Such a totally awesome adventure AED. Thank you for sharing. I think YLP should share some of their profit with you for your great advertisement of their light.
Wow, that’s at least not too claustrophobic. Impressive formations, I actually wouldn’t mind poking around there, ’though not for 2wks! I like indoor plumbing… 
When I think “spelunking”, I usually think of narrow claustrophobic caves where you can so easily get hung up in there, stuck, not be able to turn around, and pretty much die. Go’n’goggle “john jones nutty putty cave”. You couldn’t even force me at gunpoint to go into one of those caves.
But yeah, moar pix if you got ’em!
“Scooly”? :laughing:
Seems like it is almost the PERFECT caving light, maybe not as a main light but definitely as a backup light.
The only problems I can see is the magnet which is really bad for survey and also too many modes IMHO.
Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure AEDe! So jealous that you can put your lights in real use…
The magnet is removable.
Not perfect but I think the best for caving in <100$ price range.
Btw I made small mod
Now it is most compact 18650 headlamp)
NG article about our colleagues , their expedition took place a month after of what was described in #16 )
Extraordinary.
I can’t describe how much I admire your determination. I used to cave when much younger, but increasingly got more and more scared, after several near-misses. And tragedies. Having to delicately explain to parents how their son died (badly, but we got the body out eventually, and we were just university students at the time). Then I gave it up. My deepest trip was in the Pyrenees, maybe you know that one.
In caves you quickly understand if caves you destiny or not)
Pyrenees is wonderful place, I was there last year as simple tourist and visit grotte de la Verna. It was simply WOW. Pierre- Saint-Martin is one of desires for me)
Yep, It is a long way down. And back up.
But my caving days are mostly over, something has shifted in my head and I no longer have any desire to do this mad stuff, (frankly I get too scared, and wouldn’t want to be a burden on the rest of the team if I freaked out. I’ve had to deal with this in the past with others, whilst remaining totally calm, and it is was not easy.)
Seeing someone completely falling apart because they have got into a situation far beyond their ability to cope, is not nice.
Particularly if you are in exactly the same situation, but trying to hold it all together, and work out a way forward instead of extreme panic.
The military try to avoid this, with selection and testing. And the rules of command.
It’s a game for young people I think. Old and bold is not a good combination.
That 2M is pretty compelling. Anywhere with more information and pricing?
http://ylplight.com/en/katalog/1/nalobnye-fonari/panda-2m/
Not the high CRI version, but that link is the manufacturer.
Great article. I used to be a caver too and can easily imagine the sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when things go wrong. Since we are on a flashlight forum, how did the lights hold up? Have you changed your opinions?
That price is pretty damn competitive if the 219C is the same. Any idea what shipping is like?
Shipping is EMS ~8$. It relatively fast 1-2weeks.
I really like the looks of this headlamp. Thank you for doing this review.
Looks interesting. I was thinking about Panda 3 for some time. With the charger… I could not resist and ordered one 
Breakdown for modern flashlights is very rare event.( If we speak not about armytek:)). In our expedition all lights worked fine. Main part of our team uses ZL, H03 is popular among newbies , some “oldschool “ cavers use something like Ignivi or Scurion.(if I understand your question correctly)
Sorry I’m late to comment here, but those were fantastic subterranean photos, AEDe! Spectacular experience. Like being on an alien world. 