When you live in a van in Colorado and the sun dips below the horizon, you have two options. Get in and enjoy that claustrophobic feeling of being in the same small space for far too many hours, or grab some Nite Ize products and keep the fun going. With the fire ban stretching across the state, it’s easy to get discouraged after sunset in the backcountry. Without a fire to base the evening debauchery around, what’s an outdoor enthusiast to do? Luckily, Nite Ize has plenty of products to entertain. Check out some options before for both humans and furry friends alike.
Fun for Humans
SPOKELIT® LED WHEEL LIGHT – DISC-O SELECT™
Nothing says “I’m keeping myself safe, but I’m here to party” quite like the SpokeLit LED Wheel Light from Nite Ize. The SpokeLit is an LED lighting accessory for all occasions. And we mean ALL OCCASIONS. You can select between six colors or leave it on the color changing DISC-O Select mode to keep you seen and safe with perfect side visibility while riding your bike. Biking home from work? SpokeLit. Biking to the bar on a Saturday night? SpokeLit. Biking across the desert at Burning Man? Definity SpokeLit. This shock and weather resistant light is super efficient and has a battery life of 20 hours (roughly the length of one REALLY GOOD party). In all honesty, it just makes riding your bike more fun. We’ve even used ours along with a headlamp while mountain biking at night. We usually select our color based on our mood… Which is almost always Disc-O mode.
FLASHFLIGHT® LED LIGHT-UP FLYING DISC
When we’re backpacking we choose food with a high nutrition-to-weight ratio. When we’re in the van, we choose our toys with a high fun-to-size ratio. The FlashFlight LED Light-Up Flying Disc always makes the cut. The FlashFlight is a LED Light Up flying disc designed by an Ultimate Frisbee player to perform as beautifully as it looks. Weighing in at a mere 185 grams the FlashFlight is our go-to for fun whether we’re in the van or spending a night in the backcountry. The FlashFlight is not only water resistant but it floats, too! Nite Ize incorporated fiber optics as well as long-life LED lights into the FlashFlight to make sure you can see it from every angle. Obviously, it’s great at night, but it was designed to fly like a high-quality flying disc and you’ll be reaching for it even during the day.
Fun for Dogs
HUCK ‘N TUCK™ GLOWSTREAK® COLLAPSIBLE THROWER + LED BALL
We often play fetch with our van pooch after dark, and before the Huck ‘N’ Tuck Glowstreak Collapsible Thrower and LED ball, we lost an uncountable amount of tennis balls. With the LED ball, and easy to store thrower, we can tire our puppy out every night after finding camp. The Huck ‘N’ Tuck thrower extends to two feet long for long arching throws, and collapses down to 12” so it’s easy to store in the van. The motion-activated LED ball comes to life with a bounce against the ground or the first throw, and keeps glowing until it’s stationary for five minutes. You get five more minutes of the LED’s blinking before it turns off. This ensures you can find the ball even when your pup is done running. That strong little LED has 35 hours of glow time so you can play throughout the entire summer. The LED ball is molded, shockproof AND waterproof (and it floats!). This means if you have a pup that likes to swim, you can keep the water games going all night. The ball has ridges so it won’t slip as he makes his way back for another throw. It is also the same size as a tennis ball so it’s compatible with all throwers! Our dog has put this ball to the test, and it’s stood up to his slobber, chewing, and his incredible ability to hide the ball from us when we’re done playing.
NITEHOWL® LED SAFETY NECKLACE
We have an adventure dog. He sprints along as we bike down single track, secures the perimeter every time we arrive at a new campsite, and scrambles up rock fields as we make our way to summits. This dog knows freedom and yearns to roam like the rest of us. When we arrive at camp, we instantly reach for the Nitehowl LED Safety Necklace. The collar is made up of flexible polymer which you trim down to fit your pup’s neck exactly. It comes in three different colors so you can easily distinguish between other dogs wearing the same collar. The button on the weather-resistant battery pack cycles you through solid lights, flashing, and off. We use the flashing mode when walking through crowds at festivals to make sure our pup is seen, and so everyone else knows he’s ready to party. At campsites, we use the solid option so we can always spot him (and he’s still ready to party). Sometimes it’s catching glimpses of him sprinting through the trees around us, or as a glowing reminder he’s curled up next to our camp chair snoozing once he’s partied out.
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