Dream headlamp!

[Ppinny]

Looking for my dream headlight!One push-for-on, push-for-off switch, with *the "on" press duration dictating intensity. Maybe one second to full. "off" dims from currintelligent intensity to "off", the same way.A slider that moves in a small arc over the lens, (pressure sensitive ribbon?), to go from from flood to spot. Some kind of tactile position feedback. Push switch behind, so zoom to flood, say, and on switching can be done in one movement.*Waterproof.*Lithium Ion power and a dedicated charger.Clip on, flip down changeable plastic color filters. (red and green).*And all the obvious stuff, ...indestructible, weightless, free etc etc!Batteries on the head piece, no back pack. No more than three AAAs size/weight. Don't mind the configuration, but rechargeable, Li Ion preferable.Purpose. Illumination in the jungle and mangroves and around camp. Finding animal eyes in the night. Intensity variable, so as not to freak the animals too much. *Preservation of night vision. Ours and theirs.This is what I think might be my dream headlight, but I'm not knowledgeable in the subject, which is why I'm here, I guess, so I'd be very grateful for expert opinion!*It's hard to get things to where I live, very remote, *and very costly, so I need to get it right.*Thanks a lot. *Ppinny.

 

[Bolster]

Try posting in the 'Recommend me a light' section. I'm unaware of any headlamp that meets even half your requirements. When you repost, make sure you rank your wishlist because you will certainly need to make some compromises.

 

[Ppinny]

Try posting in the 'Recommend me a light' section. I'm unaware of any headlamp that meets even half your requirements. When you repost, make sure you rank your wishlist because you will certainly need to make some compromises.

Thanks Bolster, and sorry for the delay. Lots of infrastructure problems in the jungle! Then a huge tropical storm that knocked some of the tent down, then I fell off the roof etc etc. you've heard it all befor!. I will try and focus, sorry!
cheers, ppinny.

 

[uk_caver]

Quote of apparent shilling/spam link removed. Bill

That looks rather like one of the cheap chinese mining lamps.

It's not what I'd really call a headlamp in the regular sense of the word.
Or a 'cap light' in the context of the other thread where you also mentioned it.

I'd really think of it as a helmet light.

 

[hawkk]

Well it was not spam. I was just trying to answer his question, for better or worse. I have been thinking about getting the *spam*posted light for to use around my farm only because I have physically used/abused one, my dad's light.

Growing up going into the woods/outdoors at night since 5 yrs old, I have handle quite a few headlamps, mining lights, etc. My first headllamp/mining light was my grandfathers Koehler wheat head mining light. It was a little heavy with the acid battery pack on my waist belt. I have been stuck with just a Mag-Lite while taking friends out. That makes it kind of hard to climb over tree piles in the creek and steep creek banks. The reason most of my headlights have a hard hat is we don't go on established trails and it helps keep my head from getting all scratched up while pushing through wrong-way bushes/ thorns from hell. Also we sometimes go to areas with high density of locust trees. It is no fun to get a 3 in locust tree thorn stabbing into your head. I have mainly used hand-me-down head lamps from my dad when I was in school. They ranged from .....(oh no are you going to delete my post because of stating the lights I have actually used out in the field).... from some cheap 6v lights that I had to replace the battery pack a few times and NiteLite Tracker (not too impressed). Had a 21 volt Cajun Stinger headlight. It was nice and bright. My dad still has it. We have not had issues with for the past 14 yrs. He lets other people use it when they go out with him now. My dad had a Brite Eyes Annihilator, 28 volt, for a while until he bought the light I posted about. He has had it for a least 3 yrs.

A little fun fact for you. The guy that used to design Cajun Lights had a falling out with the owner and started his owned headlamp light. Would you like to know the name of that company? Lazer Torch Lights.... He is now in Texas instead of Louisiana. Since I live in the wheat state and grew up in Tennessee, I don't have much to gain. Just passing a long my experience.

I knew a guy that built some lights in Kansas City, but only through would of mouth, he did not have the internet. The lights I listed websites might not be the best, but they are building lights themselves and most of their sales are not based on how amazing their website is, but instead word of mouth from people that have used their product. It is not much different than some of you that posted your build ups of Mag-Lites with new component, P7, XM-L, etc in the forum. Not the most eye dazzling form of media, but no one cares because we are interested in the build/improvements.

There are many more mine/head light companies I know of, but I have not used those lights.

Sorry to ramble on but it is way to late (3:00 am)and my wife has found me..........can't sleep due to my child's hospital visit tomorrow/today....

Just saw you are from the UK, sorry for my Americanized English as you would say. Over here we call the lights headlamps. Have been since I can remember. You probably wouldn't be able to get one (I know you don't care), due to the builders not jumping through the hoops of CE certification and European Union Directives. Sorry I am not trying to offend you. The few guys I have met from the UK tend to be arrogant and like to complain about Americanized English. Sorry also for the insomnia base grammar errors.

 

[hawkk]

To Ppinny,

The lights I talked about are durable. I have fallen down 30ft creek banks, broken through ice and had a nice polar bear bath and the lights kept working. I used the lights to help guide my self through the thicket and see animals eyes. I used them in the same ways you have talked about using them. The only weakness in the old battery pack lights was the incadsent bulbs. Most of the my old lights had a high side and low side in the head lamp assembly along with a 6 position/infinite switch on the battery pack for intensity changes in the high side or low side. On cold winter nights if the light had been off for a while and cooled the bulb down, I might accidentally change from low to high side on the lamp and think I was on low and turn up my intensity and blow the bulb. I like the light I posted originally because my dad still uses in the same way we used our old ones and has not had a problem. He sometimes has a the ground/ice give way and in to the water the light goes. The Lazer Torch light is the first LED based light my dad has used. It got rid of the clumsy/heavy belt battery packs and replaced it with a battery pack in the back. Their also the variable intensity switch on the lamp and in has its own dedicated charger. Thought it met most of your request and is why I posted the website for you to see. When I get my light or see my dad again, I will post some pics.

Thanks,
Hawkk

 

[uk_caver]

Well it was not spam. I was just trying to answer his question, for better or worse. I have been thinking about getting the *spam*posted light for to use around my farm only because I have physically used/abused one, my dad's light.

I'm sure that's the case, but often when someone new to the forum makes multiple references to some product, there is some ulterior motive.
Unfortunately the people who do that rather spoil things for everyone else, including you.

I can certainly see the argument for wearing a helmet in undergrowth, but Ppinny did seem to be asking for something pretty small (3xAAA, no battery pack, etc).

Just saw you are from the UK, sorry for my Americanized English as you would say. Over here we call the lights headlamps. Have been since I can remember. You probably wouldn't be able to get one (I know you don't care), due to the builders not jumping through the hoops of CE certification and European Union Directives. Sorry I am not trying to offend you. The few guys I have met from the UK tend to be arrogant and like to complain about Americanized English. Sorry also for the insomnia base grammar errors.

I have no issues with American English - having used the web from pretty much the point it started I'm basically bilingual and I'm sure I've picked up all kinds of phrases without realising.
I'd tend to use headlamp/headtorch pretty much interchangeably for any direct-head-mount light (and 'headlight' to a lesser extent), and I'd think of a light on a helmet as a helmet with a light on, and just refer to it as a helmet to avoid confusion with standalone headtorches, which would otherwise happen a lot given that my main recreational activity involves everyone having both.

As far as CE, etc is concerned, that doesn't prevent anyone buying direct from elsewhere.
In fact, according to the rescue gear inspection course I was on at the weekend, there's nothing explicitly preventing a rescue organisation importing non-CE-marked safety-critical gear, though it's certainly easier from an ***-covering perspective to buy EN-rated gear where available - if anything did go wrong, there's always the possibility of being asked to justify in court why non-EN gear was bought if there was an EN alternative, even if it's not particularly relevant.
Though I guess that might work the other way round - unless a particular EN standard had been officially accepted in the USA as being as good as a relevant US one, I'd imagine a US lawyer might well ask why some non-US-standard-marked foreign kit had been chosen.