What colour emergency strobe light?

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I noticed on the same youtube of the unfortunate lady, that to help SAR find her, she had a strobe light, which appeared to be flashing blue.

I've just seen that you can buy tiny almost wristwatch sized strobes, good for 250 hours flashing and visible at night for 2km, and cost only £ 15.54. The price is a shock, I expected them to cost a lot more. At that price they might be worth considering.
They come in different flashing colours, but what colour light are we supposed to use? Red, Green, Blue, Orange, White ?


Given how busy some popular places are at the weekend, it would help SAR to pick you out from other campers, assuming you were not mobile, and in more remote places could be a lifesaver.
 
the trouble with blue is that many people would just assume it was the emergency services dealing with something :(

White and they'd just assume it was a cyclist, orange an indicator, so I'm erring on the side of red or green :)
 
I have an Orbiloc.


It's made in Denmark, and nicely made bit of kit. 100% waterproof, and uses a tiny magnet in the rotating ring to select either constant on, or blinking.

Bought one intended for attaching to dog collars as the runner version is impossible to find, and the clip accessory.


Currently lives on the back of my headlight strap.
 
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