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    Anyone buy the Armytek Tiara A1 or C1 yet?

    I just got back from a 2-day trip on Mt Baker where I was one of the climbing guides. Finally I've put this headlamp to its intended use. Impressions from the field: The warm color really stands out since most climbers use cool LED headlamps, but I liked it. It just felt less like hiking in...
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    Anyone buy the Armytek Tiara A1 or C1 yet?

    Seeing some scary runtime numbers like mhanlen's 4 hours got me worried, but I'm approaching 8.5 hours on my test so that's a relief. It'll make it through one night! Now I want to make sure I know how many nights the battery will last so I know how many cells to pack on longer trips, or if I...
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    Anyone buy the Armytek Tiara A1 or C1 yet?

    My A1 arrived in the mail late last week. Initial thoughts for trail use: it's noticeably bigger than AAA headlamps made by Princeton Tec, Black Diamond, Petzl in its longest dimension, and with the mount design takes up about the same amount of space in the other two dimensions. weight of...
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    Recommendation for a 1xAA, NW headlamp for backpacking.

    I just wanted to add that the weight efficiency of AA's is a concern for me too. I think for short trips (a few days' length) the ability to have common, interchangeable spares between multiple AA devices is more important. But with the Armytek's ability to use 14500's I may get a couple of...
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    Headlamp for night orientation races

    Most of my trail experience has been with a 70 lumen spot beam, which projects quite a ways. I'm guessing by "orientation" you mean orienteering? That is, exercises or contests involving map+compass navigation? I have some experience with that, and I think 70 lumen would be a safe minimum as...
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    Anyone buy the Armytek Tiara A1 or C1 yet?

    Yeah the modes may be different between v1 and v2, also brightness is slightly different between the CW and NW versions. I'll definitely check those out.
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    Recommendation for a 1xAA, NW headlamp for backpacking.

    I was looking at many of the same headlamps just yesterday for similar purposes (mountaineering and SAR). I settled on the Armytek Tiara A1, warm (neutral white) which, like the Zebralight, would blow your budget. The only other light I considered was the Nitecore HC50 but it in no way meets...
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    Anyone buy the Armytek Tiara A1 or C1 yet?

    I'm interested in battery life tests at medium and low brightnesses. I just ordered a Tiara A1 (warm) and I intend to use it most at 9 lm and a bit at 65 lm for mountaineering and SAR. Since I can't normally trust headlamp manufacturers to state a usable burn time for a given lighting level...
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