It Powered to the right, it surged to the left!

My Mum suggested I might like something for fishing and having taken a dim view recently of my halogen headlamp I knew just what I wanted

A surprisngly small box contained the Lenser H7R, soft case, 1 set of three AAA rechargeable batteries
( the power pack opens so you can use non re-chargeable batteries)
& battery charger ( nifty design fits a mains plug socket or charge via USB)

Ordered from Veals & delivered 36 hours later.
£5 less than from Gerry's
- Gerrys were out of stock but their Sea Angler ad' said there's was the new 160 Lumen version, 170 metre range and 75 hours burn time.

I wasn't sure the Veals one would turn out to be the latest model, their website said 140 lumens
I'd seen on Ebay that the old one (lower lumens) allegedly comes in a box and the new one comes in a blister pack,

The doubt was getting on my wick but in the event it came in a box, which says 170 Lumens and claims a 180 metre range on it so I'll go with that! -Light years ahead of my old light

It's a compact unit with a quality strap ( round the head strap, battery pack at the back, no over the top of your head strap) single 3watt LED and "Cree" technology.

The front on/off push button might be a bit small for winter fingers, the sliding zoom is great and the power pack mounted dimmer control is easy with a bit of practice.

The back of the light unit looked less cushioned than my existing £30 Shakespeare unit but at 120 grammes ( again the weight claimed varies between ad' and box!) the Lenser is a whole lot lighter and more comfortable.



Popped it on charge ( blinks green to show charging; steady green for charged was reached in only 5 minutes)
and waited eagerly for tonight's meeting of the Castwatch H7 Appreciation Society...



First knock, I struck too soon.

Second rattle, left it and wished I hadn't -another empty hook.


Third BANG! I was in to something decent and shouted Mike to get his camera ready...

It powered to the right!

It surged to the left! Our Lensers illuminating the action as it thrashed still a good way out, fighting me all the way






Thanks Mum!

Great result there mate well done.

great coddo mate

good fish welldone and pics

I had a couple of knocks and did manage a Whiting, eventually!



But it was Notbad that lit up the night sky tonight!
Worthy of a second viewing!!!!

Great write up Paul.

Well done on the Coddo!

Nice cod Paul Those lights are 10/10

Nice fish Paul, what did it weigh?

Well done paul thats a Cracker of a fish.

I also have the H7, a brilliant piece of kit, but be careful when your tilting the lamp as the clip is not very strong at the back of the Lamp, i had to send mine back.

I have your gloves as well, will drop off soon.

Spaceman.

Spaceman
thanks for the tip Steve -see you soon!


Terry
re weight my digital scales are inaccurate, but I think its about a 3 lber, possibly a shade more?


It might look a bit bigger on the pics ( trick of the light!) but I don't think it is quite as big as the one I had last February.

It gave me a damn good scrap -I'm still enjoying it!

Nice cod mate

Tony Lever wrote:

Nice fish....

Have you done the church spire test?

Started to climb it Tony but my nerve went.