Cheap Line Markers

[ged]

I'd have thought that a betalight would be cheaper in the long run, and certainly more robust, convenient and reliable.

Here's an example, just a random search engine result, I bet you can get them cheaper than this.

http://www.inovatech.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=50

The brightness will halve approximately every 12.3 years as the radioactive content decays, so the typical useful lifetime of these things is a quarter of a century.

It's a continuous light, you can't turn it off to save power for example, and if you wanted to go 'tactical' you'd have to put it in your pack or something.

 

[Humpback]

I have a couple of bivy zip markers from Soldier of Fortune ref: Code: MAC477 in various colours. Unfortunately these are no where near as bright as these the "barethrills marker" such that I haven't used them for some time.
A

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/military/select.asp


Paul - I've no idea where Gary came from? my apologies for renaming you.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

That made me chuckle Alan. A Bare Thrills Marker sounds like some sort of dodgy marker for folk seeking other pleasures in the woods

 

[cbkernow]

if you google "LED Throwies" you'll find a few links to similar projects, they first emerged online as a means of urban pranking and grafiti!

You could evolve the design by fitting a light dependant resistor so they only come on at night, then with a bit of duct tape to seal it, they'd last for ages.

 

[ex-member BareThrills]

Good thinking batman, self time built in would be most excellent. That said my original LED is still going stron on the same battery

 

[dean4442]

I get my GID paracord from here: http://dx.com/p/glow-in-the-dark-luminous-survival-parachute-rope-white-10m-150kg-max-tensile-108557
It's pretty good and does glow for a while, not really strongly but enough to see it in a dark wood!
Colin
PS sorry for the damage to any wallets you sustain after going on there!