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This article is a guest post written by Hans Ericsson

One thing I’ve noticed is that walking my dog in the evening is not the easiest thing now that it’s dark out when I get home. I’m lucky enough to have a path behind my house that allows for some good dog running, however there’s no way I can let my dog off the leash without being able to see him. He simply runs around too much! I’ve been able to remedy the situation, but it has taken me a few experiments to figure out what works the best. Here’s what I’ve tried and my little review of each way to light up your walking experience.

Rayovac Floating Lantern

I had this beast kicking around my closet forever and had never used it for anything. I was pretty impressed with the way that it lit up the woods, however it’s large. I’m okay this, but I need something that I can use with just a tad more mobility. This flashlight is a pretty decent workhorse. While it’s not as bright or durable as the Coleman 4D XPS LED flashlight, it’s also about five times cheaper. Great for multipurpose, but not for my needs.

Neiko Superbright 9 LED Heavy Duty

This tiny but powerful LED flashlight lit up the trail in front of me like a boss, however had very limited distance in the night sky. Offered all the mobility I was looking for, but was a bit heavy and got very cold. It also died after about 20 minutes in the cold. Could have just been bad batteries, but I paid like $4 for it, so I can’t complain. Great to leave in your house drawers for when the power goes out, not so much for walking the dog during winter in Maine.

Energizer Trailfinder LED Headlight

I love idea of this headlamp. It’s small and so light that I forget that I am wearing it. It lights up the area in front of me pretty good, however has no adjustments to move the light once it’s on my head. This means I’m losing about 50% of the beam intensity upward, when I would want it angled down at the ground ahead of me. This is a major design flaw, and renders the light all but useless for what I need it to do, which is light the ground in front of me. It also only has one LED light. I tried the Energizer Trailfinder 7 LED Headlight and noticed a substantial difference in light amount, as well as weight, so it was a good trade. This light is more suited for indoor use, like reading at night. Still doesn’t have quite the power I need to penetrate the area around me.

Streamlight Septor LED Headlamp

I almost didn’t buy this one after already trying out other 7 LED headlights, but this one is by far the most versatile. It offers three levels of brightness, and on high, it’s very bright. Only weighs 4oz and will last up to 150 hours on the low setting. Not bad at all.

Camping Hiking CREE LED Headlamp

This thing is so bright that there’s no comparison. It’s 300 lumens! Not that I really know what that means, but trust me, it’s very bright. Works for the entire walk, no issues with distance, however it does have a separate battery pack, making it more bulky and delicate as it is connected by a wire. If they could combine the pack and light and just have a head strap, this thing would be the best.

Dorcy 115 Lumen LED Headlight

This one is the one that I end up supporting. It’s light enough to not notice you’re wearing it, and bright enough to do the job. It’s small and adjustable and the battery pack and light are together, so no wires to deal with. Overall this one fared best in the field.

Night Ize Dog Light Collar

Ordered this off Amazon, it came fast, but was far too small, despite having ordered a large. It also needed to be unscrewed to install the battery, which was not easy. Then it wouldn’t turn off. Maybe this one was just defective, but I was not pleased. It was not LED, it was a large flat piece of fiber optic plastic, which looked pretty, but did not really light all that much. I would like to see this done a little better. I did order another one, so we will see how that goes. I was surprised at the relative lack of light up collars on the market. Hopefully someone (I’m looking at you Lupine) will kick it up a notch and make one that is really great and super bright!

EDIT: I received my new collar that was ordered directly from the company and now that it actually works, I love it. it doesn’t light up the ground, however it is great for identifying your dog if for some reason you’re out at night off leash.

This Guest post was written by Hans Ericsson. When he’s not chasing his dog in the woods, he’s chasing adventure behind the wheel of a UK car rental overseas.

With Reddit being down for emergency maintenance, there’s a huge shortage of things to do online, right? I mean, you’re not just going to browse imgur and hope you get good photos that are in your interest.

What to do while Reddit is down?

First and foremost, you can look at these awesome dogs on this site. I love dogs. I stopped doing this as much as I used to, but yeah, it’s a great amount of fun.

As always stay away from digg-
Stumbleupon is a decent option
maybe check out Hunch?
Pinterest

You can also listen to these pretty sweet Jingle Examples. I made them. You may like them, you may not. Either way there you are.

Leave a comment for the best places to go!

FYI, I don’t make any money with this site, just trying to help the community.

Reddit is down, better call Christmas Knight

This is Wolfgang. He is awesome. Wicked cool, wicked friendly, great dog all around.

Business Jingles

Check out this Rode NT-1a review from Old Port Jingles! Also check out their awesome jingle examples!

Pet Finder

Adopt your pet through pet finder. Be sure to check out the Decatur County Humane Society- Quimby is with us now all thanks to them!

Mount Sunapee, Lake Sunapee Real Estate

If you’re buying a house in the Sunapee Lake region of NH, Dan is the man!

The Pig Kahuna

Unquestionably the best catering you will ever have.

Zwickerhill Photography

Check out Zwickerhill Photography for a great Maine wedding photographer!

So I went up to what I thought was going to be the Occupy Maine rally in Portland, but it turns out it was the farmers market, which seems way more interesting. Glad I got my timing messed up, because I got to meet this massive dog, Desmond. At least I think that was his name. I’ve been sitting on these photos for like a week now. That’s how lazy I am. anyway, he’s standing next to my bike in the photo at the end there- his head was actually over my handlebars. Awesome dog!