Post by kozn on Jun 24, 2018 16:42:58 GMT -5
Another very important tool so we don't cut off are fingers, making sure to cut the right wire or just to see what the hell we are saying to each other. I've always been a big fan of headlamps and my life would be shit without them. I've had dozens of them, from cheap crappy sh$t to more expensive brands like nitecore, petzl and zebralight. I have come to like single battery powered headlamps for the simple reason that I don't need to carry 3 spare AAA batteries and always have one left over that just gets lost or I don't know what to do with cause they always come in packs of 4,8 or 12 etc.
The first light I really liked and still love is my trusted skilhunt H03
(Pictures are not mine, I scraped em from the internet)
This is the one I use when I need long runtimes and plenty of light. It runs on rechargeable 18650 cells and has 8 yes eight! brightness modes. From 0.5 to 1000lumens. From off you can go to the lowest mode with a long press, to high with a doubble click and to the last used mode with a single click. I absolutly love this light, been using for 3years and I have never broken on, although I did loose acouple of the. I find it is must have if you work long hours in the dark. It has a pebbled lens so the beam is nicely distributed over the working area, no hotspot at all. They do have a version with a reflector that "throws" (shines)a litlle further but I didn't really like it so I sold it. I had to turn my head to often to find something that was in my field of view but was not illuminated enough to clearly see it plus the hotspot of the beam is always focused out of center of your eyes. The one with the pebbled lens (TIR optics) is just great for me. Plus you can get it really cheap on some Chinese website if you look out for some deals or coupons, I payed about 25Euro's last time I bought one. I've got 2 just in case I misplace one. Tecently they came out with a rechargeable version, some magnectic dodad that you place on the head of the light and plug into a usb charger or powerbank.
Lately I have found another gem, the zebralight H53Fc
It's powered by a single AA battery (NiMH or 1.5V AA lithium non rechargeable battery don't us alakline cells in this one). It's very light weight and small. It doesn't have the runtime and power as the Skilhunt but that's just why I bought it. For small short tasks. It has a high cri XP_L2 led. Meaning that the color rending is absolutly top. I you're working with colors or like as an electrician with different colored wires you're gonna want a High CRI led, the difference between the the ZebraLight and the skilhunt in colors is really great. It's always a pain to the eyes when I've been using this light and switch to the skilhunt. The colors get dull and don't have any life in them. Still the silhunt is great compared to some petzle and black diamond lights.
Only downside to this one is the switch, it's located on the top of the light and not on the side like the H03. It's a litlle annoying and I have blinded myself a few times by the reflection on my hand. Other than that I love it and now I use it most of the time. I haven't dropped it a lot like my skilhunt but it should have fully potted internals so I hope it will last me. I bought my at NKON for 60 euro's I believe shipping included. Quite expensive I find but I wanted to treat myself and I wanted/needed a small, light and durable headlamp. Oh and it also has a floody beam so no spot light which I just can't stand on a headlamp.
Another light I often use is a totally different beast. The BLF Q8
Runs on 4 18650 cells and has 4LEDs and has ramping mode, meaning you can choose any lumen output from 0.2 lumenen to 5000lumen (yes five thousand!!) and throws the light over 500m. I use it as a worklight, is has a tripod mount so I can fix it on my camera tripod or screw something in to which I can attach it to whatever it needs to be attached to. It has a very wide hotspot making it very useful for lighting up wide areas. The light is completely serviceable, you can take it apart and change the button, driver, LEDs. Whatever is broken you can get to it and get replacement part and even upgrades if needed to be. Downside of this light, it doesn't have constant output, so the light gradually dims as the batteries are draining. For me it's not a big deal but I can see how some people would need/want constant output. I Paid 40 dollars for it but I see the price has gone up since.
I got more lights but these are the ones I think might be of interest for you all.
The first light I really liked and still love is my trusted skilhunt H03
(Pictures are not mine, I scraped em from the internet)
This is the one I use when I need long runtimes and plenty of light. It runs on rechargeable 18650 cells and has 8 yes eight! brightness modes. From 0.5 to 1000lumens. From off you can go to the lowest mode with a long press, to high with a doubble click and to the last used mode with a single click. I absolutly love this light, been using for 3years and I have never broken on, although I did loose acouple of the. I find it is must have if you work long hours in the dark. It has a pebbled lens so the beam is nicely distributed over the working area, no hotspot at all. They do have a version with a reflector that "throws" (shines)a litlle further but I didn't really like it so I sold it. I had to turn my head to often to find something that was in my field of view but was not illuminated enough to clearly see it plus the hotspot of the beam is always focused out of center of your eyes. The one with the pebbled lens (TIR optics) is just great for me. Plus you can get it really cheap on some Chinese website if you look out for some deals or coupons, I payed about 25Euro's last time I bought one. I've got 2 just in case I misplace one. Tecently they came out with a rechargeable version, some magnectic dodad that you place on the head of the light and plug into a usb charger or powerbank.
Lately I have found another gem, the zebralight H53Fc
It's powered by a single AA battery (NiMH or 1.5V AA lithium non rechargeable battery don't us alakline cells in this one). It's very light weight and small. It doesn't have the runtime and power as the Skilhunt but that's just why I bought it. For small short tasks. It has a high cri XP_L2 led. Meaning that the color rending is absolutly top. I you're working with colors or like as an electrician with different colored wires you're gonna want a High CRI led, the difference between the the ZebraLight and the skilhunt in colors is really great. It's always a pain to the eyes when I've been using this light and switch to the skilhunt. The colors get dull and don't have any life in them. Still the silhunt is great compared to some petzle and black diamond lights.
Only downside to this one is the switch, it's located on the top of the light and not on the side like the H03. It's a litlle annoying and I have blinded myself a few times by the reflection on my hand. Other than that I love it and now I use it most of the time. I haven't dropped it a lot like my skilhunt but it should have fully potted internals so I hope it will last me. I bought my at NKON for 60 euro's I believe shipping included. Quite expensive I find but I wanted to treat myself and I wanted/needed a small, light and durable headlamp. Oh and it also has a floody beam so no spot light which I just can't stand on a headlamp.
Another light I often use is a totally different beast. The BLF Q8
Runs on 4 18650 cells and has 4LEDs and has ramping mode, meaning you can choose any lumen output from 0.2 lumenen to 5000lumen (yes five thousand!!) and throws the light over 500m. I use it as a worklight, is has a tripod mount so I can fix it on my camera tripod or screw something in to which I can attach it to whatever it needs to be attached to. It has a very wide hotspot making it very useful for lighting up wide areas. The light is completely serviceable, you can take it apart and change the button, driver, LEDs. Whatever is broken you can get to it and get replacement part and even upgrades if needed to be. Downside of this light, it doesn't have constant output, so the light gradually dims as the batteries are draining. For me it's not a big deal but I can see how some people would need/want constant output. I Paid 40 dollars for it but I see the price has gone up since.
I got more lights but these are the ones I think might be of interest for you all.