Luke Judge

A Tiki party is probably one of the most fun-filled activities you can ever arrange for your family and friends. Exotic dishes, delicious cocktails, rattan furniture, island-inspired music, and brightly-colored decorations can really get you into the mood for a relaxing tropical party. Of course, a Tiki party wouldn’t be complete without a smattering of bamboo Tiki torches. These torches are essential in setting the right mood for your Tiki party. In fact, you can hold the perfect Tiki party with a minimum amount of decor as long as you have some well-placed Tiki torches. On the other hand, you can have the most lavish decorations set up, but you will never hit the right atmosphere if you do not have Tiki torches.

Bamboo Tiki torches can be set up to guide guests from the main house to the venue of the party and some may also serve as lamp posts around the party area. They can also keep your Tiki hut or Tiki bar lit up all night. These torches even have a more practical purpose, as they effectively keep away mosquitoes and other bugs that could otherwise ruin your party. Here is how you can make your own bamboo torches for that perfect Tiki party.

Purchase bamboo poles that are five feet long and three inches in diameter. Make one-foot vertical cuts at one end of each bamboo pole. Make a total of six sections that are about a quarter of an inch apart. Get a No. 1 gauge round reed that is four inches in diameter and tie it on the inside of each section that you made. This helps ensure that you have a strong base on which to hold the fuel. Take two more round reeds, cross them through the bamboo sections, place it around the base and then tie the ends inside the torch openings. Place another reed around the top of the torch and then tie it.

Weave rawhide strips an inch above the reed tied at the bottom of the torch base. Use about 11 strips and be sure to weave it through the bamboo sections. Dig a hole about a foot into the ground and place the torch in it. Place the fuel in the openings that you have fashioned, and your bamboo Tiki torches are now ready to be lit.

The placement of your torches is just as important, both for artistic and safety reasons. Torches lining the path to the party area are very romantic, while torches placed around the bar and dancing area can invite guests to have a really good time. If you have a pool, it would also be a good idea to place torches around it to create the perfect ambiance. To avoid accidents with the torches, make sure that the placements are stable and that they will not easily fall down. Never light a torch under a roof or in any enclosed space. Most importantly, be careful to keep children away from them. As long as you take all of these into consideration, your bamboo Tiki torches should be the perfect elements that will make your party a sure hit.

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This week we were sent the Petzl Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch and asked to review it for Techyzone readers. Upon opening the box, which contained a cheerful looking torch in misty grey, we decided to test this little glow box to see what it could do.

The first thing that we noticed was the strength of the beam as the torch projected a high intensity white light that reached out to a good distance in front of us. This impressive beam makes the Petzl Zipka Plus 2 one of our recommended items on a night trail hike or overnight camping trip. The Zipka lamp from Petzl may also be suitable for spelunkers and anyone else who could use a bright light while trekking or working underground.

Small and Lightweight

The last thing a traveller, camper or hiker would need is a heavy head lamp and since Petzl is a company known for its innovations in head torches, it has taken the necessary steps to ensure that this little light is just that – Little and Light.

The Zipka Head Torch has been designed to be compact and light weight and uses a retractable cord for the user’s convenience. It weighs 71 grams and is smaller than the palm of your hand and can easily be fixed on to your head by stretching the cord to fit around your head. Its light and compact body ensures that you will not feel that heavy pull of weight on your forehead which is a common complaint of campers who use other kinds of head torches.

The head torch is also small enough, to look good on your face without being bulky and giving the appearance of large gadget.

Doubles up as Bicycle Light

The Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch has a retractable cord that allows it to be fixed on to small poles, bicycle handle bars or anything that you can get it to fit on. This means that your Zipka torch can double as your bicycle lamp or ordinary lamp when you are not using it for camping. It is that convenient.

Those looking to buy this wonderful head torch which is well suited for camping and hiking at night will be able to purchase it for £32.45 which we think is a reasonable sum to pay for a reliable and durable torch such as this.

The Bright Beam In Your Night

The Zipka Head Torch gives out 140 hours of burn time and has a strong light output of 50 lumens.

The Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch uses white LED lights to provide maximum light and clarity and projects a beam up to 35 metres ahead of the user. The torch uses five lighting modes out of which three are available in white light and two in red. Should you wish to conserve battery power or decrease the light intensity, Petzl’s little torch also allows for this, having outfitted the Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch with a strobe, high and economical light setting. The red light can be turned on by pressing on the small white button on the front of the lamp and can be used in high and strobe settings.

Special Features of the Petzl Zipka Plus 2 Head-Torch

If you want to know what makes the Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch different from all other offerings on the market, the following list of its benefits and special features will make it clear to you.

• Type of Beam: Wide beam
• Beam Distance: Up to 35 meters
• Light Beam: 50 lumens of light
• Lighting Modes: Five light modes, of which two are red
• Red Light Modes: Continuous or blinking
• White Lighting Modes: High, economic and strobe
• LED: Yes
• Burn time: 140 hours
• Cord/ Headband: Cord which is retractable and adjustable
• Batteries: alkaline AAA/LR03 batteries or lithium batteries
• Number of batteries needed: Three
• Battery life: 300 hours (white) or 750 hours (red)
• Weight: 71 grams
• Waterproof: No

The Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch is also available in a range of colours that include pistachio green, tropical blue and misty grey.

To read more about the Petzl Zipka Plus 2 Head Torch and other gadgets like it including other Petzl torches, you can visit Simply Hike.

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Compare Prices on Petzl Tactikka XP Headlamp

The Tactikka XP Headlamp by Petzl is a powerful headlamp with 3 lighting levels, boost mode and colored wide angle lenses. Specifications: CE strobe mode Wide Angle lenses made of impact resistant polycarbonate Water resistant for all-weather use Operates on 3 AAA/LR03 batteries (included) 3-year guarantee Weight: 95 g including batteries Features: Discreet proximity lighting while preserving night vision colored (red, green, blue) and transparent Wide Angle lenses included interchangeable lenses carrier for second lens located on headband A single light source that addresses multiple lighting needs 3 lighting levels : maximum, optimum, economic flood beam for sharp, proximity lighting (Wide Angle lens) spot beam shines up to 35 meters Boost mode : shines 50 meters for 20 seconds Compact and lightweight single compartment for LED and batteries less than 100 g including batteries Battery level indicator light warns when the batteries are 70% and 90 % discharged

• Brand: Petzl
• Number of items: 1

Features

• Light source can be attached to multiple mounts
• Belt clip attaches to webbing, belts, straps and packs, MOLLE compatible
• The universal mount has 3M adhesive foam tape to attach to helmets, glass, fiberglass glass, and mor
• Light rotates 360 degrees on all three mounts
• Tactikka Plus provides three lighting levels and red flip filter for night vision

Outstanding product
As an electronics tech who has spent the better part of seven years working nights, I have gone through many different flashlights. This is the best one yet. I don’t recommend flashlights to my co-workers because I always believe they may be able to find something better than what I have if they do some searching. This light is the exception! It is not the brightest I have ever used, but it is very bright. The long battery life more than makes up for the brightness. The only lights I have used that were brighter than this one were from two particular manufacturers and the batteries on each of those lasted less than a half hour continuosly. This light runs for eight hours with little noticable dimming and then does it all over again the next day. If you rely heavily on a hands free flashlight, this is the best one out there.

Outstanding headlamp
This really is an outstanding headlamp. It is exceedingly bright, and outshines and outlasts my other headlamps (both LED and incandescent).
It comes with minimal instructions, and while you really don’t need them, there are a few things that took me a second or thirty to figure out.

1) The battery indicator LED — it will start flashing a few seconds after you turn the headlamp on. I thought mine didn’t work at first because I didn’t wait long enough with the lamp on.
2) There is a nice little clip on the strap that will hold one extra lens – to remove the lens, you’ll probably need to use your thumbnail to push it out from the back until it clicks, then you can use the slide tab to pull it out the rest of the way.
3) Multiple light modes — when you initially turn the light on, you can hit the switch multiple times to change light modes. If you wait too long, the light will turn off the next time you hit the button, rather than switch to the next mode — this is, in fact, good, so that if you want to kill the light quickly once you’ve been using it, you don’t have to cycle through the other modes until it goes off.

Finally, the desert color is very nice — it’s sort of in between khaki and olive drab.

Bright
Wow, this is a fantastic headlamp, in fact I still have sunspots flashing across my retinas from playing with this earlier. The Tactikka XP is probably the brightest headlamp I have discovered for this size package. Structurally, the unit appears to be identical to the Tikka XP Headlamp, yet is in a nice khaki drab color. The headlamp is very robust, simple to operate, and seemingly very water resistant.

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