Buying stuff these days is so confusing these days with so many choices! I still have not bought a headlamp. I posted on here maybe a year ago that I need one. I got a lot of good answers but never did pull the trigger. Now, I need one bad!
I had first posted about needing one for night fishing. Now I need one because I will be doing work in my attic. I guess one for fishing would be fine for attic, lol. But after that post, I bought ten Banggood 18650 batteries for my Nitecore TM16 flashlight because they were at a great price at that time. But when I got them, they would not fit. I put up another post and some people said get some little magnets. Which I did. But it never worked well in the flashlight. So, now I have ten Banggood batteries that won't work in my TM16 flashlight (they do not have buttons, that is the big problem) and I need a headlamp. So, seems to make sense that I would just buy a headlamp that use the Banggood size/type batteries. (http://www.banggood.com/1PCS-NR18650-30Q-3000mah-20A-Power-Li-ion-Battery-for-Samsung-p-981565.html)
I don't know much about this stuff and don't know how to tell what lamps those batteries will fit. For headlamps, do they give the battery dimension specs? How do you know exactly what batteries fit? (The Banggood batteries were close to fitting my flashlight, but not close enough.)
Can anyone recommend a headlamp? To reiterate my needs, it's general purpose stuff around the house, my farm and my woodlot and also for night fishing. For nightfishing, I need to check limblines that I set out for catfish. Ideally, it would be bright enough to scan the river as I motor for logs and alligators, lol. When I motor up to a limb with line I have set, I have to check the line and the water for a fish and then then get him off and then rebait.
I can spend whatever is necessary within reason. I like to save money (and do shop quite intensely) but I am not afraid of spending for quality.
Thanks for help on this great forum! On an old thread (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?420497-Need-headlamp-recommendation&highlight=) I got several recommendations for a headlamp but I hope to find one I can use with these 10 (sheesh!) banggood batteries!
I had first posted about needing one for night fishing. Now I need one because I will be doing work in my attic. I guess one for fishing would be fine for attic, lol. But after that post, I bought ten Banggood 18650 batteries for my Nitecore TM16 flashlight because they were at a great price at that time. But when I got them, they would not fit. I put up another post and some people said get some little magnets. Which I did. But it never worked well in the flashlight. So, now I have ten Banggood batteries that won't work in my TM16 flashlight (they do not have buttons, that is the big problem) and I need a headlamp. So, seems to make sense that I would just buy a headlamp that use the Banggood size/type batteries. (http://www.banggood.com/1PCS-NR18650-30Q-3000mah-20A-Power-Li-ion-Battery-for-Samsung-p-981565.html)
I don't know much about this stuff and don't know how to tell what lamps those batteries will fit. For headlamps, do they give the battery dimension specs? How do you know exactly what batteries fit? (The Banggood batteries were close to fitting my flashlight, but not close enough.)
Can anyone recommend a headlamp? To reiterate my needs, it's general purpose stuff around the house, my farm and my woodlot and also for night fishing. For nightfishing, I need to check limblines that I set out for catfish. Ideally, it would be bright enough to scan the river as I motor for logs and alligators, lol. When I motor up to a limb with line I have set, I have to check the line and the water for a fish and then then get him off and then rebait.
I can spend whatever is necessary within reason. I like to save money (and do shop quite intensely) but I am not afraid of spending for quality.
Thanks for help on this great forum! On an old thread (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?420497-Need-headlamp-recommendation&highlight=) I got several recommendations for a headlamp but I hope to find one I can use with these 10 (sheesh!) banggood batteries!
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