Thinking of getting a light on the helmet rails. Any recommendations? Would mostly rely on it to spot snakes when walking through the woods during hunts. Thanks in advance!
Night Vision Helmet light recommendation
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I use gerber 3 lumen RGBW vis light on my helmet ...
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U7YALLW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
But, I don't use this light for spotting snakes, I use it "red" as an admin light or "green" to navigate in woods with no nv/thermal. Those are my primary use cases.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U7YALLW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
But, I don't use this light for spotting snakes, I use it "red" as an admin light or "green" to navigate in woods with no nv/thermal. Those are my primary use cases.
Ah what's he advantage of this light? Is it so that animals aren't scared off by the high visible white light from weapons lights?
If you are a Surefire fan than the Surefire X300U-B or X300V. I personally would go with the Inforce WMLx White/IR. Its specs are awesome and at that price point it would be hard to pass up
Do they have a model that has a longer battery life? 2 hr is kinda short I would think. Don't think I really need 800 lumens in the wild lol.
benn using this for years and I like just using he older Surfire m1 IR, mounted on the helmet . it great for taking a peak in the night shadow areas . it is wide beam and not overpowering bloom in strength , just take a 1-inch Weaver strap-style ( low ) scope Ring for securing to helmet with fast attachment & removal . Also battery life is Loooong time .
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Yeppers on the M1, dang disappointed SF made the decision to stop production on these gems last year. :-( I have 3 more NIB in case something goes wrong with several helmets I wear. The Surefire V1 works well, but not as clean as the M1 of course, but a white light option.
Also depending on the OP's true range he needs, the Princeton Tech line are very good as well.
Also depending on the OP's true range he needs, the Princeton Tech line are very good as well.
I think this is a bit big and heavy for helmet mounting. I'd still go with the V1, just about the same IR down range, you not really gaining that much in the IR Dept, but about 30 yards more with the 952 in the white light arena.
Thanks! I think that might be the winner for what I need. Does it have an invisible IR flood too?
<<Ah what's he advantage of this light? Is it so that animals aren't scared off by the high visible white light from weapons lights?>>
Basic idea is to use minimum vis light to get the job done - increases stealth and reduces impact on MKIEB NV.
Have ir-illuminator on other side ... run on lowest power and minimum beam width ...
I have more powerful vis lights and ir-illuminators I can run on the weapons ... but I rarely take them to the field as they add weight and don't have much use (for me).
For all night hunting activities I carry a 300 lumen white light and a 1000 lumen white light in my pockets for emergencies. I also always have a 3 lumen RGBW in my pocket for general use.
Basic idea is to use minimum vis light to get the job done - increases stealth and reduces impact on MKIEB NV.
Have ir-illuminator on other side ... run on lowest power and minimum beam width ...
I have more powerful vis lights and ir-illuminators I can run on the weapons ... but I rarely take them to the field as they add weight and don't have much use (for me).
For all night hunting activities I carry a 300 lumen white light and a 1000 lumen white light in my pockets for emergencies. I also always have a 3 lumen RGBW in my pocket for general use.
I have put the 3 lumen red light down on the ground (in the cool half the year) and I can't see it beyond 10-15 yards and that is walking away from it, turning around and walking back.
With the three lumen light on green, I can see to walk in the woods like it was day time - which isn't saying much, our woods are very thick with lots of underbrush and locust trees and branches and tree trunks on the ground. Slow going in day or night. But the 3 lumen on green is amazing and allows full speed for one person in the woods. Each color is visible a bit farther out in this order Red, Blue, Green, White. And if they are reflecting off something, then visible farther out. But the 3 lumen light is useful for my purposes of navigation and messing with gear without using NV or thermal.
If you are hunting with white lights or engaging critters that shoot back or just spotting with white lights then much brighter lights are indicated, but I'm not doing those things. I do use white lights when I am working at night in the pastures ... using the tractor or burning etc. But I do not use white lights for hunting except for emergencies.
If you are out searching for snakes at night, I guess you would want a really bright white light. But I've never searched for snakes at night, so I'm not sure. I wear good boots and hope for the best. According to the critter books I have for this area - including the one the US Army hands out to the troops at Fort Riley, there are supposed to be about 400 cotton mouth on my land, but I have not seen one. I see plenty of other snakes, but I don't bother them unless they are in our buildings, in which case I take them way out in the pasture and let them go. I've found one juvenile rattler and I took it way out in the pasture and let it go. Most of the snakes I find in our buildings are going after rats ... and I'm on that team also, so I just take them out of the buildings and they head off.
I would think searching for snakes at night with white lights would be a tough business though it hasn't occurred to me to try it. But I presume if you were doing that you wouldn't be hunting for other critters because they would tend to see the white light and move away. Hence if I were hunting I wouldn't be using white lights to search for snakes and if I was using white lights to search for snakes I wouldn't be hunting. But perhaps I am off base here - it just never occurred to me to try it!
I do think I've "heard" a snake near me twice at night in 5 years of going out at night. But my action was to stop and listen more closely. The noise stopped and I moved away from it.
With the three lumen light on green, I can see to walk in the woods like it was day time - which isn't saying much, our woods are very thick with lots of underbrush and locust trees and branches and tree trunks on the ground. Slow going in day or night. But the 3 lumen on green is amazing and allows full speed for one person in the woods. Each color is visible a bit farther out in this order Red, Blue, Green, White. And if they are reflecting off something, then visible farther out. But the 3 lumen light is useful for my purposes of navigation and messing with gear without using NV or thermal.
If you are hunting with white lights or engaging critters that shoot back or just spotting with white lights then much brighter lights are indicated, but I'm not doing those things. I do use white lights when I am working at night in the pastures ... using the tractor or burning etc. But I do not use white lights for hunting except for emergencies.
If you are out searching for snakes at night, I guess you would want a really bright white light. But I've never searched for snakes at night, so I'm not sure. I wear good boots and hope for the best. According to the critter books I have for this area - including the one the US Army hands out to the troops at Fort Riley, there are supposed to be about 400 cotton mouth on my land, but I have not seen one. I see plenty of other snakes, but I don't bother them unless they are in our buildings, in which case I take them way out in the pasture and let them go. I've found one juvenile rattler and I took it way out in the pasture and let it go. Most of the snakes I find in our buildings are going after rats ... and I'm on that team also, so I just take them out of the buildings and they head off.
I would think searching for snakes at night with white lights would be a tough business though it hasn't occurred to me to try it. But I presume if you were doing that you wouldn't be hunting for other critters because they would tend to see the white light and move away. Hence if I were hunting I wouldn't be using white lights to search for snakes and if I was using white lights to search for snakes I wouldn't be hunting. But perhaps I am off base here - it just never occurred to me to try it!
I do think I've "heard" a snake near me twice at night in 5 years of going out at night. But my action was to stop and listen more closely. The noise stopped and I moved away from it.
That makes sense. Haha I m definitely not looking for snakes to bag them. We just have a lot of shrubs in the country and there are a LOT of cotton mouths and water snakes as there are a few ponds on the property. Id be just be looking for them to avoid while crossing the path. I think 10-15 yards is more than enough. Since I don't have my NVG right now anymore I'd like to have something to navigate thru at night
