barrysuperhawk
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I hate to ask a noob question, but well, here I am.
I need a red LED headlamp that is fairly bright and runs off of AAA batteries, but all of my searches have been too generic and resulted in a TON of white lights that either have the word red in the description or "also include" red LED's. I have bought 3 headlamps off the net so far thinking I had found what I seek, but so far I am a bust.
Here's my requirements:
AAA batteries, regulated output. [I have a go-pro camera that takes AAA's and has no workable battery gauge, so I have a metric ton of 1/2 used lithium AAA's. Having a headlamp run out of batteries and require replacements is no big deal, having a camera go dead in the middle of recording *is* a big deal, so swapping the batteries in the camera is cheap insurance and provides me with a steady supply of used lithium batteries to put in flashlights...]
LED output above 40 lumens [arbitrary, but I have 2 lights now that unless it's pitch black, the red is so dim as to be useless] edit: upon further searching, maybe 40 lumens worth of red is a bit too high of a goal, but OTOH, I already have "dim" red led headlamps...
Elastic head strap [no cap mount or side head mount]
Must either be red ONLY, have a red lens or have a foolproof, groping in the dark method of ONLY activating the red light without having to cycle through modes.
Must not require modding, if I was any good with a soldering iron, I would have already made what I need...
So far the ones with the flip up lens cover seem the most foolproof in preventing white light spill, but I am worried about the cover being flimsy or easily broken. A better choice would be a headlight with only a red LED, but it seems impossible to construct a search that only returns "red only" LED's. So, CPF, since you are everything that is light and good, recommend me some headlamps, please.
I need a red LED headlamp that is fairly bright and runs off of AAA batteries, but all of my searches have been too generic and resulted in a TON of white lights that either have the word red in the description or "also include" red LED's. I have bought 3 headlamps off the net so far thinking I had found what I seek, but so far I am a bust.
Here's my requirements:
AAA batteries, regulated output. [I have a go-pro camera that takes AAA's and has no workable battery gauge, so I have a metric ton of 1/2 used lithium AAA's. Having a headlamp run out of batteries and require replacements is no big deal, having a camera go dead in the middle of recording *is* a big deal, so swapping the batteries in the camera is cheap insurance and provides me with a steady supply of used lithium batteries to put in flashlights...]
LED output above 40 lumens [arbitrary, but I have 2 lights now that unless it's pitch black, the red is so dim as to be useless] edit: upon further searching, maybe 40 lumens worth of red is a bit too high of a goal, but OTOH, I already have "dim" red led headlamps...
Elastic head strap [no cap mount or side head mount]
Must either be red ONLY, have a red lens or have a foolproof, groping in the dark method of ONLY activating the red light without having to cycle through modes.
Must not require modding, if I was any good with a soldering iron, I would have already made what I need...
So far the ones with the flip up lens cover seem the most foolproof in preventing white light spill, but I am worried about the cover being flimsy or easily broken. A better choice would be a headlight with only a red LED, but it seems impossible to construct a search that only returns "red only" LED's. So, CPF, since you are everything that is light and good, recommend me some headlamps, please.
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