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I just picked up this Energizer headlamp. You can use either 3AA or 3AAA with it as it comes with seperate AA and AAA battery packs that are installed on the back. I was going to pickup the Energizer Hard Case at Home Depot but this one was sitting beside and it came with 3 AA and 3 AAA Energizer lithium so purchased it instead.
I will be using it mainly for my job but haven't had a chance to use except for my dining room and living room. From the looks of it, it uses a smooth reflector and a dual convex lens. It doesn't have a diffuser but I believe it doesn't need one. I'll see once I've actually used it. At one meter the spot/spill is approx. 1.5m/60" wide with an insignificant ring that is quite faint. In fact the entire spot/spill is pretty much solid and the outside transition is sudden. In other words, objects on the edge of the spot/spill either have light or don't have any. For walking/running it would work quite well. Bicycle riding it might do the job as well. It has pretty decent throw. For up close work it looks it will do very well especially since there are 3 modes of brightness. The head does tilt down which exposes four screws to access the back of the head. Taking off the back panel does show that there is a gasket but for modding purposes of the led/electronics might pose a problem with the people less inclined to do such a thing.
They claim 11 hour run time on high/100lm using 3AA lithiums which I would say is fairly accurate regarding the brightness. There is a bust mode of 130lm.
Cons: 1) The burst mode is activated (in any mode including off) by pressing a secondary side switch and must be held to keep it on so the trick is to not block the O/P with your hand. The burst can only last for 15 seconds.
2) There are 5 modes in total. High/Med/Low/strobe/2 red leds. In order to switch between the modes when the light is on you have to shut it off then turn it on to the desired mode. If you are in a mode for about 3 seconds or more then the light will switch off when you try to switch modes. There is no soft switch to change modes. Hope that makes sense :thinking:
The casing seems to be aluminum so heat doesn't seem like it will be an issue. There is an o-ring in the front lens and a gasket in the rear battery compartments so it might be able to stand up in the rain quite well which is important for my job. There is another green led on the battery compartment that flashes very lightly every 3 seconds whether the light is on or not making finding a bit easier. This light will get used quite a bit in the future so I'm hoping it's what I'm looking for and so far it does seem to fit the bill.
I will be using it mainly for my job but haven't had a chance to use except for my dining room and living room. From the looks of it, it uses a smooth reflector and a dual convex lens. It doesn't have a diffuser but I believe it doesn't need one. I'll see once I've actually used it. At one meter the spot/spill is approx. 1.5m/60" wide with an insignificant ring that is quite faint. In fact the entire spot/spill is pretty much solid and the outside transition is sudden. In other words, objects on the edge of the spot/spill either have light or don't have any. For walking/running it would work quite well. Bicycle riding it might do the job as well. It has pretty decent throw. For up close work it looks it will do very well especially since there are 3 modes of brightness. The head does tilt down which exposes four screws to access the back of the head. Taking off the back panel does show that there is a gasket but for modding purposes of the led/electronics might pose a problem with the people less inclined to do such a thing.
They claim 11 hour run time on high/100lm using 3AA lithiums which I would say is fairly accurate regarding the brightness. There is a bust mode of 130lm.
Cons: 1) The burst mode is activated (in any mode including off) by pressing a secondary side switch and must be held to keep it on so the trick is to not block the O/P with your hand. The burst can only last for 15 seconds.
2) There are 5 modes in total. High/Med/Low/strobe/2 red leds. In order to switch between the modes when the light is on you have to shut it off then turn it on to the desired mode. If you are in a mode for about 3 seconds or more then the light will switch off when you try to switch modes. There is no soft switch to change modes. Hope that makes sense :thinking:
The casing seems to be aluminum so heat doesn't seem like it will be an issue. There is an o-ring in the front lens and a gasket in the rear battery compartments so it might be able to stand up in the rain quite well which is important for my job. There is another green led on the battery compartment that flashes very lightly every 3 seconds whether the light is on or not making finding a bit easier. This light will get used quite a bit in the future so I'm hoping it's what I'm looking for and so far it does seem to fit the bill.
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Cool mini-review, very informative and I always wondered about this light whenever I saw it at Target (store similar to Walmart). Do you know if it can be run off of alkalines?
