UV headlamp pros vs cons

[petedelisio]

UV headlamp pros vs cons????

Vs. red light for trail and camp.

Didn’t think UV would be all that good, and a search kinda says it but, doesn’t really say it and just points out main basic attributes to the UV spectrum for humans.

Hopefully I can get a decision making answer before I leave Wallytown. My luck the next 5 Walmarts I go to won’t have this inexpensive rechargeable e light.

[zelph]

It can be used to purify water

[petedelisio]

It can be used to purify water

rIGHt..
I’ve decided to buy it cuz my headlamps dead and don’t want to rely on my bite lite, and it’s a super good deal for rechargeable.

Side question Zelph, what low temps are you absolutely comfortable using the fancy feast stove down to?

And where’s your semi comfortable temp range? Feel free to expound with screens, insulators, and reflectors.

[garlic08]

It's good for finding scorpions.

[petedelisio]

They can be bad for preserving night vision.

[Yankee Dog]

Umm. I don’t know what they are actually selling. But the human eye cannot see UV unless you have night vision goggles or some such.

[perrymk]

Unless I'm mistaken, if one has had cataract surgery, one may be able to see UV light. There is a story from WWII about older men using UV to signal so younger men (soldiers) wouldn't see.

[Odd Man Out]

UV light is invisible. I suppose that would be a con.

[Deadeye]

I've had cataract surgery in both eyes, and it's not given me any magical powers that I didn't already have.

It did give me pretty good eyesight, though.

[petedelisio]

I've had cataract surgery in both eyes, and it's not given me any magical powers that I didn't already have.

It did give me pretty good eyesight, though.

Some say eyesight is a magical power bestowed…
But you can’t see the fluorescent colors of a scorpion or the hvac leak dye that the ordinary man needs the light to see?

[gpburdelljr]

It’ll make black light posters from the 60s glow in the dark.

[perrymk]

Perhaps modern cataract surgery is improved from what was available 70-80 years ago.