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Not as good as I had hoped, January 25, 2007

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M. Crandall (Pleasantville, USA) – See all my reviews

  

I purchased this headlight two months ago as a “Christmas Gift” for myself. Since then I’ve used it on several night hikes and also around the house for projects that involve low-light areas. (Putting insulation in the attic, and hanging a hook in the closet.)

The headset fits comfortably on my rather large head, and the elastic band keeps it in place. It does not flop around and adjusting the beam is a snap. The power switch is large enough to be easily used while wearing winter gloves. The unit appears to be well built and efficient; I’m still using the first set of batteries.

However, the headlight has several major issues. My biggest complaint is with the incandescent bulb. One might expect that a combo headlight’s incandescent bulb would actually be brighter than the LED bulbs, but that’s not the case with this headlight. In fact, you could argue that the LED’s are brighter! This defeats the whole purpose of including the incandescent bulb, since the LED bulbs allow for much longer battery life when compared to incandescents.

In real world use, I never find myself using the underpowered incandescent bulb on this headlamp. As for the LED bulbs, their light is surprisingly diffuse. My brother-in-law bought a LED headlamp at a discount store for half the price of this model, and his LED bulbs produce a much more focused beam. While this really becomes a matter of personal preference, I found that after using both units on a night hike, I much prefered my brother-in-laws model!

Finally, the unit comes with an additional rubber strap. However, I could not figure out what the heck you are supposed to do with it. After puzzling over it for a good ten minutes, I let my wife puzzle over it, and she couldn’t figure it out either. There simply does not seem to be a way to attach the rubber strap to the headlamp, and there are absolutely no documentation or instructions included in the package.

Bottom Line: Its a decent enough headlamp that I didn’t return it, but I was really hoping for more.

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I Use it for reading in bed!, May 31, 2005

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R. Anderson (Marquette, MI USA) – See all my reviews

  

  

I have to disagree with the description of this headlamp. I ordered this

headlamp, and it has 3 LED bulbs, and 1 xenon bulb.

I love this thing. I have tried a few types of book lights, and this is by

far the best solution. I find I can read a book just fine in total darkness

using just one LED. I don’t use the Xenon, it drains the batteries faster.

I’m using rechargeable NiMh batteries, and I’m getting about 20 hours

of use per recharge.

I find the head strap to be a little tight, but I wear a large hat size.

As far as using it for caving and he likes it a lot. Thats the best I can

do as far as this use of this lamp.

No matter what you use it for, it will all most certainly do the trick for you.

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A must-have for outdoorsmen and handymen, October 16, 2008

I recieved this headlamp about 10 months ago and wanted to get in some good tests before reviewing. I love it and would recommend it to others.

PROS:

1. Snug, comfortable fit for many head sizes, does not slip around

2. Bright (has 3 settings), wide lit area, best in a camp of 5 avid backpackers

3. Very battery efficient

4. Light and durable enough for any trip.

CONS:

1. This light beam seems a bit unfocused compared to others, and the focus is not adjustable. On the flip side, it illuminates a larger area than others I’ve seen.

2. You have to cycle through the power settings to get back to off.

3. Light can be adjusted to point in several angles, ranging from straight ahead to at your feet. I prefer straight ahead and sometimes found it slipping (about 20% of total range of motion) towards my feet.

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