Princeton Headlight.

[Chiefwigum]

They didn't look very powerful Mick. Then I saw an angler shine it into your right ear, low and behold the beam came out the left one !!!!! ALL ABOARD, ANY MORE TICKETS PLEASE 🚂

If you want some tickets get yersel down the stadium of light, they give thousands away to all and sundry every match day.

[brownmike]

Only my personal opinion but having read of quite a few incidents of the cree headlights burning out or batteries exploding whilst charging etc. - then I know what I would rather have strapped to my head!

As with anything it is personal choice but I would rather pay for quality myself.

I agree but you cant tell some.

[mick dunn]

Update on the light lads.
Had a evening session at Hendon couple of nights back. Guy fishing next to me had a new LED Lensor. (and they not cheap).
Compared lights and to be honest not a great deal of difference.
I managed a lot better as well. I think to be fair I should judge it over a longer timescale.
The main reason I bought it was for our trip to Norway on Feb 9th. I have been before when rain has been none stop and I did not want a cheap Cree on which would break in the rain. The Princeton is actually guaranteed to work one metre below water.
One thing is for certain if or should I say when I am standing by the Fjord in the pitch black and it starts to pee down I,ll be thinking kind of glad I bought this now.
Chief Wigum had a cheap Cree which broke when flooded when we had a comp down South and it let him down-----mind we were in torrential rain all night.
Mick.

[brownmike]

Update on the light lads.
Had a evening session at Hendon couple of nights back. Guy fishing next to me had a new LED Lensor. (and they not cheap).
Compared lights and to be honest not a great deal of difference.
I managed a lot better as well. I think to be fair I should judge it over a longer timescale.
The main reason I bought it was for our trip to Norway on Feb 9th. I have been before when rain has been none stop and I did not want a cheap Cree on which would break in the rain. The Princeton is actually guaranteed to work one metre below water.
One thing is for certain if or should I say when I am standing by the Fjord in the pitch black and it starts to pee down I,ll be thinking kind of glad I bought this now.
Chief Wigum had a cheap Cree which broke when flooded when we had a comp down South and it let him down-----mind we were in torrential rain all night.
Mick.

Mick quality never comes cheap. Just make sure you have a back up ,safer for you

[Chiefwigum]

Update on the light lads.
Had a evening session at Hendon couple of nights back. Guy fishing next to me had a new LED Lensor. (and they not cheap).
Compared lights and to be honest not a great deal of difference.
I managed a lot better as well. I think to be fair I should judge it over a longer timescale.
The main reason I bought it was for our trip to Norway on Feb 9th. I have been before when rain has been none stop and I did not want a cheap Cree on which would break in the rain. The Princeton is actually guaranteed to work one metre below water.
One thing is for certain if or should I say when I am standing by the Fjord in the pitch black and it starts to pee down I,ll be thinking kind of glad I bought this now.
Chief Wigum had a cheap Cree which broke when flooded when we had a comp down South and it let him down-----mind we were in torrential rain all night.
Mick.

Aye it wouldn't have broken had i not been out in the rain. I only stood in it because it was a comp. No way would i have fished those conditions normally.

[Blankety Blank]

Only my personal opinion but having read of quite a few incidents of the cree headlights burning out or batteries exploding whilst charging etc. - then I know what I would rather have strapped to my head!



As with anything it is personal choice but I would rather pay for quality myself.

The batteries are only likely to explode by using the cheap batteries and charger that a lot of the Crees are sold with. Using decent quality batteries (e.g. Panasonic about £10 a pair) and a decent charger with a cut off feature (Nitecore i4 for about £16) and this shouldn't happen. I've had my 1600 lumens cree headlamp for about 3-4 years and not had any bother and I've just recently bought another cree (3000 lumens) for a measly £5 and can't fault them so far.

[Blankety Blank]

Aye it wouldn't have broken had i not been out in the rain. I only stood in it because it was a comp. No way would i have fished those conditions normally.

Just curious to know if you wore a hood over the top to cover the battery pack from the rain or if the rain leaked in elsewhere?

[Chiefwigum]

Just curious to know if you wore a hood over the top to cover the battery pack from the rain or if the rain leaked in elsewhere?

Yes i had a hood up but the and was blowing a gale straight in my face, water had ample opportunity to get in the front of the lamp.

[mick dunn]

It was horrendous.

[Blankety Blank]

Yes i had a hood up but the and was blowing a gale straight in my face, water had ample opportunity to get in the front of the lamp.

Sounds like a lovely night to be out fishing 😀

Ok cheers

[mick dunn]

It was without doubt one of my worse nights. Torrential rain, gales and stuck in a comp.
lol.

[Blankety Blank]

That's why I gave up fishing regular club comps as when pleasure fishing I can pick and choose when I go fishing rather than having to go because it's a club match.

[mick dunn]

We had no choice really. Travelled over 400 mile to South coast for Police comp. Did not know what weather was going to be like when we got there. Mind the beer was nice in the local Weatherspoons.

[Chiefwigum]

And we fished the world famous fishing hotspot of Chesil beach.......I blanked!

[blackrat]

And we fished the world famous fishing hotspot of Chesil beach.......I blanked!

I didn't. And I was next to you ....😎