DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - The Fuel headlamp Princeton Tec sent TGU to review has become my new favourite piece of kit!!

I’m not quite up to making light graffiti but the Princeton Tec FUEL Headlamp has been stuck to my head for my last few Wednesday Night Runs.

It’s very tiny and light (also important if YOU are tiny and light ;-) ), so tiny that I was a little afraid of how robust it would be. I have a habit of carrying my headtorch for a while and dropping it a lot but this thing took some punishment. Firstly it throws off a big wide beam, it pivots really nicely on one side only and the button is easy to push. Sounds basic but I have torches that don’t!

The little plastic adjuster at the side is also the clip to remove the battery cover! Clever or what!? I really like the idea that the torch part can be removed and can be clipped onto a jacket. Other good uses for a headlamp: heading down the bottom of your garden at night to the compost bins, yeah I know, adventurous or what?

Currently it’s cable-tied to my mountain biking helmet!

-Aisling-

Disclosure: The Fuel headlamp was sent to TGU as a review unit by Princeton Tec. Thanks Princeton!

(Image Credit: Princeton Tec Fuel headlamp attached to the authors helmet.)

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I got an email today from Princeton Tec. It has the look of a mass-mail (It was a direct mail), but I figured it’s worth posting as it’s a cool advertisement for their new Headlamp the FUEL. They have a blog at LivingOnTheDash.com.

Hi guys,

Love the blog… we (Princeton Tec and our friends) had some fun with a lite graffiti video for our little FUEL headlamp. Really – just thought you guys might get a kick out of it…

Anyway – keep up the good work.

Thank – Gerard

How’d they do that with just their headlamp?

“The method used is known as light grafitti. It’s basically stop motion animation using flashlights, headlamps, a still camera, a camera flash, and some extremely patient friends. To say it’s time consuming is an understatement.”

Bascially, long exposures and individual shots peiced together to get to the end result - really - pretty amazing stuff.

Princeton - send us over a ‘Princeton Tec FUEL’ headlamp and we’ll get a review up.

-Robin-