Re: Relflectors -- Finding your way in the woods at night

Try www.firetacks.com or any hunting/outdoors store (e.g. archery
range, sportsmans warehouse or cabelas.com.)

HKEK wrote:
> I went night riding on my mountain bike for the first time last night.
> I rode wooded trails with which I was familiar. I was surprised to see
> that many trees along the trail had tiny, bright reflectors (~1/4 inch
> in diameter) attached to them! I had never noticed these in daylight.
>
> On close inspection I found at least 2 types. One type seemed to
> resemble a thumb tack, with the head of the tack being reflective. The
> other type was more like a push pin with a bead for the head. The
> design makes it visible from many directions.
>
> I have been told that hunters use these for orientation. I would like
> to add some of these to some of the more difficult un-blazed trails on
> which I frequently get lost!
>
> Are these reflectors commercially available (where?) or are they
> "home-made"?