I was looking for a ZL headlamp. This could have been the one. I have however, an AT XHP50 headlamp that this really doesn't compare to. I'm not a hater, and not affiliated with AT. I'm just a man that already has something that has made me reconsider the new ZL option. I have compared run times and lumen levels between the new ZL headlamp and the latest offering from ArmyTek. I'll be keeping my AT for now. Hate all you wan't. Check it out! Then come to me with an issue.
Tex.Proud
Really doesn't compare to? By that do you mean, reliable products from an honest manufacturer VS questionable (with repeated reports here) quality control, occasionaly mispackaged lights from a manufacturer with suspect intent as to how they market their country of
manufacturing?
When you realize you're comparing LED lumens VS OTF it soon becomes clear that the output between the two really isn't that different and at those levels the amount of heat generated severly limits runtime so arguing superiority based on a few extra lumens at the cost of WAY more heat with nothing but convection as a means of heat dissapation is flawed reasoning. I have seen many reports about the new XHP 50 AT light getting insanely hot in little to no time at all. They claim it has thermal protection but the reports say it isn't very effective unlike the PID implemented on ZL models. But who am I to stop you wearing something potentially dangerous on the most important part of your body
There's a reason you don't see any marketing fluff, constant sales and *limited* editions, *special* etitions etc from ZL and that is because ZL don't need the crap to sell their lights.
It's OK though! When you realize you dropped your money on a marketing mirage instead of an actually solid product, the ZL's will still be the same price and you can thank me when you pick one up and realize for X amount of time, you were wrong :thumbsup:
EDIT: For the record, I'm not anti AT - I have a V2.5 Predator Pro and apart from the fact the lens scratched easily, even with a microfibre cloth (took a while to realize they installed the lens the wrong way), it was a good light for it's time. That has now been replaced by a light far smaller and about 50% brighter but I digress. If they upped their game in a LOT of areas they would do much better with fewer reasons for criticizm. At the heart of the problem however is their seemingly deliberate deception by claiming they are a Canadian MANUFACTURER even though they have never been able to provide evidence of such manufacturing plant there. They even go as far as insulting customers who call them out on the fact they claim that so boldly when finding that they are really manufactured in China is nowhere near as easy. Call a spade a spade. It's a Chinese light, just like almost every other one.