Do you carry a backup light?

[Vegan Packer]

Absolutely. Wife and I began married life as cavers.

I hear you on that one! I'm the guy with the HP fins.

Lol, exactly the background I am coming from...wreck diver and cave diver.

Okay, now I know who this is. Say hi to Tienuts for me. LOL

[kimbur96]

I hear you on that one! I'm the guy with the HP fins.







Okay, now I know who this is. Say hi to Tienuts for me. LOL

LOL, small world. Between the vegan and the optima I know who you are too. Tienuts and I are no longer together but still friends. I will tell him you said Hi. IF you are ever doing anything local give me a shout. I am brand new and trying to learn. Thanks, Happy trails

[Malto]

I also went through a caving phase, prior to getting big into hiking. Discovered I liked walking more than crawling.

[Vegan Packer]

LOL, small world. Between the vegan and the optima I know who you are too. Tienuts and I are no longer together but still friends. I will tell him you said Hi. IF you are ever doing anything local give me a shout. I am brand new and trying to learn. Thanks, Happy trails

I am retired from diving, pretty much, and this is my new gig. I am at about Nitrox cert level equivalent in this world, but working my way up.

[poolskaterx]

Black Diamond Storm is my main light and Ion is my back up light, I also have a tiny single led velcroed onto my classic swiss army knife in my pocket; 1 cloudy night in the sierras with no light has converted me to a double backups.

[VITCHELO]

It is important to have backup light and Batteries in case of emergency.

[QiWiz]

I used to carry a tiny backup light, mostly so I could change batteries of regular headlamp in the dark. Now I would just use iPhone flashlight app for that purpose.

[Secondmouse]

I consider my phone my backup light.

wow, I am so struck with the common sense of this and I had completely overlooked it. since I already carry a smart phone, I can actually say I carry two spares...

my backup light is a 4 Sevens Preon2 AAA light. it weighs less than an ounce and takes two AAA bats, the same as my headlamp, so it's kind of like a fully finctioning spare battery carrier.

it has several modes with a max of 198 OTF lumens down to 2 lumens, and SOS and flashing Beacon modes. it's a supplement to my headlamp which is pretty much a low power flood light...

[AlyontheAT2016]

Petzl headlamp, and smartphone as backup

[sheperd80]

I ususally carry a byte headlamp and a maglite solitaire as a backup. Both are tiny bright and durable.

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[Glacier]

There are 4 things I carry everyday: wallet, phone, full size leatherman, and a small flashlight. So yes I have a backup light.

[jshannon]

Many do take backups but I just take extra battery.

[Christoph]

I carried a few extra batteries for my headlamp. Unfortunately, for the amount of time the lamp was actually on, I ended up just carrying them as extra weight (never needed them). I did have my phone as a backup but never really thought of that anyway. Next trip I'll just carry a headlamp with no extra batteries. Gotta figure, resupply is only a few days or so away, you can use your phone, another hiker will most likely have an extra and give you one (we all help each other out up there), and probably 1/2 the nights are lit fairly well by the moon. Once your eyes adjust you'll be fine. Now night hiking will obviously use more and I did it a few nights, but still didn't see the need for extra batteries.