I am looking to buy a Krill lamp and a Traser Glow Ring.What colours would you recomend for the glow ring and krill light and should I purchase a 360 or 180 degree lamp?
thanks

I guess it depends what you want to use them for.

I have green and blue glowrings, just because those happened to be the only available colors when I bought them ; good to attach to anything you need to find in the dark. A red one might be a more attracting color, when looking for those damned car keys, lost somewhere in the grass.

I use Krill lights too.
I recommend the Extreme models for more light (and still a good 50 hours life on a pair of batteries). I use them with easy-to-find AA sized lithium batteries, for long storage, inside the rucksack and in the car kit. I also keep one in my main suit-case, which I use a few times around the year.
As indicated on their web site (http://www.kriana.com/), green is the brightest colour, then blue then white.
I get a white Extreme 180 for reading maps, without altering colors.
A 360 orange or red is good for signaling (whirling, attached at the end of a yard long laniard). I reckon a green one would be a bit brighter, but red and orange spell EMERGENCY to everyone.


Alain

I think that a lot depends on what you want to accomplish. Are you using these lights to help you find your way, illuminate a tent, or draw the attention of rescuers? Are you interested in protecting your night vision? If I were buying for myself, I'd buy the Extreme 180, because I would want the increased brightness, and I would prefer the directional light of the 180 instead of the omnidirectional light of the 360. As for color, I would choose the green, as I want to protect my night vision as much as possible, and I think I would be able to see better with green light than red.

Doug has some excellent articles on this subject. If you have not read them, I would encourage you to do so. You might take a look at http://www.equipped.org/toc.htm for articles on equipment in general, and http://www.equipped.org/devices27.htm#krill for an article specific to the Krill lights. The latter contains a link to another article pertaining to night vision that you might also find interesting. The URL is http://www.equipped.org/nitevision.htm. I have read other articles about night vision that support what Doug has written here.

Hope this helps.

I agree with pretty much all that's been said, but here's my twopenny worth:

To attract attention you pretty much want the brightest colours (normally white / blue). These are also the best to read by, but they lose your night vision quickest. If night vision is important then in the UK I would definitely suggest a YELLOW light source. Whilst this is more invasive than a red or orange light, it has a big advantage over both when it comes to map reading. Both red and orange tend to lose the contours on Ordnance Survey maps (bad news); green will lose the forest and vegetation; blue the rivers, lakes and sea (more bad news). With yellow you only really lose the minor roads and they are still visible due to their black border.
Hope this helps.

I remember when I was aboard ship,personnel marker lights were green.They were just green chem-lights on our life jackets.The Navy teaches that green chem lights are for personnel only! Ask Chris but I think the Coast Guard is the same.Just my$.02

So whats with the Traser Glow Rings not able to be shipped outside of the UK? Why is this? I want some <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

The reason may be that they use tritium. Tritium being radioactive, and a "trigger" in certian nuclear weapons, may make them fall under U.K. export laws. Similar to U.S. export laws reguarding night vision, gas masks, etc. This may be the reason for them being a non-export item.

I've decided not to buy a krill lamp because it would only be used ocasionally camping or for survival use, so i'll just stick with light sticks. Thanks for the input.