User Review: Petzl MYO XP

Petzl MYO XP
Above: The current MYO XP, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed June 15, 2009 by paoconnell

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Price Paid: $60

I recently used a new Myo XP purchased from REI (on sale) for its original purpose--caving. In this case, the trip was into a dark lava tube at 7000 feet that was still cold enough to contain ice. The Myo worked just fine, for he most part.

The light switch is small, which makes it harder to use in a cold cave. The "turbo" button is a gimmick, but the light diffuser works like a champ. The lamp was used with a Petzl Ecrin helmet with tabs to hold the light in place. No problems with the light falling off the helmet this time, but the light might not work so well with a helmet without those tabs. The light uses only 3 AAA batteries, but the cave trip wasn't long enough to wear out the cells.

In general, the Myo is light, seems to be easy on batteries, but the light switch should be larger for use in cold weather.

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