I just carry a small maglite in my car. Most of the time I need to check other places as well as the hood. $10 "mod" works everywhere on the car.
walmart carries some magnet litghts in the car section.Spicoli said:I just carry a small maglite in my car. Most of the time I need to check other places as well as the hood. $10 "mod" works everywhere on the car.
And here is some more of that same item / idea so you can work hands free under the hood, under the Xterra, changing tire(s) at night, etc. . . . .xterra4me said:I carry a LED small flashlight with a head strap. It lights up what I am looking at and leaves my hands free.
$44.95USD seems a bit high for the Petzl Tikka XP headlamp, however it's listed at $45USD at REI but is $45CAD at MEC. Another option is the Tikka Plus at $33CAD (which is what I have).RogueClimber said:Probably more expensive than you want but a true headlamp not only will help you work on the X, If you get stuck out at night and need to see down the trail as you are hiking out, (You know doing a little route finding) you'll be happy with a product that can reach out and light up the world.
http://store.bentgate.com/tixphebype.html
I use this for climbing at night, and as back up in my console at all times.