Topic: New Alpkit Headtorches (well as far as I know anyway ;-) (Read 8939 times)

kingsley · « **on:** July 05, 2014 »

I have an alpkit gamma that I use a lot. However I got an email a few days back introdcuing two new headtorches to the alpkit range - the viper & the indigo (I also notice they have sneakily raised the price of the manta to £17.50 - last time I looked it was the same as the gamma at £15).

I don't really see the point in the indigo unless you only ever want a low power unit for use around the campsite. For a couple of quid more the viper looked to make more sense to me, because it has lower power LEDs, plus the option of a higher power beam.

I bought the viper and first impressions are good. For £12.50 it seems like a great little unit. It feels sturdy enough, will apparently stand up to rain OK, and the light seems good - although I need to actually test it in the outdoors rather than just out the back of the house

) I am impressed by the lower power LEDs which still seem to be very bright and give a good flood (although as I say will need tested properly).

Anyway I went back to the alpkit site to check the vital statistics of what I had just bought and noticed that the black one is already out of stock! So I presume they are proving popular so thought I'd just post up here in case anyone else would be interested.

P.S. - Maybe these have been around for ever and I just haven't noticed. If so feel free to comment with suitable abuse

FYI - here is the range on their site - http://www.alpkit.com/explore/head-torches

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