Headtorch recommendations

At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!

Moderators: Seaniebo, corbyeire

Message
Author
User avatar
roger de dodger
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 5651
Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:15 pm
Favourite Fish: skimmers
Location: bray co.wickla
Has thanked: 191 times
Been thanked: 288 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#81 Post by roger de dodger »

of course you need a dim headlight for bass fishing those bright ones spook the fish :!:
EAST COAST BAITBUCKET RAIDER,

thornback specialist
User avatar
donal domeney
Head of International Security and Bringer of World Peace
Posts: 4898
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:13 pm
Location: cork
Has thanked: 436 times
Been thanked: 829 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#82 Post by donal domeney »

To be honest the only thing these LED lights are good for is blinding everyone else on the beach.
They might go down well with the East Coast anglers for their, god help us, scretching for 20cm fish but if your into a good fish you need a good bright beam to play that fish in the surf the LED's do not have that.
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
User avatar
shamoo0804
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 1798
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:43 pm
Location: Dublin
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 18 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#83 Post by shamoo0804 »

I got my princeton tec apex in the post today.

I was dead happy to get the parcel, less happy once I'd opened it.

I specifically asked the ebay seller (the previously recommended sebastien :evil: ), prior to ordering/paying for it, if it was the newest 130 lumen model...he said yes it was. low and behold, now its turned up......yep you guessed, its the 80 lumen older model.. needless to say, I've reported it to the seller, ebay and paypal. We'll see what comes of my complaint.



On the plus side, I'll test this headlamp over the next week or so, and see is it any good :wink:
User avatar
shamoo0804
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 1798
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:43 pm
Location: Dublin
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 18 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#84 Post by shamoo0804 »

Heard back from the ebay seller this morning, and he reckons some confusion his end in packaging meant I got the older model...yeh right :roll:

Anyhow, he's gonna send the correct model, so I'll have the added benefit of being able to roadtest this model until my new one arrives :D

Expect a tackle review shortly :wink:
User avatar
roger de dodger
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 5651
Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:15 pm
Favourite Fish: skimmers
Location: bray co.wickla
Has thanked: 191 times
Been thanked: 288 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#85 Post by roger de dodger »

got an L1 silva off santa (yes she still loves me )it,s cool camo for my bass stalkin :lol: have to say i,m well pleased with it got rechargeable batteries for both battery packs ,low beam fine for tip watchin and baiting up med for casting and retreiving and full beam for melting eric,s eyeballs and cooking fish (5 minutes both sides) 8)
EAST COAST BAITBUCKET RAIDER,

thornback specialist
User avatar
shamoo0804
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 1798
Joined: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:43 pm
Location: Dublin
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 18 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#86 Post by shamoo0804 »

Arent you a lucky bugger.

Have to say, I'm well impressed with the princeton I got recently, only downside really is that there isnt a lower light setting on it which would come in handy, unfortunately its not camo, so I'll be scaring off all them bass, but it is waterproof (not that I've tested it) to 1 metre - great for all that underwater (obviously only to 1m deep) fishing I do :roll: :lol:
User avatar
petewex
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 331
Joined: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:14 pm
Location: wexford

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#87 Post by petewex »

DONAL D
They might go down well with the East Coast anglers for their, god help us, scretching for 20cm fish but if your into a good fish you need a good bright beam to play that fish in the surf the LED's do not have that.[/quote]
if only you could catch one little 20cm fish donal you would have won last sunday :roll:
me the tiga head light all the way
2009 species= whiting,flounder,dab,codling,bass,dogs,rockling,smooth hound,

kilmuckridge s.a.c.
theshoreking

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#88 Post by theshoreking »

roger de dodger wrote:of course you need a dim headlight for Bass fishing those bright ones spook the fish :!:


Jees,

a bit late tellin me now :!: Theres me blindin em all with me nova spelio :!: Maybe thats how I was gettin em - I had em disoriented or they might just be dummer ones I got. :twisted:

sk
User avatar
roger de dodger
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 5651
Joined: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:15 pm
Favourite Fish: skimmers
Location: bray co.wickla
Has thanked: 191 times
Been thanked: 288 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#89 Post by roger de dodger »

them,s rayban bass your gettin 8)
EAST COAST BAITBUCKET RAIDER,

thornback specialist
Century Man
SAI Hammerhead
Posts: 270
Joined: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:25 pm
Favourite Rod: Century Tip Tornado Sport
Favourite Reel: Abu Mag Elite
Favourite Fish: Tope/Ray
Location: Wexford.

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#90 Post by Century Man »

Agree with Petewex.

Tiga simply rules.
Century-Man
dbrock
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 2177
Joined: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:16 am
Favourite Rod: Zziplex m4 gt
Favourite Reel: Daiwa 7ht mag
Favourite Fish: Tope/ Smoothounds
Location: dub/wick
Has thanked: 38 times
Been thanked: 44 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#91 Post by dbrock »

ha ha just broke another silva lx tonight thats 3 now,, all break at the part where the cable connects to battery
fintasticaquatics
http://www.ecrsac.com
EAST COAST RAIDERS MEMBER 2011
[color=#BF0000]SPORTSCAST IRELAND 2011[/color]
theshoreking

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#92 Post by theshoreking »

dbrock wrote:ha ha just broke another silva lx tonight thats 3 now,, all break at the part where the cable connects to battery


Still no bother with my spelio! Pity bout your silva but if its happened twice before to you :idea:
dbrock
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 2177
Joined: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:16 am
Favourite Rod: Zziplex m4 gt
Favourite Reel: Daiwa 7ht mag
Favourite Fish: Tope/ Smoothounds
Location: dub/wick
Has thanked: 38 times
Been thanked: 44 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#93 Post by dbrock »

theshoreking wrote:
dbrock wrote:ha ha just broke another silva lx tonight thats 3 now,, all break at the part where the cable connects to battery


Still no bother with my spelio! Pity bout your silva but if its happened twice before to you :idea:

but the light is just so good of em and battery so light :lol: but ill be getting something dif this time
fintasticaquatics
http://www.ecrsac.com
EAST COAST RAIDERS MEMBER 2011
[color=#BF0000]SPORTSCAST IRELAND 2011[/color]
User avatar
JOHN1
SAI Megalodon!
Posts: 3462
Joined: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:59 am
Location: South Co. Dublin
Has thanked: 759 times
Been thanked: 454 times

Re: Headtorch recommendations

#94 Post by JOHN1 »

dbrock wrote:
theshoreking wrote:
dbrock wrote:ha ha just broke another silva lx tonight thats 3 now,, all break at the part where the cable connects to battery


Still no bother with my spelio! Pity bout your silva but if its happened twice before to you :idea:

but the light is just so good of em and battery so light :lol: but ill be getting something dif this time

you should of stuck to the l1's at least you get a choice of battery packs and a lot more light time from the batteries.

lx power save mode 45hrs :shock:
l1 power save mode 200hrs :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: all the way
Species Target (1) Anything will be a Bonus.

BallyBrack SAC.
Efsa Ireland.

Return to “Tackle Reviews by Sea Anglers”