 2004 - 18:41:16 PST
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