Headlamp

Bushman5 said:
I use a Dinotte 200 lumen headlamp. Runs off 4 lithium AA's or NMHI AA's, or alkalines. 3 levels of bright, strobe, pulse and a spot beam with tons of floody sidespill.
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200 lumens? Does that thing get a little hot?
I just picked up the Tikka XP, and am liking it so far. Not too pleased about the lithium issue. But I can always return it if it doesn't work out (I love REI!). The Princeton Tec Quad was my 2nd choice.
 
lvbuckeye27 said:
i use a Princeton Tec Quad. it's brighter than the Petzl models that were slightly more expensive, and the batteries last forever...
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+1 for this. I've used the Petzl Tikka and the TakTikka (with flip down red lens), the princeton tech Aurora, which is a great trail-running or mountain biking lamp and the Princeton tech Quad wins out of that selection for me - it's a bit more robust than the petzl's for me - I cracked the housing on both of them through normal use (I sleep with it around my neck when camping and it lived in the side pocket of my travel bag).
 
I've used Princeton Tec Auroras without issue. Chosen partly for price when I saw a $9.99 clearance. Still, they've been very good, reliable lights that I've used for camping, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking.
 
Aeromedix sells a nice, inexpensive ($15) headlamp that weighs in at less than one ounce, designed with consultation with BladeForums' own Doug Ritter, called the eQ Multi Light. I got one, and it is a lightweight, inexpensive, expendable companion.

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i have a pt quad a pt eos and a under water kinetics vizion.

Right now my go to light is the vizion...it allows you to switch between flood, spot, and red flood. Its got more luminens then my eos and around twice that of my quad. Unlike the princeton tec lights the uk vizion is truly waterproof with a rating to 9 meters.
 
The Princeton Tec EOS is a fantastic headlamp. Costs is only in the mid-$30's. Its waterproof to 1m, uses 3 AAA batteries, and can use lithium AAA's (Petzls cannot). Has high/medium/low/flashing. Most of the time I use the medium - it is plenty of light for working around the camp. Low is perfect for inside the tent.

PT is now selling the EOS with a new Rebel LED. The light is very white, very even (no shadows), and a bit more floody than the original EOS which is a good thing. I also thing the switch has been improved a bit - it seems provide a bit better "clickly" feedback. The easiest way to tell the older LED from the new Rebel LED is that when you look at the Rebel LED itself it looks kind of hazy - not so green-yellow.

I like the new Rebel LED so much that I replaced the older EOSs for both myself and my Boy Scout son. Fantastic!! I'll use the older EOSs around the house.

Check CandlePowerForums for reviews - they've been talking about it lately.
 
Foilist said:
I have a tiny Petzl called an E-light (or something like that). It has settings for high, low, red, strobe, and lock. It is mounted in such a way that you can swivel it around or attach it to things with a little clip if you don't want to use the headstrap. It comes in a little plastic storage case.

I got it mainly as a compact emergency light to stash in a motorcycle, but more and more I have been using it regularly .
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I just picked one of these up. I was hesitant as it uses coin batteries but it has a claimed life of about 35 hours on high and 45 on low. So far, I'm impressed.

http://en.petzl.com/petzl/LampesProduits?Produit=607

I should add that I bought it more as a reading light for power outages and such not a pack light.
 
Im gonna say it again.

Zebralight, Zebralight, Zebralight. An unbelievable amount of accesories come with it, including a really neat pocket clip. Waterproof aluminum body, 3 stage LED, hard annod, the most usefull, adaptable headlamp Ive ever used. It has a very nice floody LED that makes a great lamp.

I have both the AA and the CR123A versions. Both have their good points. The AA has wide availability of batteries, and the CR123A has a tailcap switch, among other things. Go Zebralight man, and you will be happy you did.

heres my AA clipped to the strap on my pack.

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Tikka XP. Got mine on sale at REI earlier last year I think it was.

If you are an REI member wait for a 20% off coupon and grab one.

Edit: If you like, you can also buy the color lens kit which comes with 3 colors. I always want something that give me an option to preserve night vision.
 
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I'll second the Princeton Tec Scout that Sigguy mentioned. It super small, has several brightness settings, and can be taken off the band and worn on a hat bill. The best thing about it is that it absolutely disapears in a pocket, and on a longer trip the extra batteries don't weigh as much as double or tripple A s.

Brandon
 
j Williams,

I just checked out the Zebra site. Nice lights! Now I just have to figure out how to justify that with the wife . . . .

Brandon
 
CSG said:
I just picked one of these up. I was hesitant as it uses coin batteries but it has a claimed life of about 35 hours on high and 45 on low. So far, I'm impressed.

http://en.petzl.com/petzl/LampesProduits?Produit=607

I should add that I bought it more as a reading light for power outages and such not a pack light.
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Wow, I really want one of those :D At the moment I just have one of those 1 oz lights that you twist and it lasts damn near forever with one main LED. I think it was about $10 or less when I bought it at a Bass Pro Shop a year or so ago. It's still on the same batteries too :o

I also have a couple of those Cap lights that are at wally world. $10 each and very nifty for fishing, especially the black light variant for glow worms/shrimp.
 
mymindisamob said:
I really wish the AA Zebralight came with the tailcap switch.
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Yeah, I can see your reasoning. I do like the twisty though it really helps it from turning on accidently when its in your pocket or pack, or like in my pic, mounted to a strap. The tailcap on the CR123A version is awesome though, and with th battery life of these, if you packed a couple spares, you would be good for a long time man. CR!@#A batteries have a great shelf life, and work great in super cold conditions.... When you back off the twisty on the AA version, you can push it like a tailswitch for momentary on/off. :thumbup:

jds1 said:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: When will people listen. :D

Jeff
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I dunno Jeff. Thats what Im sayin!!! :thumbup:
 
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