Budget Surgical/Dental Headlamp for rural hospital in Bangladesh

[duckear]

I am an ENT doc too. The zebra light is a poor substitute for a real headlight when trying to do anything in a hole. For skin work it is okay.

After a mission trip to Belize, I was looking for something that was BRIGHT and would work with surgical loupes.

For serious medical use, I run this.
http://www.designsforvision.com/SurgHtml/S-EDCoa.htm
The headband is not too bad, and replaceable when it gets nasty.


Overpriced? I am sure it is, but it works. Add a pair of 4.5x loupes, and it pushes the utility and ability of a operating microscope on low power.

 

[Chrontius]

You might want to have a look at the Kavelight; it's a caving headlight designed for CPF members, by CPF members.

The Malkoff M60 LED module is fairly tight-beamed, though later Cree optics were a bit broader than the old Fraen optics. He's still making the M60 for Elzetta's tac-lights, and Oveready carries them - and their own triple-emitter monsters. The Kavelight's very broadly compatible by design - you should be able to find a nice P60 module to drop in there for about the same price as that Chinese headlamp, I suspect.

 

[constantine_a_f]

This is my first take on a dental flashlight, I include a cost breakdown. I plan on making a new one, smaller with a more concentrated beam. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...ust-started-a-dental-flashlight-project/page3

 

[Ezeriel]

I vote for the Fenix HL21

http://www.fenixlight.com/viewnproduct.asp?id=92

it's tightly focused, and seems pretty nice to me