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Okay, I will try the home depot idea...I am not looking for using in endurance riding...I'm no where near ready for 100's yet, but want to start doing night rides here in the desert and am hoping the light will ward off snakes and so on...or at least that I will be able to see them crossing the trail ahead. I use to night ride back east in the winter, and it was wonderful. No need for lights at all with snow on the ground reflecting...but here(AZ), everyone is warning me about the snakes and dragons. Don't know how much I should worry about them.

 

 

Patty

 

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From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx

Date: 05/27/07 10:04:19

To: desertridingal@xxxxxxx

Cc: latiolp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: Re: [RC] Breast plate lights

 

> The lights in the catalog are not what I am looking for either. The

> light I am looking for actually shines ahead and lights up the trail.

You could buy a fancy one for a few hundred or a > simple> one for

$50-$60.

 

Whoa! What are you looking for...spot lights? >g<  The flourescent light

throws out a pool of light maybe 8' in front of your horse. I would not

put anything that shined a beam out in front...for one thing if you're

riding behind someone and make *their* horse throw strange shadows out

front you'll bother them, and anything that looks like a beam is going to

bob with the motion of the horse and be irritating. Before you spend a

ton, try a cheap one from Home Depot and go out at night and see how you

like it. I think it's the perfect amount of light.  At the last ride I

was worried that my flourescent one needed a backup in case it breaks and

ran by Walmart. The ones they had were not flourescent and didn't do as

good of a job. Go for the flourescent if you buy the "6" 4AA closet

light"

 

Angie