Mountaineering gear news, reviews and tests
Forgive me if I get a little too excited about headlamps, but I really do find that they are such essential pieces of mountaineering gear that I usually end up owning a whole bunch. You may by now have figured out that I am a huge fan of Petzl and love their range of small [...] Read more »
If you are going mountaineering you have to be aware of the impact on your light of the freezing cold that you will encounter at high altitude. Even if you have one of the best mountaineering headlamps, you will soon find yourself sitting in the dark if you don’t take the cold into account. This [...] Read more »
The Petzl MYO XP is an evolutionary development of a long line of headlamps from the company that first invented the category and that has stayed well up in the front of the pack as technology has developed. The lamp has something of the older Zoom and MYO family in its DNA but it takes [...] Read more »
Few bits of outdoor gear have evolved as quickly in recent years as flashlights, so deciding which is the best mountaineering headlamp has been a bit of a moving target. A couple of years ago a classic headlights such as the Petzl Zoom would have been at the peak of technology.When one looks at some [...] Read more »
Petzl has responded to my post that some users have expressed concerns about the reliability of the MYO 3 headlights, saying they aren’t aware of these problems here in the U.K. and urging people experiencing problems to return the lights for repair. Seems to me they’re taking this one seriously – which is always a [...] Read more »
Petzl has finally done it – combined all the great things about its Tikka headlamp (small, light and no clutter at the back of your head) and put it together with its new XP technology to give a penetrating beam with a bit more oomph in the new Tikka XP.The new light has a claimed [...] Read more »