RV FEATURE
MY EARLY TO MID-20s FAVOURITE
For two years , I travelled Australia and worked as a remote-area surveyor in the Northern Territory . Not only were my clothes , refrigeration and food , cooking , tools , and camping equipment simple , so was my lighting gear . That same fluoro light from a couple of years earlier , packed into my homemade safety box , was my primary source of light around the campsite . Yes , I could buy replacement bulbs if needed , but I never broke one .
As much as LED strip light works well , it ’ s a total pain to set them up with all the daisy-chained wiring . I hate it ! Same goes for my Milwaukee light … great tools , but not great lights for camping !
As dorky as they may look , a headlamp is invaluable in many situations . Dunny runs , working on the 4WD , cooking on the fire , and recording observations for work … night time star observations for my surveying work weren ' t too common , but I would need to jot the readings down at night , and a head torch was perfect for this . Nope , I have no memory of how to do star observations now . My phone is far more accurate , easier , and quicker than anything I achieved while out working in the bush .
Hand torches came and went , but they are invaluable tools for many jobs around camp , under the car fixing things , and nighttime bushwalking . I prefer hand torches that are compact enough to fit into my pocket and able to provide an even medium-width beam , over big , bulky units that shone for miles .
From humble pencil-sized torches , up to flood-the footy-field LED lanterns , I ’ ve used the lot .
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