Energizer 3 AAA headlamp is now a lot brighter

[Cavelightchris]

For anyone who is a fan of the 3 AAA energizer headlamp sold almost everywhere, good news it's now a lot brighter.

I compared it to the old one and thought maybe the old one wasn't as bright since I put Eneloop rechargeables in it, and so I switched the batteries around and sure enough the new one was still way brighter even with the rechargeables in it.

I got mine at Meijer for $15, and it's red, the old model was green. The one I have is the one with 2 spot, 2 flood, and 2 red LEDs. The red LEDs were not lined up which I wasn't happy about, and so maybe I'll take it back to see if it was a manufacturing error or if they did it on purpose.

I'm going backpacking but when I get back I will upload some comparison shots.

 

[chiphead]

For anyone who is a fan of the 3 AAA energizer headlamp sold almost everywhere, good news it's now a lot brighter.

I compared it to the old one and thought maybe the old one wasn't as bright since I put Eneloop rechargeables in it, and so I switched the batteries around and sure enough the new one was still way brighter even with the rechargeables in it.

I got mine at Meijer for $15, and it's red, the old model was green. The one I have is the one with 2 spot, 2 flood, and 2 red LEDs. The red LEDs were not lined up which I wasn't happy about, and so maybe I'll take it back to see if it was a manufacturing error or if they did it on purpose.

I'm going backpacking but when I get back I will upload some comparison shots.

What is the model#, I don't want to buy the wrong one?

chiphead

 

[Cavelightchris]

It's HDL33A2E, but after doing some research it looks like that is the same model number for the old one too.

What you want is the new 36 lumen, 6 LED one. At Walgreens.com they have a picture of the packaging where it says 36 lumen(my packaging looks different but stills says 36 lumen and 4 modes). Here is a link to that: http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/en...1198-product?V=G&ext=frgl_Google_For_the_Home

Some websites I just looked at said the old one was 12/24 lumens.


Holy crap they make a 7 LED one(45 lumens) , I want it: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00352O79U/?tag=cpf0b6-20

At the bottom you can see the 6 LED 36 lumen one.


REVIEW: Well I just went backpacking with it and it worked great. I compared it to the Tikka 2 and the new Energizer just seams brighter when you are lighting something up, like a waterfall which is what I used when comparing the headlamps. They probably do put off the same amount of light, but it's hard to compare since the Tikka 2 is all flood and the Energizer uses 2 of it's white LEDs as spot and 2 as flood.

 

[Ian2381]

I Also have the 45 lumen and its my lending headlamp to friends as it have long runtime and bright enough for Hiking/CLimbing/Camping.

 

[Bolster]

I noticed within the last year that the red and green bodies were being sold simultaneously, same specs, so I'm not sure you can determine new/old based on color. I suspect color is just a marketing variation. I purchased a 6-led Energizer to stash in the toolbox but did not consider the light good enough for that use. The "flood" was way too narrow. So I disassembled it and beadblasted the lens, results looked very professional, but still did not spread the beam enough to be a usable worklight.

Pros:
- Inexpensive
- Light tint pretty good...just a little blue of neutral, but quite good.
- Bright

Cons:
- narrow beam, basically two spots: a narrow spot and a not-quite-as-narrow spot.
- horrid UI that drags you through all the modes to get the one you want. clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky (damn, past the one I wanted, start over) clicky-clicky...
- 3xAAA, and not easy to change cells
- plastic-on-plastic vertical adjustment ratchet
- red LEDs are too spot and too brilliant for close-up low-light use.
- no output adjustment. It is what it is, no dimmer, no brighter.

See mods here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...IY-Floody-Modification-to-the-Energizer-6-LED