Comments on: darkness http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/ Tilting At Waves Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: derrick http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 derrick Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:36:00 +0000 http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=519#comment-1793 Yeah, and I still have a Palm!!<br /><br />Ah, but the ARC. . after that post we returned 2, bought 1 Princ-Tech. Those then failed in a year. Took both back. 2 more ARCs, and now they are both dead. <br /><br />Yeah, I've been told I can be a bit of a rug sometimes!! LOL! But I've certainly given enough cash to the C-strobe guys. They need to find a new sucker. . . Yeah, and I still have a Palm!!

Ah, but the ARC. . after that post we returned 2, bought 1 Princ-Tech. Those then failed in a year. Took both back. 2 more ARCs, and now they are both dead.

Yeah, I’ve been told I can be a bit of a rug sometimes!! LOL! But I’ve certainly given enough cash to the C-strobe guys. They need to find a new sucker. . .

]]> By: Alex http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Alex Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:13:00 +0000 http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=519#comment-1792 Derrick, I was looking for "kayak strobe" on yahoo in search of pictures showing if a strobe really is indeed visible 3 miles away in real conditions and I stumbled upon your Christmas list post from 2004. You wrote: <br /><br />"Emergency Strobe Light - Again, what a useful inexpensive gift. Cost from $10 to $35 bucks. These little lights attach to the kayakers PFD (life jacket) and can be seen from up to 3 miles. There are a few different brands. Personally we have had some issues with ACR brand lights, but that could just be us. Hard to tell."<br /><br />Lol, 2 years later you're still griping about that same brand. You must be a very forgiving person to deal with the same bad product over and over and over... oh wait, I remember your Palm drysuit adventure... you're a saint. :) Derrick, I was looking for “kayak strobe” on yahoo in search of pictures showing if a strobe really is indeed visible 3 miles away in real conditions and I stumbled upon your Christmas list post from 2004. You wrote:

“Emergency Strobe Light – Again, what a useful inexpensive gift. Cost from $10 to $35 bucks. These little lights attach to the kayakers PFD (life jacket) and can be seen from up to 3 miles. There are a few different brands. Personally we have had some issues with ACR brand lights, but that could just be us. Hard to tell.”

Lol, 2 years later you’re still griping about that same brand. You must be a very forgiving person to deal with the same bad product over and over and over… oh wait, I remember your Palm drysuit adventure… you’re a saint. :)

]]> By: JohnB http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-1791 JohnB Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:28:00 +0000 http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=519#comment-1791 To Alex's questions--awhile back I did see a graphic relating to the strobes, I'll see if I can find it and get posted to the web (kayakwisconsin.net). They are very effective at night, and from my understanding, and from what I've heard from SAR pilots, they all wear the night vision eyes when doing night SAR missions at night--one of the guys over the cubical wall is an army helo pilot and instructor. One advantage of the strobe, over a flare, is that it pinpoints your location. Very rarely will an aerial flare do that, unless the SAR crew memeber happens to be looking at the shooter when they pull the trigger. A hand-held flare will pinpoint your position though.<br /><br />Good discussion. To Alex’s questions–awhile back I did see a graphic relating to the strobes, I’ll see if I can find it and get posted to the web (kayakwisconsin.net). They are very effective at night, and from my understanding, and from what I’ve heard from SAR pilots, they all wear the night vision eyes when doing night SAR missions at night–one of the guys over the cubical wall is an army helo pilot and instructor. One advantage of the strobe, over a flare, is that it pinpoints your location. Very rarely will an aerial flare do that, unless the SAR crew memeber happens to be looking at the shooter when they pull the trigger. A hand-held flare will pinpoint your position though.

Good discussion.

]]> By: Alex http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-1790 Alex Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:09:00 +0000 http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=519#comment-1790 The question then is, how visible is a kayaking strobe on a swimmer in moderate chop assuming the local coast guard guys aren't wearing night vision goggles? :)<br /><br />The USK video and attending a couple flare shoots really opened my eyes to the actual usefulness of flares (aside from legality) but I've never seen a test done on strobes. Does anyone have a video that shows one in action? The question then is, how visible is a kayaking strobe on a swimmer in moderate chop assuming the local coast guard guys aren’t wearing night vision goggles? :)

The USK video and attending a couple flare shoots really opened my eyes to the actual usefulness of flares (aside from legality) but I’ve never seen a test done on strobes. Does anyone have a video that shows one in action?

]]> By: Douglas http://www.kayakquixotica.com/2006/11/30/darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 Douglas Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:08:00 +0000 http://cheesestate.com/quixotica/?p=519#comment-1789 Derrick, I have a drawer for gear that displays a certain degree of functionality. I call it the Optio drawer. Derrick, I have a drawer for gear that displays a certain degree of functionality. I call it the Optio drawer.

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