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My wife works in blind rehab at the VA hospital. From time to time, she has clients who could benefit from a headlamp. Here are her requirements:
1) compact/lightweight: Anything is probably fine as long as it does not have a separate battery pack
2) Does not have to be the brightest, but 50 lumens or a bit more would be nice
3) Very easy to find/use controls as it may be used by someone who is visually impaired and may have limited use of their hands.
4) Preferrably AA powered, but would consider one of the better 3xAAA since most compact headlamps are not AA powered
5) Readily available, no specialty or obscure brands as it must be something that they can get from one of their government vendors.
I am going to send her in to work with my new Petzl Pixa 3 as it meets these requirements, but in case Petzl is not available for them to acquire, any and every potential suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
1) compact/lightweight: Anything is probably fine as long as it does not have a separate battery pack
2) Does not have to be the brightest, but 50 lumens or a bit more would be nice
3) Very easy to find/use controls as it may be used by someone who is visually impaired and may have limited use of their hands.
4) Preferrably AA powered, but would consider one of the better 3xAAA since most compact headlamps are not AA powered
5) Readily available, no specialty or obscure brands as it must be something that they can get from one of their government vendors.
I am going to send her in to work with my new Petzl Pixa 3 as it meets these requirements, but in case Petzl is not available for them to acquire, any and every potential suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
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