Christmas Cracker - Number Two
It's tiny torch time in our ongoing quest to help Santa sort out the outdoors pressie dilemmas that gnaw at his fraying snow white beard at this time of year...
What do you buy for the outdoor person who has everything?
Between now and Christmas, we'll be running a daily Christmas
Cracker featuring an inspired Christmas gift idea to help you
cope with that tricky purchasing situation.
Number Two: Petzl e+LITE
Just in case you've missed it and just in case you can still find
one, we reckon this is the ideal stocking filler for any keen walker
or climber. The e+LITE is Petzl's small but perfectly formed
27-gramme headtorch.
It's tiny, light and ingenious. Just because it's small doesn't
mean it's minimalist, so not only do you get two white LED settings
and flasher, there's also a red LED to avoid trashing your night
vision plus super neat features like a swivelling ball joint and a
clip allowing you to mount it not just on your head but also on, say,
the stiffened peak of a cap or hood or on a laminated lapel.
Petzl says its for emergency use, but with its 19-metre range,
45-hour burn time, cheap watch-type batteries and carefully
thought-through features, we've found it a totally useable all-round
torch. The only problem is that it's so small, it's easy to forget
where you've stashed it...
More details at www.petzl.com
price is £25.
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