Any small LED light ideas for lighted screen?

[lloyd0161]

Just wondering if anyone has explored a mall LED light for night hunting with the GBP or G2? I am looking for something very compact that will light up the screen face and can be mounted to the control housing.

 

[Dennisjf12]

Hunt youtube, seen guy put them on ace 250 or 350, mounted on the outside above screen, got blue lites from radio shack, 3.5 to 4 volt bulbs, had to run wires though side of plastic housing and around to front under top lip, if I can it I will post link

 

[goldman55]

I'm getting old I think they should put them on all detectors over $500. They help a lot had a F75SE loved the Back light sold it got T2SE NO back light. sometimes have hard time seeing the face even in day light. Never had that on the F75SE.

Bill

 

[Fletch88]

I think they should all have an adjustable, red backlight like the F-19. It is one of the best things about the machine

 

[mudpuppy]

A few years ago, I got myself a little clip on LED with a flexible neck for a few bucks...I thought I'd tape it to the housing so I could hunt at night, super early before work and all that...then, I just sort of clipped it to my shirt front so I could see the screen, then one night, I just said 'the hellwiddit' and have been hunting the past few years in the dark by tones alone...

I found I really like hunting completely dark, no lights at all, not even to check finds...it seems to make your ears a lot sharper since you are deprived of sight and are forced to rely on your hearing which seems to work a lot better than eyes do for us..anyway, at the time, thinking back, I thought hunting blind with no backlight or screen illumination would be hard, but it's not, in fact, tone hunting in the dark is a lot faster, and nobody can see you...once your brain is deprived of the sense of sight, the ears sure do sharpen up by multiples... I do a quick parameter check set up in front of my car, and go out into the dark and swing away..
Mud.

 

[amberjack]

a fellow dark hunter although I do like some light even some ambient stuff helps so I don't trip over stick my head in the hole or something

if you need a light go for F19 ??

AJ