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| Petzl E44850 Lens Filter Kit for Tikkina, Tikka, Zipka, Tikka Plus, Zipka Plus, Red, Green, Transparent | 
 enlarge | Brand: Petzl
Category: Home Improvement
Buy New: $4.95
Buy New from $4.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1990
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 3.8 x 0.3
MPN: E44850
Model: E44850
EAN: 3342540039544
ASIN: B000LN7II8
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | The red lens produces discrete lighting to preserve night vision for stargazing, tracking animals and changing baby's diapers | | • | The green lens is popular with pilots to preserve night vision | | • | The transparent lens is for replacing the original lens if broken |
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Product Description
640049 Features: Just remove the original lens and replace with one from the kit Includes red, green and clear lenses Specifications:
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| Customer Reviews:
 Useful but not perfect December 3, 2008
These lenses are very hard to pop-in and out of my petzelLED headlamps, I almost thought I was going to break them at first.
The colors are nowhere near as pure as having colored LEDs, but seem to do the trick never the less.
Only problem I seem to have is misplacing the clear lens I took out when I put a colored one in.
 Incovenient & not really red May 8, 2008
As the other review mentions, the "red" filter really isn't. It's closer to orange & didn't seem to do much at all for night vision. The filters are not very easy to swap out but are easy to lose.
If you're looking for that capability & happened to purchase a Petzl headlamp w/o the flip-down or permanent REAL red filter, I guess this is an acceptable cheap substitute. A better option is to return your other headlamp & buy the other model, which is available on here. It costs about the same as purchasing another model plus these filters.
Petzl Tactikka Plus 4-LED Headlamp, Black #E49P
Princeton Tec also makes good headlamps (incl waterproof models) but there aren't many listed on here & I don't know if they offer red-light filters.
More fun than practical. April 30, 2008
First, a small disclaimer; I'm not an outdoors type person. I have a headlamp purely for fun.
I bought this with the savings on the headlamp. The lens filters are constructed with the same high quality standards as all Petzl products.
However, the red filter is a very mild red. To me, it almost looks more like a darker orange than a full red. In fact, when the headlamp is on, it casts an orange light with the middle of the beam (almost) a pink (from the mixing of the bluish light from the headlamp and the filter). I'm guessing Petzl used a lighter red to keep the brightness of the headlamp up, but I would have much preferred to have less light and a darker red.
I didn't spend as much time with the green filter, but I will note that it has a slight teal tint to it.
As far as the purpose of having a red filter to help preserve your night-vision, I can't say that I noticed any benefit to installing the red (or the green) filter.
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