Re: A Little Night Gardening

**"* F* L* J* <l*@bellsouth.net>**

Probably preaching to the choir but anyway, a reminder:

If you are gardening at night in the warmer states, where there are 
poisonous snakes, i.e. copperheads which hunt at night, I'd advise a 
quality high output LED flashlight from Surefire. Here's a 500 lumen
variable output headlamp:

SureFire Maximus™
Rechargeable Variable-Output LED Headlamp
http://www.surefire.com/illumination/headlamps/maximushs3-a-bk.html

Other flashlight models I recommend are described here:
http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights.html
Perfectly good affordable models include:
G2X™ Pro  Dual-Output LED
http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights/g2x-pro.html
320.0 lumens Max Output
15.0 lumens Low Output
2.0 hours Tactical Runtime
1.25 inches Bezel Dia.
5.20 inches Length
$95.00
P2X Fury™  Dual-Output LED
http://www.surefire.com/illumination/flashlights/p2x-fury-dual-output.html
500.0 lumens Max Output
15.0 lumens Low Output
1.5 hours Tactical Runtime
1.37 inches Bezel Dia.
5.40 inches Length
$155.00
Surefire offers a nice set of rechargeable batteries (lithium phosphate 
123A batteries with 10-year shelf life) with charger, affordable.

I am obsessed with snake risk in season when outside having encountered 
nine since I moved to my farm; one very large one in my front yard last 
summer, in a pile of brush. Copperheads respond to vibrations carried 
through the ground so a heavy walking stick (persimmon is great wood for 
this) would be useful, a very bright flashlight with extra batteries, 
mandatory. Surefire offers a nice set of rechargeable batteries (lithium 
phosphate 123A batteries with 10-year shelf life) with charger, affordable.
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