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I live in San Diego and frankly, I hate the new lights because they simply aren't as bright and there are fewer of them. I can't run outside after work during t
by blackflame7000 8y ago
I live in San Diego and frankly, I hate the new lights because they simply aren't as bright and there are fewer of them. I can't run outside after work during the winter because the streets are dark now.
- trhway 8y agoWith modern LED the small battery powered headlamp I have on a headband is like a headlight of the cars of the past :)
- 01100011 8y agoHeadlamps can be dangerous because the shadows are in the same plane as your vision. I gave up using them for hiking because they didn't help me see drop-offs. You're better off with a light in your hand or on your waist.
- username223 8y agoAfter spending hundreds of hours hiking by headlamp, both on- and off-trail, I disagree. Sometimes it helps to hold your headlamp in your hand if you're running, but at a normal walking pace, it's not a big deal.
- fbonetti 8y agoJust get a headlamp that can be angled down.
- usrusr 8y agoDoes not change the fact that the light source is very close to the observer, and to make it worse higher than the observer. Both are quite bad for detecting the structure of the ground.
- zaroth 8y agoWhere would you want the light to fix this? Somewhere else you could wear it on your body? Torso, thigh, ankle?
- usrusr 8y agoTorso would probably be good, any deeper and you get too much shadow in depressions or behind bumps, dosage matters. But you lose head aiming into curves, so maybe somewhere in the jaw region might be interesting. You'd need an entirely new approach to fixing for sports that don't already have full face headgear, but the usual forehead position isn't exactly fashionable either (historically this position comes from mining I think, where the shadow/structure effect isn't wasted when it works on the ceiling instead of on the floor).
- steve_gh 8y agoUltratrail runner here. No-one in the ultra community uses handheld torches. We all use headtorches, and we run long distances at night through mountains
- gesman 8y agoCameras consumes too much energy :)
- mark212 8y agoI think there’s a statewide standard now on light pollution that mandates dimmer lights. Supposed to be safer, too, because the contrast with the shadows isn’t so great.
- _underfl0w_ 8y agoGood news: Even though it would now be easier to mug you in the dark, it'll be recorded in camera with that assailant's face analyzed in realtime. ...assuming no ski mask. /s