Best for: Frequent users, off-track tramping. Plusses: Adaptive lighting, very bright, lightweight, comfortableMinuses: Power switch could be bigger; can’t use normal batteries Features: The Swift RL is as smart as it is small and bright. Reactive lighting technology is used to analyse ambient light and automatically adjust the brightness and beam pattern to suit. It’s Petzl’s most […]
About the author
Mark Watson
Wilderness gear editor Mark Watson divides his workdays between graphic design, writing and photography. His passion for tramping, climbing, cycling and storytelling has taken him all over Aotearoa and the world in search of great trails, perfect moves and epic light. He has published four books and his photographs have featured in numerous publications. Especially motivated by long distance travel, he has tramped Te Araroa and cycled from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
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