markr6
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I have an old Black Diamond headlamp from 2007 or so. I don't know what it's called but maybe it's an old Spot. It works fine for my backpacking trips with 3 AAA Eneloops. I carry a Fenix E11 as a lightweight thrower. Since I had a $50 gift card to Backcountry.com I figured a new headlamp would be a nice gift to myself. I chose the Petzl Tactikka Plus, and after reading the reviews I figured "how could 130 people be wrong?"
I opened the package, inserted the batteries and immediately turned it on to find my room glowing PURPLE! I was 100% sure I forgot to remove one of those blue sticky lens protector things, so I checked...nothing there. It's certainly much brighter than my old BD, but there's no way I would use this. I can handle some LEDs with a slight bluish cast, but when I say PURPLE, I mean it.
Am I just spoiled by the perfectly white glow of my Fenix lights? I don't think so. I just can't believe 99% of the reviews for this thing are positive. By the way, the purple hue makes the red a nasty ORANGE (probably still functional for nightvision though)
Is it possible I got a dud? Anyone else experience this?
I ended up throwing it in my Jeep's glovebox as a backup's backup.
I opened the package, inserted the batteries and immediately turned it on to find my room glowing PURPLE! I was 100% sure I forgot to remove one of those blue sticky lens protector things, so I checked...nothing there. It's certainly much brighter than my old BD, but there's no way I would use this. I can handle some LEDs with a slight bluish cast, but when I say PURPLE, I mean it.
Am I just spoiled by the perfectly white glow of my Fenix lights? I don't think so. I just can't believe 99% of the reviews for this thing are positive. By the way, the purple hue makes the red a nasty ORANGE (probably still functional for nightvision though)
Is it possible I got a dud? Anyone else experience this?
I ended up throwing it in my Jeep's glovebox as a backup's backup.