Although i have half a dozen of lithium powered flashlight sitting at home, but they were all from the XRE era.
Since i am out of loop for a few years, and I am now looking for a headlamp for road biking at night.
here are the info, I have the bike front light covered for long range thrower.
I am look for a headlamp to mount on my bike helmet, so weight might be a concern, 4xAA setup might be a little heavy, but not 100%sure.
I need a headlamp to see my surrounding as I ride decently fast even at night through wide range of lighting condition, be it pitch black pavement thru the woods, on the road with lots of street lights, fast sweepers in the dark, and many times in the mist too (Vancouver weather).
So I would need a light output with minimum CONSTANT 200+ lumens with a minimum of 3 hours run time at that level because I will be riding long distant, I don't want to change battery at the worst time although I will be carrying a spare battery for backup. Burst mode or turbo mode that can't sustain hours of continuous runtime is completely useless for me.
Preferably but not absolute a must, wide flood with no hotspot, color is not a serious factor but neutral white would be extra.
I have fair amount of eneloops, and 18650 wouldn't be problem, BUT 16340 and 14500 is out of question.
at last, $70 is the upper range I want to spend, i hope that is not too much to ask for, thanks guys
Since i am out of loop for a few years, and I am now looking for a headlamp for road biking at night.
here are the info, I have the bike front light covered for long range thrower.
I am look for a headlamp to mount on my bike helmet, so weight might be a concern, 4xAA setup might be a little heavy, but not 100%sure.
I need a headlamp to see my surrounding as I ride decently fast even at night through wide range of lighting condition, be it pitch black pavement thru the woods, on the road with lots of street lights, fast sweepers in the dark, and many times in the mist too (Vancouver weather).
So I would need a light output with minimum CONSTANT 200+ lumens with a minimum of 3 hours run time at that level because I will be riding long distant, I don't want to change battery at the worst time although I will be carrying a spare battery for backup. Burst mode or turbo mode that can't sustain hours of continuous runtime is completely useless for me.
Preferably but not absolute a must, wide flood with no hotspot, color is not a serious factor but neutral white would be extra.
I have fair amount of eneloops, and 18650 wouldn't be problem, BUT 16340 and 14500 is out of question.
at last, $70 is the upper range I want to spend, i hope that is not too much to ask for, thanks guys
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