Posts by Spamalot
The most common use of these in my direct, personal, experience is that they were used to mark road construction / obstructions at night, before battery powered flashing lights replaced them. It's...
I would guess it's that they are less likely to be nabbed by birds in those conditions. Crossing open spaces is a perilous activity for precisely the reason that birds catch rodents from above; if ...
Ease of access. You can get something out of most pockets in a vest without stopping and removing it first. With a backpack, you might be able to reach a side pocket without removing it - otherwise...
The "ceramic" variant is considerably safer than the old hot-element type. They use a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) variable-resistance ceramic element and a fan. If the fan fails, the PTC...
