Help me find a good headlamp, not spot and not "no reflector" flood.
Requirements:
1. Battery type:
a). 18650 battery type??? I only say this because this is a very common option. Maybe there is a better size battery?
b) Brand of battery, capacity, protected or unprotected. ( have never used 18650's before).
2. Battery charger:
a). Have seen the intellicharger the 2 slot and the 4 slot ones. Seem pretty cheap I thought. I am in Australia so 240V 50Hz. I think these ones can charge from 12v car lighter socket, that's a cool handy feature.
b) alternative??
c) what is a typical charge time of a 18650 battery?
3. Headlamp beam pattern
a). Wide but not one with no reflector, as I want to sacrifice wide beam angle and concentrate all that light for a longer throw.
b). No host spot. It is hard to walk at night (In my opinion) with a dirty bright ball of light right there in front of me.
c). Will use it for working under car at night, (used the fenix tk40 last night and it's roughly 80deg. angle was good for what I was doing). Working in roof spaces, under houses etc. So if I can sacrifice a bit of wide flood to give me a bit of throw, so that it would shoot off down the attic space etc. See, I would not need a spot beam for this type of use.
4. Colour temperature and CRI
Well I only have a maglight with normal bulb and my fenix tk40 to go by. I will admit that when I first got the fenix tk40 I found it to be very white and sort of nearly did not like it. But now I am used to it and it is good.
I am concerned that some people say this light cool white is not that good, it's too green , blue, red etc. So I hope I don't get one with a visible colour tint to it.
As to the CRI, well again I really do not know. Only have the above mentioned light to reference to.
5. Power......
Lol, yeah well.......
6. Budget
Some where around the $100 mark for the light itself, + batteries and a charger.
Am aware of the Wizard pro, but when they first came out they were failing or some thing?? Now it is a version 1.5?? How are they now.
Then there is the Zebralight H600Fw MKII
And probably others too......
What to do....
And some beam shots of possible lights would be great too.
I was just going to go AA as I have these already, but I really think I should just buy once (and get quality), rather than buy an AA unit then always want more power, run times etc. Otherwise I might end like everyone else on here and have a hoard of flashlights......ahhhhhhhh hahaha..
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Requirements:
1. Battery type:
a). 18650 battery type??? I only say this because this is a very common option. Maybe there is a better size battery?
b) Brand of battery, capacity, protected or unprotected. ( have never used 18650's before).
2. Battery charger:
a). Have seen the intellicharger the 2 slot and the 4 slot ones. Seem pretty cheap I thought. I am in Australia so 240V 50Hz. I think these ones can charge from 12v car lighter socket, that's a cool handy feature.
b) alternative??
c) what is a typical charge time of a 18650 battery?
3. Headlamp beam pattern
a). Wide but not one with no reflector, as I want to sacrifice wide beam angle and concentrate all that light for a longer throw.
b). No host spot. It is hard to walk at night (In my opinion) with a dirty bright ball of light right there in front of me.
c). Will use it for working under car at night, (used the fenix tk40 last night and it's roughly 80deg. angle was good for what I was doing). Working in roof spaces, under houses etc. So if I can sacrifice a bit of wide flood to give me a bit of throw, so that it would shoot off down the attic space etc. See, I would not need a spot beam for this type of use.
4. Colour temperature and CRI
Well I only have a maglight with normal bulb and my fenix tk40 to go by. I will admit that when I first got the fenix tk40 I found it to be very white and sort of nearly did not like it. But now I am used to it and it is good.
I am concerned that some people say this light cool white is not that good, it's too green , blue, red etc. So I hope I don't get one with a visible colour tint to it.
As to the CRI, well again I really do not know. Only have the above mentioned light to reference to.
5. Power......
Lol, yeah well.......
6. Budget
Some where around the $100 mark for the light itself, + batteries and a charger.
Am aware of the Wizard pro, but when they first came out they were failing or some thing?? Now it is a version 1.5?? How are they now.
Then there is the Zebralight H600Fw MKII
And probably others too......
What to do....
And some beam shots of possible lights would be great too.
I was just going to go AA as I have these already, but I really think I should just buy once (and get quality), rather than buy an AA unit then always want more power, run times etc. Otherwise I might end like everyone else on here and have a hoard of flashlights......ahhhhhhhh hahaha..
Link removed as per the banner at the top of the page
Why has my link been removed? - Norm
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