Self-adjusting head lamp
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:29 am
The last thing I need is to probably buy another head lamp (damn their usefulness!), but this one has me really intrigued:
The Petzl Nao. From the article:
The Petzl Nao. From the article:
The price is steep but I'm terribly interested in trying one out. Guess I know what I'll be looking for when I head down to Midwest Mountaineering's Spring Expo."Look at a cliff face above a hiking trail. Your headlamp illuminates the rock with a 300+ lumen beam. Now, glance at your map; notice as the headlamp beam instantly tones down to adjust for a close view. That is the reality of the NAO from Petzl, a self-adjusting light that uses optical sensors and a tiny computer processor built-in to assess what you’re looking at, how far away it is, and then to change its output accordingly from 8 lumens to 355 lumens in a literal blink."