I'm not a big fan of headlamps nor do I know much about them. I have a cheeper Streamlight Trident or something like that, LED's and incan in one light. I have the runtime of LED and the incan if I need a little more. I use it only for hunting, walking to a stand in the early dark hours of the night. After years of using a handheld light the headlamp is wonderful. Having your hand free and the light moves to where you look is awesome. My headlamp is adequate for my needs but would not recommend it for you. There are much better options and I'm not qualified to give you suggestions. But don't underestimate the convenience of a headlamp especially if you are doing some serious hiking.
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mdocod
Flashaholic
I just went on a long walk in the dark on dirt roads out in the woods here. wore a luxI headlamp. It rained most of the day today so everything was all wet, there's a bit of foggy mist in the air. The LED wasn't too great. It was good for lighting up the eyes of wildlife (neighbor dogs) but punching into the moisture covered foliage, almost pointless. My handheld LuxV has enough oomf to do it pretty good, but incandecent really proved to be better when poked into the trees and bushes. A powerful incan backed up with a long running cree/seoul light would be good IMO.
greenlight
Flashlight Enthusiast
3C Streamlight propolymer lights have long runtime. There are 2 different LED versions, one with throw and one with flood.
LEDninja
Flashlight Enthusiast
InfoMikeg23 said:
http://elektrolumens.com/AngleLux/AngleLux.html
Order
http://www.king-cart.com/cgi-bin/ca...ser-id=&password=&exchange=&exact_match=exact
Both the Pelican & Anglelux are spotlights. You may have to turn it into a flood by applying a layer of 'Press & Seal' over the window.
I have been trying to persuade Electrolumens to build a wide angle version of the anglelux using Fraen optics here
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1955278&postcount=5
His response
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1955825&postcount=7
The thread
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=160335
Why not email
[email protected]
and he might just make you a special one.
EDIT
Most reflector flashlights have a hotspot 5 to10 degrees and a spill light 30 to 60 degrees. Many optics flashlights have no spill at all. The Fraen optics on Electrolumen's My Little Friendhave a hotspot of 10 degrees and a spill close to 150 degrees. That seems to be what you are looking for. So you need an Anglelux-P4 with Fraen optics.
Electrolumens is now using 500mA boost circuits instead of 400mA so runtimes may drop to 19-20 hours from the 24 listed on the website. YMMV greatly depending on the batteries used as well.
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