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Things haven't been the same since the summer solstice, I've noticed the daylight declining as we approach Fall here in the Pacific North. Sneaky, Mother Nature, tease me with sunshine and warmth only to rob me when I become complacent. I suppose there's rain on the way too, hmmm? Typical.
While it lasted, sunny summer evenings allowed for longer adventures, eating a late meal at sunset and walk home in the warm evening air. Yet, night always comes. When darkness falls it would be nice to have a small, personal over ear LED light to guide your way back to your tent, or light your favourite book when in bed.
In this project, I'll show how to make a small, light-weight, personal LED light worn as an earpiece, and made from dollar-store components. These LED lobe lights will blow away the commercial variety, and cost around $6.00(CAD) for the components.
These ear lights are and alternative to camping headlamps, which can be too overpowering for reading. And an alternative to portable reading lamps, which are usually too dim to be of much use outside of reading.
On a recent trip, I stumbled upon ear mounted LED's which were the inspiration for this instructable. The models had just one earpiece, one LED, and sold for the whopping price of $21.00(CAD)...just for one!
Some research uncovers that prices range from $12-$20 each*.
Sold in units of one, all designs I've seen have just one LED, primarily designed for reading use.
Lame.
*link, and link
These lights were constructed in under an hour, using dollar-store goodies, a soldering iron and a hot-glue gun.
Enough talk, let's LED this darkness!
While it lasted, sunny summer evenings allowed for longer adventures, eating a late meal at sunset and walk home in the warm evening air. Yet, night always comes. When darkness falls it would be nice to have a small, personal over ear LED light to guide your way back to your tent, or light your favourite book when in bed.
In this project, I'll show how to make a small, light-weight, personal LED light worn as an earpiece, and made from dollar-store components. These LED lobe lights will blow away the commercial variety, and cost around $6.00(CAD) for the components.
These ear lights are and alternative to camping headlamps, which can be too overpowering for reading. And an alternative to portable reading lamps, which are usually too dim to be of much use outside of reading.
On a recent trip, I stumbled upon ear mounted LED's which were the inspiration for this instructable. The models had just one earpiece, one LED, and sold for the whopping price of $21.00(CAD)...just for one!
Some research uncovers that prices range from $12-$20 each*.
Sold in units of one, all designs I've seen have just one LED, primarily designed for reading use.
Lame.
*link, and link
These lights were constructed in under an hour, using dollar-store goodies, a soldering iron and a hot-glue gun.
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Enough talk, let's LED this darkness!
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Tools are common enough to be found/borrowed easily.
Most of the materials were found at the dollar store, remainder are easily acquirable:
Most of the materials were found at the dollar store, remainder are easily acquirable:
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I chose to remove the wires as the headphones were cheap and had terrible audio and I just wanted the lights, but you can totally leave them as operation headphones and listen to your music
IMO the baseball cap light is the best choise, it's adjustable, can carry more lights and batteries and ou can hand it to anyone with the worry about it falling off and it's easy to ware for a long time and it will keep your head warm in the wenter.
Please don't take it the wrong way I like your work it's great..
Also:
You could use infrared LEDs and hide from cameras. Or rather be blocked from the camera.
Great freehand light for multiple occasions, maybe I will add power with the earphone cable so durability will be extended.