Pilots, security guards, and people who wake up in the middle of the night with a million dollar idea all have one thing in common. They need to write stuff down without impacting their night vision. One solution is a pair of night vision goggles and another potential solution is the Skilcraft Luminator LED Light Pen.
This pen is made in a factory by vision impaired workers and features a metal body and a pressurized ink cartridge that allows the pen to write upside down and in extreme temperatures.
How does this pen preserve your night vision? It has a red LED at the tip that you can turn on to provide light while you write, but that light won’t impair your night vision.
Included in the Skilcraft Luminator LED Light Pen package is one spare battery and one spare ink cartridge. The pen is priced at $31.99. For more info visit Alphapointeonline.com or Amazon.
[via The Awesomer]
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Expensive but just what is needed for astrophotography afficianados. Thank you.
I reviewed something similar back in 2009 but the company doesn’t seem to be in business any more: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/08/09/the-pilots-pen-review/
I’m wrong! It is still available for $20. But it doesn’t have a red LED.
http://amzn.to/2hCJlVf
Has anyone found out to buy battery refills for this pen?
You can get the one with the red tip:
https://www.pilotlights.net/pilots-pen-aviator-worlds-best-led-ink-pen
There are a few other companies too, like Glovion. I think the pens are cheap pens. But the refills and batteries are replaceable.