I have been kickin around the responses and keep coming back to having a separate light. What if a switch malfunctions or a bulb blows or the unit gets wet and ceases to function? There are some truly small LED lights out there........so small in fact one might need to take pains to insure that you could find it when you need it. I liked the idea of protecting it in a small plastic film container.

This is a bit bigger backup light than a man (or woman ;) ) would need.
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It has also occurred to me that my light went dead in all probability because I simply failed to turn it off. It was not uncommon for me to get up and start breaking camp while it was still dark and I probably just left the dang thing on after it got light and then stashed it. I dunno what happened for certain.

If I remember correctly didn't ST once post a teeny tiny light of sorts? Post any and all suggestions and links and lets see if we can't find the perfect back up light.