Torch designed to be held in your mouth

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While at Portsmouth Americas Cup I browsed a stand selling LED torches. They had a tiny torch designed to be worn on a lanyard and then held in the mouth for use. I did not get the name of the torch or the people selling it. Did anyone else?

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Re: Answered my own question

I have a tiny PEL torch.

https://peliproducts.co.uk/products/torches/1930-l1-led-1238.html

Used it bringing a boat back across the channel one dark and (non) stormy night. Light and easy to hold in the mouth whilst one fiddles with a riding turn.....



Another Pel handtorch failed last year, and I took them up on their lifetime warranty. Torch was at least 7 years old, and was replaced cheerfully and no quibble. And I do mean cheerfully. :)
 
tudorsailor said:
I would imagine its nice to have the torch on a lanyard for the odd moment on a night sail rather than wearing a head torch all the time.

Ts
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Surely there's no need to wear a head torch all the time? I have an Ever Ready head torch I can just as easily hang round my neck when not in use. Not that I recommend the Ever Ready particularly, because the "rubber" around the switch appears to have perished. Nevertheless it still does the job better than anything I could hold in my mouth.
 
Is it just me who finds that head torches and hoods (or hats) don't really work together? Given where I live it's unusual not to be wearing one or both.
 
How does one ask for a cup of tea, spanner, sticking plaster, halyard etc etc, with that contraption?
 
I've tried it with a small plastic torch a couple of times. After 5 minutes your jaw aches and your chest will be covered in dribble, a worse mess than a toddler makes. Crap idea. Use a head torch if you need to use both hands.
 
Zing said:
Crap idea. Use a head torch if you need to use both hands.
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Each to their own: I bought a head torch but getting the light to point in the direction I want it never seems to work as well as the traditional mini maglite in the mouth which I've gone back to. I never knew there were rubber-coated ones specifically designed to be held in the teeth, so thanks to tudorsailor for that: chipped teeth has always been a (fortunately so far unfounded) worry with the maglite.
 
I fit security systems, often have to work in lofts, squeeze under floor boards and so on.

As for mouth held lights drop it in the dust and crud, would you then want to put it back in your mouth?

Several alternatives exist, a snake light is very useful, as are the small square led lamps having a magnet formed into the casing, you can then attach to any nearby steel.

You can buy on ebay very bright 12 volt leds, which you could then mount onto a mouth piece of your own design.

perhaps use a babies dummy, ready designed to be held in the teethe - being dropped in muck to then be reinserted after a quick clean by wiping on your trousers?

Alan
 
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Happy Dayz said:
I fitsevurity systems, iften have ti work in lofts, squeeze under floor boards and do on.

As for mouth held lights drip it in the dust snd crud would you then want to put it back in your mouth?

Several alternatives exist, s snake light is very useful, as are the small dqare led lamps having a magnet formed into the casing, you can attach to any nearby steel.

You can buy on ebay very bright 12 volt leds, which you could then mount onto a mouth piece of your own design.

perhaps use a babies dummy, alread ready designed to be held in the teethe - includes being dropped in muck to then be reinserted after a quick clean by wiping on your trousers?

Alan
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Did you dictate that, with a torch between your teeth?
 
elton said:
Surely there's no need to wear a head torch all the time? I have an Ever Ready head torch I can just as easily hang round my neck when not in use. Not that I recommend the Ever Ready particularly, because the "rubber" around the switch appears to have perished. Nevertheless it still does the job better than anything I could hold in my mouth.
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+1. I have a Petzl e-lite around my neck all the time when I am sailing at night. It is not massively bright but absolutely fine for close up work, and has a red light as well as white.

http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Headlamp-Reviews/Petzl-E-PlusLITE

It is, for me, absolutely essential when going offshore. Easy to flip up to the head when necessary, but quite often I don't need two hands when I use it - then it is just the same as a torch on a lanyard.

Top tip - buy an extra one and put it in the top of your grab-bag. If you happen to need your grab-bag at night, it is nice to find that the first thing you reach for is a light.
 
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