how light can you go on a headlamp, including battery weight, for a lamp that provides enough light for predawn and some night hiking and also has a red lamp option?
how light can you go on a headlamp, including battery weight, for a lamp that provides enough light for predawn and some night hiking and also has a red lamp option?
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A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White
Nitecore NU25.
For a couple of bucks, get a weird haircut and waste your life away Bryan Adams....
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Mine is a Black Diamond of some kind. Weights under 2 OZ with 2 AAA cells. I can't find in on the REI site, so maybe replaced by a newer model. Wasn't too expensive as I recall.
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AT: 695.7 mi
Benton MacKaye Trail '20
Pinhoti Trail '18-19'
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That nitecore NU25 looks like a great option, but be aware, the specs on it are misleading, it is not 0.9 ounces, more like 1.9 ounces with the headband. Still, pretty darn UL for a versatile headlamp.
Anyone have any actual experience with this headlamp?
Yes, the Hiking Hammonds used it. They wrote a review and based on that, I bought one. Yes, I got it from the Litesmite site with the line mod to be lighter. It seems like a good light. Since most people are carrying a battery back up, you can recharge in the field.
Hiking Hammonds blog > https://hikinghammonds.com/
For a couple of bucks, get a weird haircut and waste your life away Bryan Adams....
Hammock hangs are where you go into the woods to meet men you've only known on the internet so you can sit around a campfire to swap sewing tips and recipes. - sargevining on HF
Any chance you're talking about the Black Diamond Ion Headlamp?
That's what I currently use. It's quoted at 1.9oz, used two AAA cells, has a max brightness of 100 lumens, and could usually be purchased for $15-$20. Unfortunately it's been discontinued and could be difficult to find.
I know you pulled the trigger already but yes, I have had one for a year or two after buying a NU-30 or 35 before that. I almost did the headband mod but decided I like the original headband more than the shock cord version. I have night hiked with it multiple times for 2-4 hours at a time, used it in camp and it lasts for a long time.
AT: 695.7 mi
Benton MacKaye Trail '20
Pinhoti Trail '18-19'
@leonidasonthetrail https://www.youtube.com/c/LeonidasontheTrail
Any chance you're talking about the Black Diamond Ion Headlamp?
i have one of these as well and it works really well once one gets used to the switch....
not sure what mine weighs out at and i bought it at a discount REI sale for 6 bucks..
figured i couldnt lose with that price and it has served me well for a couple of years now....
I have successfully used and hiked with a very small headlamp which uses a CR-123 battery or something like a quarter. I don't know what type it was, but it was bright enough, and even with a spare CR-123 on me it was much lighter that alternatives. I don't think I would knowingly go into a night hike with that (with a exception of perhaps a full moon traverse), but it did what it needed to do when I needed to hike at night.
hmmm... I have an Energizer with multiple settings and 3 batteries weighing in at 3.2oz. Guess I will keep this one for now.
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A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White
The Petzl eLite+ is another option.
I bought an NU25 when my last headlamp bit the dust. I like not having to account for batteries anymore, and can simply charge it up with my Anker if needed to, but haven't had the need to yet in the field. I did the strap mod using directions from a YouTube vidya and some extra z-line I had. Light as a feather.
It is what it is.
There were two models...
The 1st one used two silver touch sensitive sensors on the front and came with a pair of lithium batteries.
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond.../dp/B00PUC8S48
The 2nd one used a single push button on the top and came with a pair of alkaline batteries.
https://www.rei.com/product/107917/b...d-ion-headlamp
The easy way to tell the two apart is that both had a red LED, but the 1st one had both the white and red behind the same diffuser, the second one placed the red LED on the opposite side behind a second diffuser.
Got my NU25 less than 24 hours after ordering it... yikes, Amazon delivery is scary..... Anyway, I'm already liking it, works great, I replaced the heavy strap with a much lighter one from an old headlamp, 1.2 ounces total weight, we'll see how it works long term.
Thanks Steve Buscemi for the recommendation.