Petzl Strix

hey guys. just find out this anyone had try this headlamp? please give some input

Have it on hand - works, but it's 1xAA, in maximal mode will give you only 45 lumens for 4,5h - it's enough for walking but nothing more.
The knob steering works smoothly, head alignment also.
The price is a killer - the Military version with IR leds costs about 160 USD, standard 120 (based on exchange rate to PLN).

Looks nice. Definitely black for me.

Szemhazai said:

Have it on hand - works, but it's 1xAA, in maximal mode will give you only 45 lumens for 4,5h - it's enough for walking but nothing more.
The knob steering works smoothly, head alignment also.
The price is a killer - the Military version with IR leds costs about 160 USD, standard 120 (based on exchange rate to PLN).

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hey thanks for reply. want it badly after saw it. but 45 lumens its quite low from my expectation. dont mind if you can share where can i get these headlamps

In Poland in most of the outdoor shops :duh2:

paskal said:

hey thanks for reply. want it badly after saw it. but 45 lumens its quite low from my expectation. dont mind if you can share where can i get these headlamps

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Strange, can't start a new paragraph tonight? Anyway, I believe it's conceived for military stealth operations so therefore they can get away with the lowish output. I remember the days when I wanted that. And I see them on Amazon.com. Me, I wish they'd built this one around the CR123 battery.

Mr Bigglow said:

Strange, can't start a new paragraph tonight? Anyway, I believe it's conceived for military stealth operations so therefore they can get away with the lowish output. I remember the days when I wanted that. And I see them on Amazon.com. Me, I wish they'd built this one around the CR123 battery.

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+1 on the CR123 format to make it smaller but it might be too small with all the knobs and swivel head of it.

Sounds like a perfect stealth light and the .34 lumen low sounds like they designed this intelligently, as with the starting on lowest or most discreet first. I wish every headlamp was designed like this.

This may be my first Petzl headlamp purchase as I hate multicell headlamps especially ones with a goofy battery pack... yes I am talking to you too Fenix!

Looks great. I want one and I'll accept one as a gift from Santa but otherwise Yikes!
If you want a stealth-ed headlamp just
splice a resister and a switch into the cable from a remote battery pack.
You can have 0.27 lumens or whatever for a lot less.

http://www.botach.com/products/petzl-strix-helmet-headlamp.html

$73 plus shipping...

Is there a code you forgot to disclose? I still see $89.99