I like the top one the most but a problem I see with it is that you wanted 960nm wave length and this is from 850nm and up so it's more then just 960nm. Another thing I noticed is that the battery can last 25 minutes on a single charge and can not be powered directly from an AC or DC source so you'd need to get several batteries with it.

I agree.  But I do think we should still plan on doing this trip another year.  I think it would be a really great opportunity to get some really good stuff.  But when you decide to go let me know!! I would still love to do that!

Sounds like a plan. We can always do this trip another year.

Here are some just to look at. The first one has my interest.

http://www.nightvisionexperts.com/IRspot1MCP.html
http://www.supercircuits.com/Infrared-Illuminators/
http://www.amazon.com/Ramsey-IR1-Infrared-Illuminator-Kit/dp/B0002NRK3K
http://www.a1securitycameras.com/Infrared-Illuminators.html

Any thoughts on these?

Here's a link that talks a little about making your own ir illumination.

http://www.gizmology.net/infrared.htm

The kit that Ian can get is like this except that it might have a lower amount of led's, I'm not sure.

Ian can get infra red spot light kits but we don't know how bright they are and they don't come with a case. It's just the ir led's on a circuit board. I can't remember the price but I thought it was like $20 or something. Anyway you can talk to Ian about that if you'd like. We were going to order some and test them out but due to some financial problems we will not be able to that at this point in time.

Here's a cool website for some ir illumination but they are expensive. I thought you would like to look at it anyway. I found it interesting.

http://www.infrared-illuminators.com/index.php?&mode=catalog

I'll keep looking and if I find anything then I post it.

I would like to purchase an Infrared Floodlight with 960nm for under $200.00. Does anyone know of good light or can you point me in a direction to look? Thanks for the help in advance.

Thanks,
John...

This trip is no longer a go. To many other trips have come up.

We have been out lately to a spot we are planning on camping at in a few weeks. We found a good trail that will be easy to navigate during the night. I am very excited to get the first camping trip going. I have a new audio recorder so my hopes are to get something good this year. Most of all I want to find some cast worthy tracks. When our main opens up that is where I am going to really push it and hopefully we score some good tracks. We also get a reasonable amount of vocalizations in this area.

John...

Hi, I finally got an account so I will posting more often. Again, just saying hi. 

I have been also slacking on here.  Well I will try and post more.  I can't wait for all this snow to be gone and the spring and summer to arrive!!