Granite Gear’s latest and greatest pack, Nimbus Meridian, is now available. Granite Gear sent Justin Lichter, also known as “Trauma”, this pack for his 10,000 mile North American journey which he finished on October, 23 2006, a little less than 1 year after he started. 10,000 miles later and a ton of pasta, the Nimbus Meridian was back and performed like a champ. The Granite Gear Nimbus Meridian is available for 249.95. You can read all about Trauma’s trip here.
The new Petzl e+Lite is big on cool and small on size. They say this headlamp is for an emergency, hence the “e”, but I’ll be packing my new toy around as my primary light-weight headlamp. It has 3 white LEDs and 1 red led in the middle for night vision. The strobe mode is for emergency and will blink for days. The light also snugly fits into a nifty red carrying case that is waterproof. Petzl really got it right whe they designed the easy to use yet highly functional e+Lite. MSRP 29.95
3 watts and 104 hrs later, the new Icon finally goes dim. Black Diamond’s new headlamp is an Icon for Headlamps to follow. There have been a handful of 3-watt headlamps come to market this past year but they were either too expensive (see Princeton Tec Apex) or low on quality. The new Black Diamond Icon Headlamp is priced at only 59.95 and made with the quality we have come to expect from Black Diamond. The 3-watt LED also lasts a surprisingly long 104 hours on low, and 70 hrs on high which is longer than some 1-watt LEDs. This headlamp and the new Petzl e+Lite just took over the top two spots on my Christmas wish list.