slaphappy Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 I have always relied heavily on my Petzl Zoom. Recently I have been using the Tikka, and have become quite fond of it, choosing it over the Zoom for obvious size and weight differences. I am headed out for an extended trip involving your typical alpine start. Until now I have not "trusted" the Tikka for this use. Packing my pack I would sure like to huck my Zoom in the scree,(relax I'm not gonna litter) and take the tikka. Has anyone done any moderate route finding and glacier travel with this gem? Is the light sufficient? Would you recomend it, or should I stick with my trusted Zoom? I appreciate any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 slap, i don't own the tikka(thought it was junk) but i do own the princeten-tec led light.....there is no other headlamp i would rather use...the led bulbs are great you dont get to see much farther ahead, but then again when i am plodding along i am not looking much further then a few feet....and it is not like the zoom is a spot light... go forth and trust your little tikka. and light on the glacoer at nite is cool, especailly for those techicolor ascents.... [This message has been edited by erik (edited 07-09-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EV Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 I agree with Eric. If you want to see far ahead, go with your zoom. Otherwise, the Tikka is fine. We were bushwhacking around 1:00 a.m., not sure if we were going the right way, I'm glad we had a Petzl Zoom. However, we could have gotten by with the Tikka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willstrickland Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 A problem with white LED lights in general is the light is so blue-white that they don't facilitate night vision. There are some yellowish LEDs that help with seeing in low level lighting, maybe a mixture of the two would help. As for the Zoom, you can make a serious spolight out of it with a little rigging. For my main caving lamp I converted an old Petzl mega (basically a zoom with a 3 "C" cell batt pack) to a 6V set-up. Just cut the batt pack off, screw in a 6v halogen, solder on some burly mini jumper cable type clamps and get one of those square 6v batts. The set-up is heavy for sure, but for extended batt life (12 hours or more is pretty common) and a light like the sun, it can't be beat. It's easily three times as bright as a regular zoom with a halogen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 quote: Originally posted by erik: slap, i don't own the tikka(thought it was junk) but i do own the princeten-tec led light.....there is no other headlamp i would rather use you and ED VEISTURS huh? but you aren't getting paid to use it either, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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