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I never used mine, so it is now in the "nice to have" storage box.whether or not to bring a headlamp
as a light source also is useful during night at the albergue.
Hi NP,
I've taken a headlamp on 2 caminos - and used it only a couple of times. In those instances I most likely could have used the light app on my iphone instead.
If you're trying hard to cut down, I would leave it out. I am not taking my headlamp on my next camino.
buen camino
I was NOT one of the people who needed to get out at 5:00 a.m. so they could rush to their next albergue to insure they could get a bed. .
I am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP
I am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP
I am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP[/Q
May depend on the time of year. Walking in late September most mornings it was still dark when we set off (not especially early -around 7:30am). Head torch was an essential bit of kit when road walking at that time of day to let cars know we were on the road.
We definitey used ours daily, if you need the toilet during the night, if you need to walk early or late evening and it won't take up much spaceI am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP
@RevLee, this comes up from time to time, but I have yet to see a convincing explanation or evidence that it is true. I know that it is not an absolute, as you have presented it here. I have been disturbed by those with red lights, although it is difficult to tell if they are less disruptive than white lights. My observation is that the red lights are less bright than their white counterparts, and wonder whether it is light intensity as well that is a factor.A headlamp with a red light is very handy in hostels. The red light will not disturb sleepers around you.
Day 8I am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP
@Roger M. So you wouldn't be one of the early risers that wants the dormitory silent in the afternoon so that you can sleep, would you?Ha ha - sleepers will squawk over a floor creaking! You can't please them! They voluntarily go to sleep with 50 people and then complain that all is not perfectly harmonious.
I say get up when you want, try and be as courteous as you can, pack as much as you can the night before, try and keep your light off of people's faces .... then get your stuff and get on the trail and BUEN CAMINO!
@Roger M. So you wouldn't be one of the early risers that wants the dormitory silent in the afternoon so that you can sleep, would you?
Thank goodness for that.Nah - I like my sleep as much as anybody.
As I am STILL fretting on Backpack weight before I leave on Tuesday! I have decided to leave my headlamp and just rely on camera torch if I need itI am undecided on whether or not to bring a headlamp and I would love to hare what the veterans think about it. I purchased one last minute and I am unsure it was necessary or even helpful. I am trying to follow a rule for packing - it only make the cut if I think I will use it everyday or every other day.
What are your thoughts?
NP
But it was a slow and tortuous decision!Glad you made a decision.
But it was a slow and tortuous decision!
@ziggzagg, thank you for this. It was interesting to read the explanation of something that I have been putting to practical use for years. My concern is still that if a red light is sufficiently bright to be useful to the person using it to get around at night, it is bright enough to disturb others. I have said elsewhere that I wouldn't necessarily expect you to be thanked for preserving a fellow pilgrims night vision when you disrupt them at night because you are using a red light.@dougfitz : The rationale behind the red light thing is explained by this Wiki entry on the Purkinje effect. The light may still disturb people like any other kind of stimulus might, but it won't ruin nightvision, and also most likely has less of an effect on the body's sleep biochemistry.
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