Key Features
- Red and white colour options
- Powered by Cree XPG LEDs
- Splash-proof
- Up to 180hrs burn time on lowest setting
- 3 x brightness settings up to 185 lumens
- Uses 3 x AAA batteries
- Beam distance: 95m
- Weight: 130g
You’ve decided that the carp aren’t going to play any more tonight so you’ve hunkered down on your bedchair in your bivvy, letting the gentle sounds of nature around the lake lull you into a snooze. Yes, this is the life. But a bite alarm shatters the peace and you leap up to answer it! Where’s that pigging torch? Got it? OK, off you go to the water’s edge. You keep the torch in one hand and try to grapple the rod with the other. You drop the torch and now it has mud all over it. You try to hold it under your arm, under your chin, spreading mud everywhere. This isn’t going well. When you finally bring in the rig you find it’s been raided and there’s no fish to be seen. There’s now a high likelihood of that torch being pitched into the nearest bush.
This is the scenario that has led to the popularity of headtorches among anglers. Able to keep your hands free and easily kept near for when you need them, either on your head or around your neck, headtorches just make life easier. As part of their response to this miniature but very possible crisis, Chub Fishing present their SAT-A-LITE range of bonce-mounted lights and the 200 model sits in the middle in terms of power.
The Chub SAT-A-LITE Headtorch 200 has a strong but flexible elasticated headband which can be slipped over the head and worn comfortably around your neck as you snooze or get on with other things under the bivvy light and, at 130g, it’s no heavy load. It produces 185 lumens of bright white light that can reach out up to 95m at full power and will burn continuously on the lowest setting for 180hrs. You can also switch it to produce red light for ultimate stealth on the bankside. Even if it gets a bit frisky when reeling in a fish, this torch is splash-proof and will take that in its stride. It also comes with a textured and rubberised on/off switch to make turning it on under pressure that much easier.
The inclusion of Cree Inc. XPG LEDs means that it’s very energy efficient – all that staying power comes from three wee AAA batteries and you can use rechargeables to help reduce waste. The Chub SAT-A-LITE Headtorch 200 is great for producing a generous but directional and adjustable beam of light for close work when rigging or for checking out the state of your swim in dark conditions. Don’t leave the bivvy without one.