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Columbia Single Track Softshell Jacket - Men's
April 10, 2010
There is very good insulation in the sleeves and maybe more in the torso. Overall it is a heavy weight softshell that can be worn in 30 degree temps and 30mph winds with just a midweight shirt underneath. It is bulkier and heavier than a light weight softshell.
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Columbia Single Track Softshell Jacket - Men's
April 9, 2010
All of the grey material (underarms, sides, lower sleeves) on the jacket is a nylon windbreaker material (think krinkly wind pant type material). The rest of the material is of a softshell material.
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Columbia Single Track Softshell Jacket - Men's
April 9, 2010
All of the grey material on the jacket (lower sleeves and underarms and sides) are a windbreaker material. If you don't mind the "swish swish" as your arms swing back and forth and the krinkly sound form the windbreaker nylon when its colder out, then this would be a very nice and warm jacket for you.
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Black Diamond NRG Rechargeable Battery Kit
March 18, 2010
I can't see if you have parts missing or not, so I'll tell you how if you've got everything. Once you've got the AC plugin adapter set to your correct country style outlet, plug the other end into the battery pack on the headlamp that's located underneath the headlamp strap where the cord from the front light connects to the battery compartment. Look for the little grey plastic plug there, lift the grey plug out and connect the charger in there. Hopes this helps.
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Black Diamond Apollo Lantern
February 15, 2010
Lithium ion batteries put out a higher voltage for a longer time which will create more sustained heat and can harm any unit that doesn't have a voltage regulator built into the system. Unless the manufacturer specifically says you can use lithium-ion batteries, don't.
Directly from BD's PDF about the Apollo;
BATTERIES
Apollo functions with either 4 AA
alkaline batteries or the Black Diamond
NRG Rechargeable Battery Kit (sold
separately).
You can bet there is a specific reason they aren't suggesting using lithium batteries as an option.
Since there seems to also be confusion about length of burn time, this is from BD's website;
HI 15 hours
LO 60 hours
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Black Diamond Icon Headlamp
July 2, 2009
I'd be a little skeptical using lithium batteries on any headlamp that doesn't have a voltage regulator. Lithium batteries put out a higher voltage for a longer time than regular batteries and in doing so increases the resistance in the circuitry which creates more heat and can damage the unit. Warm batteries on the back have nothing to do with the circuitry in the front housing. The only thing the manufacturer says is to use alkaline batteries or to use the NRG Battery Kit that includes rechargeable NiMH batteries.
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