Strobe or beacon in your bug out/ghb?

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Strobe or beacon in your bug out/ghb?

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I'me wondering if anybody else carries a strobe or beacon (light) in their EDC,bug out or get home kit. I have a strobe (old one) in my bug out and a small beacon (similar to a flashing cycling light) on my GHB.
On the off chance of needing to be seen at night if theres a drama.
Anybody got any thoughts on the idea?
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I have Guardian Mockingbirds on my Main trauma first aid kits:

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And a Firefly strobe on my main bergen:

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Those Guardians look nice, are they only IR?
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Re: Strobe or beacon in your bug out/ghb?

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I use a petzl e+lite 2, its ultra compact at only 27g you dont even notice its there

it has a few modes:

constant on high and low power white
constant on high power red
strobe red or white

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sniper 55 wrote:Those Guardians look nice, are they only IR?
All mine are

They do other types:

http://www.platatac.com/brands/adventure-lights.html

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xplosiv1 wrote:I use a petzl e+lite 2, its ultra compact at only 27g you dont even notice its there.
I have the Mark 1 version. A great back up headtorch.
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Thanks guys, they both look interesting.
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pseudonym wrote:
xplosiv1 wrote:I use a petzl e+lite 2, its ultra compact at only 27g you dont even notice its there.
I have the Mark 1 version. A great back up headtorch.
definitely a back up here too, you wouldn't want to be on a night hike with it, I just leave mine in my EDC its perfect for that.

It's surprisingly effective for such a small package and can hold its own to a point but the big boys deffo pack a much stronger punch.
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The nearest spec I found suggests it's good for about 9 hours on full, that seems a lot considering it's 2 button cells.
Is that about the running time you get?
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sniper 55 wrote:The nearest spec I found suggests it's good for about 9 hours on full, that seems a lot considering it's 2 button cells.
Is that about the running time you get?
Thanks

Previous use, age of 2032s, climate all play a factor. I wouldn't want to walk a long route with it but for set up, cooking, etc it'll do fine.
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