Storm In A Battery Box; Part Two

OM regulars might recall that we recently commented on the difficulty of opening the battery compartment on Petzl's neat new Myo head torch.

We found that the arrow on the battery box is aligned confusingly and makes the lid of the box hard to open, if you pull horizontally instead, it's much easier. Since we published the article, UK Petzl importers Lyon Equipment have been in touch with a couple of suggestions.

One is that our sample was from a pre-production test pool and that production samples have been re-jigged and are now need less pressure to open them. The other point they make is that the battery box lid features a small projection to the left of the wire entry, which is there specifically so you can use, say, the pick of an ice axe for more leverage if the box gets iced up or your hands are slippery.

Using the OM nail clippers on this projection proved the point and to be fair, it's marked clearly in the information sheet that comes with every Myo. So what are we saying? Briefly, so far we've found the Myo to work well and it's definitely an improvement on the clunky, slightly dated Zoom. If you are having problems with opening the battery box, they're not insurmountable and combination of changing the direction of pull together with use of the nobbly projection should see you right.

It's a storm in a battery box ;-)