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Originally Posted by ThunderStorm
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I don't think the first one you reference has a red mode, and the second is still pretty bright. I have been to astro camps where people have walked around using these (even coming up to the scope and shining them in your face!), and they are still way too bright to preserve night vision! You also have to cover them when you turn them on as you usually have to cycle through the white modes before you get to the red. This can be a real pain if you forget!
They are good for use in setting up or packing up when you don't want to disturb others too much (as long as you don't shine them at people...), but they still really need another piece of red plastic or cellophane (or Brent's red nail varnish!
) over the front if you want to keep your night vision.
- Dean