I just got the Princeton Tec LED Headlamp today. So far it seems great. I had been looking for a decent headlamp for about a week or so. I had been doing some night biking around town and had to borrow one from a friend. His was ok. It had 4 small LED's, I want to say they were 5mm's. This headlamp has a massive 3w LED in the center and 4 smaller 5mm LED's surrounding it. The extra LED's give some extra ambient environment light. All I have for a camera is my terribad iPhone. Sigh, Really need to pick up a DSLR so I can do some HDR photography. This light was $69.99 at Campmor. Really great deal. I'll review the two other things I purchased from there. I'm the biggest internet shopper around, and surprisingly they had the best prices on these things. They even beat Amazon. I tried taking a picture testing it. It's really hard to gauge these things, but my god this light has incredible throw. The picture has to be at least 25 feet away, and it completely illulminates the whole backyard!
The box says the battery life is 150 hours. I think that's on low mode on the surrounding LED's. It takes 4 AA batteries. They sit in a container on the back of your head. The headband is tight and feels comfortable when worn, and very solid even when biking. I have no worries at all about this falling off, granted I don't wear a helmet:(. The 3w main LED is too bright to be used all the time. Before I can get in a real riding session I plan on using the surrounding LED's and that should be sufficient, there are many street lights.
Overall, for $69.99 this is a headlamp you should definitely check out. I should add that its waterproof to 1m so don't worry about the rain!
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