Motorcycle Explorer August 2015 Issue 7 | Page 31

Soft light water bottle Problem: This is a very problem and solution while out camping. When you have the head torch on you get directional light. That's great, that's what it was made for at the end of the day. You can have another lmap type kit hanging from your tent roof if you have the strap and the tent is high enough. There can be a bit of an issue when getting into your tent at night and that direction beam hits a fellow camper right in the face or when in your tent you have darkspots and can only tend to focus on the thing in view. I have on occassion found issues with lamps being rather bright when taking younger members of the family that would like a little 'comfort' light but a stark light keeps them awake. None of these are serious issues, unless your the one getting blinded by the head torch of course in a conversation! Solution: This rather cool like technique mixes your head torch and your clear water bottle. I would say that having a large water bottle is always a good idea. If you're going to a designated campsite then take the bottle empty, if you're on the road then fill as requirred. I tend to top the bottle up at service stations or fast food toilets but there are amble places to score some free water anyway. As you can see from the picture above this rater cool idea of strapping the torch to the full water boittle will give you a softer but perfectly usable (depending on your torch lumens) lamp. Easy to move around and very stable, rather than a swinging light. I've got an idea! What do you need? Then we want to hear about it, simple fix or life changing genious. Share the knowledge people. A bottle of water Email: [email protected] A head torch Some water