[Eddies]

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/34887/Lighting/Torches-Task-Lighting/Torches/Million-Candle-Rechargeable-Spotlight-5M

[r-man]

Probably has a short battery life, and probably doesn't stay super bright for long. Have used a few similiar. But for a short session I'm sure it's fine.

[Johnny Brown]

Its a spotlight. If you wanted to try WSS you'd need the torch holder to be at remergence.

[r-man]

At least, it's called a spotlight.

[Eddies]

Yeh but its £15 not a few hundred like the ones recommended so far!
Of course its prob not gonna illuminate the whole crag, and its prob only gonna last an hour or two, but it serves a purpose.

[Johnny Brown]

My dad has a similar one which wasn't even that much. It would be useless for climbing, the beam is about 1 degree wide. Spend 30 quid on a camping lantern instead.

[r-man]

You can pick up lots of things between £10 and £20 but they are generally a bit disappointing - low battery life, long charging time, gradually fading light etc. Get a proper lantern, much much better, and around the same price. I tried saying this last winter:

I got a lantern not so long ago, and it's great. Twin mantle, ignition switch. Don't know how long the canister lasts but I've had several sessions with it so far, each a few hours long and it's still going. Also the ignition switch means you can easily turn it off between goes if you are resting between attempts. It's much brighter than the tube things and cheap battery things too - lights up a whole boulder, no problem. Still wise to use headtorches and other lights so you don't get too many shadows though. Portablility isn't a big issue - I just carry it by the handle, usually I use it instead of a headtorch. But I have stuffed it inside my mat before, with all my other stuff.

This is £35 for instance. A bit more expensive than a cheap battery light, but still quite affordable:

http://www.wildday.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?id=6858&AID=10435523&PID=2187177&SID=Mg05Gz8v3daEETmCDkiiiTHCFKqtnnbE

[Kingy]

You can pick up lots of things between £10 and £20 but they are generally a bit disappointing - low battery life, long charging time, gradually fading light etc. Get a proper lantern, much much better, and around the same price. I tried saying this last winter:

Word to that bro. I bought a low quality piece of junk from B and Q for about 20 quid and took it to Minus 10 in light drizzle. There was an hour of daylight left and I switched on the lamp as it was getting dark. The lamp was in the rain although I was climbing in the dry. Although initially amanzingly bright, within half an hour the damn thing had dimmed to an extremely faint glow which failed to illuminate the rock whatsoever. It then went out completely - water had flooded into the bulb. It never worked again 

This winter I may invest in some heavy duty shizzle referred to above. No messing around this time around 

[Krank]

Yeh but its £15 not a few hundred like the ones recommended so far!
Of course its prob not gonna illuminate the whole crag, and its prob only gonna last an hour or two, but it serves a purpose.

I use a maglite and a head torch it does the job fine. Floodlights seem good but there not needed really, especially at a couple of hundred notes without batteries.

[Eddies]

This isnt bad, you can focus the beam and charge it thro the mains (takes 14 hours for full charge tho) says it lasts 4hours without dimming... Still nearly 100 notes tho!

http://www.yorksurvey.co.uk/tools/torches/713/x-cell-4h-rechargeable-lamp.html

Sod it, im buying one of those lanters.... but with the price of petrol going up like it is the damn thing will cost a fortune to run! I wonder if it runs off of chip fat 

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Something like this looks like a reasonable compromise for £35:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/rwl12-12v-rechargeable-fluorescent-lig



Doesn't mention it on the website but the catalogue recons it's good for 5hrs

[slackline]

Something like this looks like a reasonable compromise for £35:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/rwl12-12v-rechargeable-fluorescent-lig



Doesn't mention it on the website but the catalogue recons it's good for 5hrs

Looks similar to the one Lagers picked up.  Check further back in the thread for details, he seemed to rate it.

[lagerstarfish]

still rate it 

see video

[philo]

whats the battery life on that beast like largers?

[lagerstarfish]

Good for 2 or 3 hours usually. Never run out of juice at the crag.

[Drew]

Not sure what the normal going rate for the UKB approved Dewalt lantern is these days, but I just found this site while looking. I was also interested to hear if anyone has seen one of these before




Looks like the favourite:



but more compact.

Oh, and they have the biggie in 110v, and 240v versions. What's the difference (in real use terms)?

[bigdrew]

Hey, over in the equipment section I asked a fair few questions about these. The light will be the same from the 110 and 240 just you will need a 110V supply. (The big yellow 3 pin thing)

I went for the bigger of the two lights in the end just because it saved buying a separate battery charger. Its not too much of a pain to lug around and is very stable on the floor.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DEWALT-DC022-AREA-LIGHT-110v-DOUBLE-CHARGER-7-2-18v-/390194580252?pt=UK_Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item5ad968cb1c

That's the one I picked up.

None of them come with batteries through and they aren't cheap if you don't already have them from drills or what ever!

[lagerstarfish]

at last nights session we had both a Dewalt and my Clarke

the Dewalt is loads brighter, but the Clarke is light enough to hang of the top of tripod/light stand

the compination was very good

[SA Chris]

As of Saturday night there will be a big bright lantern in the sky for an extra hour!

[philo]

Something like this looks like a reasonable compromise for £35:

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/rwl12-12v-rechargeable-fluorescent-lig



Doesn't mention it on the website but the catalogue recons it's good for 5hrs

Looks similar to the one Lagers picked up.  Check further back in the thread for details, he seemed to rate it.

I have this exact one and mine is perfect,  newman got one aswell but his broke in the matter of days. 

[SA Chris]

Is there any advance on the clark one below as a budget option for a couple of evenings of dicking about on small boulders? The prospect of indoor sessions only in the evenings for the next few months just fills me with dread, so I think I need to get with the lighting shizzle.

[tommytwotone]

As far as I can see that's the one we've been trialling - found it to be good from a brightness point of view. Does take a little while to warm up though so I'd recommend turning it on a little while before you actually want to use it.

[SA Chris]

Sounds good, gone up a bit in price since the £35 mentioned tho'

[lagerstarfish]

another budget option is to use one of these flood lights with energy saving bulb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/20W-R7s-Floodlight-Energy-Saving/dp/B003SCJO8G/ref=sr_1_4?s=lighting&ie=UTF8&qid=1317893117&sr=1-4

along with a 12v car starter/power suply thingy and an 12Vdc/240Vac inverter - if you already have them, otherwise it'll cost

the floods are light enough to mount on a camera tripod

I already had the light, starter thing and and inverter. I wanted an energy saving bulb for it anyway. I put them all together out of pure curiosity at first
 
Works fine - had it on for 90 mins constantly as a test

I use the switch on the inverter to turn it off/on

only used it for night car fixing and gardening so far, but am confident that it'll be fine for bouldering

same wattage as the Clarke

like this, but all connected

[tomtom]

Good arrows Lagers, I might get one of those as a replacement for my rusting security light (that I wince at its 500w every time it comes on..) Plus the slight warm up on the energy saving bulb will give cats/squirrels/burglars the chance to escape the dazzling beam...