By replacing the zip line with a bulky strap they changed a truly inmovatove product to just another, well, headlamp. I'm sure the other changes are actual improvements, but couldn't they have left the zip line alone? And what's with the whistle on the strap. Do manufacturers have to put a whistle on everything? I have a whistle on the sternum strap of my pack, a whistle on the little compass I like to carry and now a whistle on my headlamp? Who am I, the freaking Pied Piper?
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I agree with the whistle thing. Redundancy in emergency equipment is a good thing. But unless it's a real survival whistle I'll pass. I carry a coast guard approved ACR whistle. At .2oz's it is really loud. None of the whistles on my buckles are nearly as loud. I don't need it in my headlamp.
But this light is marketed as an "emergency" light. So the more emergency items on it, the better it looks from a marketing standpoint.
I still haven't bought the new elite. I do plan on it at this point in time though. Downsizing in lighting is one of last hurdles I'm overcoming to a really lightweight pack.
What can i say, I guess I'm slightly scared of the dark. Not in a ghosts and goblins kind of way..But like that time I had to night hike off of camels hump after helping SAR locate and rescue a woman with a broken ankle.
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