Black Diamond Ion

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Ghastly Rubberfeet
Reviewed: 11 November 2006

SMALL, LIGHT AND GLOWS IN THE DARK!

Small, light and glows in the dark!

performs well given the size/design.

Batteries available from 7 day shop and not too expensive.

OK for emergencies. Need a better torch for serious stuff.

Brilliant (excuse the pun!)

Great emergency/easy terrain torch

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Performance:

5.0

Reliability:

5.0

Value:

5.0

Roger Daws
Reviewed: 02 February 2005

THE BIZ

I forgot my Petzl zoom the other weekend and nipped in to Joe Browns and sore this and thought why not give it a go. Now I would not be with out it.

As said before not a lot of good for distance.

Top light. I got batteries hear fast and a good price. www.smallbattery.company.org.uk

Score breakdown

Performance:

5.0

Reliability:

5.0

Value:

5.0

David P
Reviewed: 01 February 2005

FLIPPIN' BRILLIANT

Weighs next to nothing, emits light, battery lasts ages. About £18.

Not great for long distant work - but then it's not supposed to be. Might need to spend a little time finding a backup battery.

Why wouldn't you pack it? Good enough light to walk by in decent weather, great around the camp. Good thing to have.

Score breakdown

Performance:

5.0

Reliability:

5.0

Value:

5.0

Andrew McCrorie
Reviewed: 01 December 2004

EXTREMELY LIGHT

So light you will never notice it and still puts out useable light, always lives in my pack.
Can be used as a tailight to guide others when walking apart in the dark.

Batteries (6V Silver Oxide) are expensive and not commonly available so I only tend to use it as a back up to another torch or for emergency use when travelling lightweight.
Some glare from light into users eyes, could do with a small shield.

Puts out useable light, for me a little light is a lot better than nothing at all, usually I just need to be see where I'm putting my feet for the next few paces.
It was good enough for a pre-dawn ascent of Mt Blanc albeit following the lights of many others into the mist.

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