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Lighting

Headlamps and lanterns with real cold-weather battery behaviour.

L1-LIG-01

Petzl

Petzl Actik Core

A 600-lumen headlamp with a red mode and a rechargeable core that swaps for AAAs when the battery dies in the cold.

L1-LIG-01 requires a hands-free light with a red mode and a field-replaceable power source. Red preserves night vision during navigation exercises; the dual-fuel design matters because lithium cells lose capacity sharply below −10 °C and a student needs a path back to working light that does not involve a charger.