Whether you鈥檙e night riding, hiking, skiing, cooking or just rummaging
around your tent, a bright and long-lasting lamp can make a big difference
between loving the great outdoors and cursing it.
new
USB-rechargeable will help you choose the former. The light uses the same battery as your
iPhone, which helps keep it working at about 1.7 lumen鈥檚 per gram. And, it鈥檚 designed to be versatile鈥攗se it as a headlamp,
flashlight, picnic table light, or bike light. No other light that we鈥檝e tried
here at the Gear Shed does such a good job at so many things. In fact, we recently used it
during the , a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. bike race in southern Vermont. It lit up the night
and helped our team pedal to victory.
Because the Solite is regulated, the beam of light is bright and
consistent across the entire life of the battery. Most lights don鈥檛 stay consistently
bright through their charge鈥攖heir brightness degrades rapidly as the battery
drains. And riders barely noticed they were wearing it during the Lunar Quarry 12. The next brightest
contender had a massive battery to deal with.听
For commuting, a tiny
side light keeps you visible without interfering with your night vision. And
the light has a lock mode for travel. Lasts 2.5 hours on high, 20 hours on low,
and 100 hours in read mode. Available now, $149; .听
鈥擝erne Broudy