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In reply to Post #47
Haha 😄 I only asked about a headtorch lol
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In reply to Post #46
If you need two hands to find you're arse in the dark I think you've had at least one over the eight. Each to their own.
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In reply to Post #43
Suppose you wipe your arse in the dark with no light as well 
Sometimes you just need a light.
Just saying.
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Personally I struggle to see the acquired colour of my brew without the use of white light. 😜
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In reply to Post #43
In full agreement. A low level of light is all that is needed and that infrequently.
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In reply to Post #1
Grumpy old man alert!
I don't understand the need for all this light... I fish regular long sessions and find that I only use a couple of sets of batteries each year in a pretty ordinary relatively dim headtorch which suits my needs. in 45+ years I've never used light to land fish at night and find the dim red light of my head torch is fine for most anything I need to do at night. often there is enough natural light to function any way... I've noticed that the green and red lights of the latest headtorches are unneccessarily bright.
I fish a busy venue and regularly encounter massive beams of light scything across the lake .... I often see multiple bright headtorches used to illuminate an island to get baits across to
.We always believed that excessive light would put the fish down or scare them off ..... nowadays I don't suppose the overweight pets in the majority of our lakes give a toss.
Thank goodness I will not physically be able to do this for much longer.
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In reply to Post #41
Only the best ones mate but when they started to paint and carpet them and serve safely cooked food I started to lose interest.
I personally use very few of these facilities while fishing because I have no need usually.
Drinking used to be serious business that required dedication and commitment and I kept it separate from my more gentle and harmless pursuits. I will be collecting the first installment of my old age pension this month and have given up the pursuit of the grain and hops.
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In reply to Post #37
"Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub,hospital"
What pubs do you go to? And why are you going to the pub while fishing? Surely a 24 crate of tennets on the bank would suffice??
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In reply to Post #35
Wow 
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In reply to Post #36
I can do most of the normal angling chores in the dark, using a red light when necessary.( not often). However I have white bivvy lights and torch just in case something goes tits up and I need to do something intricate and unexpected. Or there is an emergency situation. To fail to prepare is to prepare to fail.
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In reply to Post #35
Stop it
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In reply to Post #35
WOW! This is hobby fishing in the UK. Motorway, A road, drive round lake to swim, electric barrow. Shop, shower, toilet, cafe, prepared swim and Wi-Fi.
Barbecue, radio, TV, tablet, phone. Drive for 10 minutes, take away, pub, hospital.
It's safe, it's easy, it's a non challenging highly controlled environment where anglers pursue a largely hazard free gentle hobby in as much comfort as they desire.
Do it your way and enjoy but let's not try and make it what it isn't.
DIY to Patagonia, Siberia, Alaska or Greenland would be different perhaps. But not Cheshire, Surrey or the Cotswolds.
What do you need to protect your night vision for. Turn on the light, do what you have to do and turn it off. 3 minutes later, hey presto, night vision.
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In reply to Post #31
Just because you choose to prep bits in advance,it doesn't mean another person isnt "prepared to fish properly in the dark". Many prefer to tie things up as needed. Who are you to say that's wrong? Night vision varies from person to person, and changes with age. I used to be able to tie rigs with no light during the darkest of nights, now 30 years later I cant, and need a light. So what?
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In reply to Post #32
Splicing leadcore in the dark is not an example of something tricky that you need a light to do, whatever tint of colour Iight.
It's an example of, incompetence, inexperience, lack of preparation, cluelessness, basically a "Redneck".
In reality, there are only a few things that you need to use a light for and it's usually something that cannot be planned for. Most nights, I never use one for anything.
Even playing and landing a fish, no need for a headtorch, even when netting the fish, unhooking mats and slings should be in a place where you know they are so you can find them just by touch etc, camera can be set up in the dark, the "On" button is always in the same place so find it by touch along with all the other buttons set the timer by using the display screen, tare the scales using it's built in light and same with weighing it, know the distance from unhooking mat to camera in paces. About the only real issue is unhooking the fish if it is an odd hook hold and you cannot do it by touch so then you need a light to work out how the hookhold is.
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Never used to take a head torch or any form of light with me when I went poaching but when I'm fishing why not, Fox halo is half decent, comfortable enough with red/green/white option of colours and various lumen strengths the only downside is it's not USB rechargeable but battery life is pretty decent and no bother to take three spare triple A batteries.
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In reply to Post #31
I take it you haven't got kids (or dogs!) leaving toys around the house for you to find whilst using your Jedi powers in the dark!
Each to their own but for me the whole purpose of a headtorch is so that I don't have to move around in the dark 
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In reply to Post #31
Splicing leadcore was just an example of something that’s tricky in the dark. If you want to walk around your house in the dark then go for it
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In reply to Post #30
If your having to splice lead core in the dark, then, you are not properly prepared to be fishing in the dark. I have a small plastic box, about 2"x 1"x 12", cost me less than £2 from the "Range" I think but I even saw Aldi's selling them this year, it has 8 compartments in, each compartment will hold a rig, ie leadcore leader, rig bits threaded on and a lead attached, all it needs doing, is unwinding, tieing onto the main line and a premade hook rig attaching. In the box, I usually have 3 x Helicopter rigs, 3 Inline rigs, and 3 x lead clip rigs. The compartments are big enough to fit two or even 3 rigs in each compartment depending on lead size used.
So, if a rig gets damaged etc, especially after landing an eel, I can just cut it off and retie a whole new rig on in minutes.
I also have a matchmans hook rig wallet with about a dozen lead core leaders already spliced, coiled up and ready to use in there own individual plastic sleeve inside the wallet ready to go.
>>>>"Sometimes you have to have some sort of light on and red screws your night vision up less once you switch it off."<<<<
Nobody is saying not to have a light on! Somethings you do need a light on, but a lot off things you do not need one, ie checking your rods, answering a call of nature or wandering down to the next swim. If you need a light on to do these things then you have to question how well you really are capable of being out in the dark. I have two lights velcroed to the roof of my bivvy, both cost about £3 from Aldi's with a dimmer switch, one red, one white and I will use the one that I deem more suitable for what I am doing. Precision work, white light, and cooking, rummaging, about etc, red light
In the 60's and 70's. I never used to take a torch with me. I may not even have had one in the 80's either as I cannot recall taking one with me. I could tackle up in the dark and even tie a hook on and bait up if need be. But in those days, anglers were anglers.
And as stupid as it may sound, when I am at home on a night, occasionally I will not turn on the lights to move from room to room, but close my eyes to make it darker and navigate my self based on touch and memory, learning where all the trip hazards are, weighing slales, even the odd brad poking out in the floorboards so you do not stand on it etc. Only training yourself to be able to livein a dark enviroment will make life easier on the bank.
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In reply to Post #29
Try splicing lead core in the pitch dark though. Sometimes you have to have some sort of light on and red screws your night vision up less once you switch it off.
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In reply to Post #26
I spent 23 years in the army, the last thing you did, unless you had too was use a red or green light to map read with .As previously mentioned, "Things" go missing on the map or change colour completely depending on what colour they are printed. which makes map reading with a "Tinted" light useless.
The best way was to lie down and get under a poncho and use a white light and keep your "Shooting Eye" closed.
In a similar way, I do a lot of long distance endurance cycling events, usually I wear yellow filtered sun glasses on gloomy days, but soon as it gets dark and I have to use the backlight on my satnav, the magenta line that I have to follow. disappears and takes on a browny colour which blends in with "A" and "B" roads and is useless. To sort the problem out, I have to change the lenses to clear ones.
Red light in the army was usually to sit in a room, vehicle etc to condition your eyes to the dark whilst you prepared your equipment etc after dark before you went out on patrol etc.
But, it makes me laugh when I see anglers wandering round a pond or doing things in there swims with their red torches on to see where or what they are going. The purpose of red light etc is to condition and protect your eyes to the dark if you may be having to go out in it, so that you "Can see where you are going in the dark WITHOUT using a torch".
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Energizer® Vision Ultra HD Rechargeable, very good headtorch
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In reply to Post #26
Both green and red are crap for reading maps accurately, red is worse though as you lose the contour lines 
If I have to use a light for netting then I find green definitely scares the fish less, personally I don't use red for anything.
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In reply to Post #9
Apparently
the difference between the green and red light the green light is favoured by the military as its much better to read maps by both are very good at preserving your natural night. vision
but where the red scores is better than the green at NOT attracting insects both of course far better than a white light 
I will state the bleeding obvious now lol as I have had people ask What is meant by your natural night .vision ??
very easy demonstration
step 1 when you go to bed tonight turn out the light and take a good look round you room in the dark make a note of exactly what you can see
step 2 now close your eyes tight wait for 5 mins dont be tempted to open them then after 5 mins take a look around you will be amazed at how much more you can see as your natural night .vision has kicked in thats why I dont use the white setting very much
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In reply to Post #24
Order placed for sunblesa, thanks for your help guys 
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In reply to Post #23
I will take another look at the sunblesa. Buying 2 and keeping 1 spare charged may be a good shout 👌
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I have the Ridgemonkey and The Sunblesa as recommended by Yonny. The Ridgemonkey is a bulky uncomfortable bit of trash. The on/off button on one side broke rapidly… Luckily there is a second button underneath. But I really dislike it.
The Sunblesa is one of the best items of tackle I’ve ever purchased. It’s an amazingly good head torch. Everything I want and need from a head torch. Highly recommended. It’s so good I purchased a second straight away and chucked it into my Tackle cupboard. Just in case Amazon stopped selling them 😂
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In reply to Post #21
Can't you find a small piece of thick (5 mm) neoprene and cut that to size and glue?
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In reply to Post #16
I love the battery life on my ridgemonkey, just a shame they didn't make it padded ...I can only wear it for a short time as it hurts my head,even with a hat on!
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In reply to Post #14
The battery life is absolutely fine, done 3 nights with sensible use and still hasn't run out of juice
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In reply to Post #18
Very true, I've only ever used an energiser one from B and Q
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I have been very satisfied with the RidgeMonkey Vrh150. A bit more money, but well worth it. I notice a big difference in light temperature between a good headlamp and cheaper ones (like Aliexpress ones). The more expensive ones are less blue and therefor easier on the eyes.
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In reply to Post #16
Battery life is same as the NU25 👍👍
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In reply to Post #3
That does look good but also seen the reviews of battery which I really want to avoid. I now have so many items I have to charge b4 I go fishing I am running out of plugs and leads in the house 😄😄 its a nice to have but the option of battery and chargeable now that sounds great. I do agree I think green is better. My mate has the ridge monkey 300 which I like the green light on, but it's a bit bulky for my liking.
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In reply to Post #14
Its decent. Ran out once when I left it on all night in my hoody pocket. You'll never kill it on a sesh if you're using it sensibly.
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In reply to Post #13
What's battery life like as gets slated a bit on amazon for that.
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In reply to Post #4
Same lumens mate. Same torch by all accounts.
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In reply to Post #10
Red light might get you some unwanted attention on some public lakes 
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In reply to Post #9
I personally find it better than red to see in the dark and it seems more like white when you actually use it but doesn't mess up your night vision one bit
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In reply to Post #8
My ignorance here but what benefit is a green light Iver a red light?
Is the nu25 zoomable do you know?
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I have the NU25 and the Sunblessa and prefer the latter, mainly for the green light option. They are so light you forget you are wearing them and can sleep with it on, especially if you have a woolly hat on as well.
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In reply to Post #5
Not if you want see what matey is doing the other side of the lake
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In reply to Post #4
But still more than enough for fishing
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In reply to Post #2
But also half the lumens no?
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I'm another that would recommend the Sunblesa, for £20 it can't be beaten
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In reply to Post #1
Not tried the NU35, but if you decided you like the NU25 go for the Sunblesa H11 which is the same torch but with the addition of green light and half the price.
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Hi all. I have seen a few reviews on here and looks like the nitecore NU25 is a recommended torch. I would like one that has a long lasting battery, preferably rechargeable and battery. Has anyone tried the NU35? This looks perfect.
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