Head torch with red bulb

It's in Aldi stores as of today, apparently. While stocks last.

Great price. I always use one as I had bought three from Argos last year who had them at half price at the time for about £4 each.

However, there is one important thing to look for when buying a head torch. You must make sure they are of the SLIDE switch variety and not the PUSH button type. See with the push button type, you have to cycle through 2 or 3 versions of white light before it reaches the red light. The slide switch ones starts off in a middle OFF position so you either slide one side for red or the other side for right.

...there is one important thing to look for when buying a head torch. You must make sure they are of the SLIDE switch variety and not the PUSH button type

That's a great point, Tej... something which is often overlooked. I have a camping headlight torch, which has a red light setting, but it's utterly useless for astronomy, as you need to cycle through the white light settings first. The only way I could use it was by tightly cupping my hand over the light whilst pressing the switch 4 times!!

I gave up using it a while ago, and now have a Petzl e+Lite, which has TWO off settings, meaning that you can switch straight to red or white light, as required. It is a little pricy though, but works very well and is really lightweight.

If it's the same model I bought last year, it slides one way for red and the other for white so no prob. Worth checking though

It's just as Pat describes. Looks good. £2.99 and Aldi in Catford has about, oh, I'd say 60 left!