I picked up the Photon III at that website as well for £19.00 inc. UK delivery. This was several pounds cheaper than any of the other UK camping / military sites I found that sell them. It works fine as well. Arrived in about 5 days.

Cheers,
Rich

Mike: I'd just like to add that a yellow or white light would be a good idea for your first aid kit, and as a backup for your red Photon. I cut myself one night, and with only a red photon, I couldn't tell if or where I was bleeding. -- Bear

dchinell,

You are 100% correct.

I am getting super white photons for the FA kits. You need white lite in medical situations for more than seeing blood.

Determining skin color, pupil size and movement etc...

I have the super bright cylume sticks in the kits now but see the need for the white photon.

Mike

Hmmmm isn't LED little too powerfull for pupil size and movement determination? I'm asking since I much rather have photon led instead of one of those little POS flashlights...

Matt

I keep a white Photon II in my pocket every day. It's real useful for "daily" lighting needs (finding the hole for a key at night, looking in dark corners, emergency light when the lights go out, etc). I've got a blue Photon I on my key ring...it does pretty good, casting a good wide beam but having some color distortion. My only red Photon II is in a kit that goes with me when I'm in the woods.

I don't think you can go wrong by buying several...try some different colors. You'll always find a place to keep them and they can come in pretty handy at times.

Maybe one of the docs here can help us out on that one.

I don't think so. A pupil will react with very little light. Its the speed of pupil reaction thats determined buy light brightness.
It only takes a second to read a pupils reaction.

That being said a 10 million candle watt search light is not used for pupils haha.

I would think a photon light is fine, you can adjust the intensity with various distances away from the eye.
As always there is some common sense involved here.

One of the medics or docs can confirm this or set me straight.

Mike

Well reason I was asking is that I'm an EMT and was advised against such by senior members of the squad. Maybe it's because they have to pay for a photon and other ligths we get for free and that's why they are aginst it. But even my intructor told me to stick to a basic light.

Matt

My friend is a paramedic and he uses a minimag on full.

How less bright does that compare to a photon light?

Mike

Hmmm... I asked my crew chief last night and showed him my photon light, it looks like it works. Now the problem is how to keep that tiny thing handy and not loose it.

Matt

Polak187,

Use an adjustable safety breakaway type lanyard around your neck.

Part of my EDC is on one of these. One ARC AAA Led flashlight, one Fox40 Classic photolumenescent whistle and one Brunton wristband type compass <1" diameter.

The only negative that I experienced, was that the breakaway fitting had a little plastic flashing on the joint line that needed to be removed with a razor blade due to being itchy. Even then, it was not at all unbearable, just annoying until I fixed it.

The photon would be just fine on one of these lanyards, and very handy as well. In your case, you might wear it outside your shirt and tuck it in your pocket, or stuff it inside your shirt between two buttons until its needed. All in all, inexpensive, effective and very "doable".

Regards,
Comanche7