headlamps with good throw

[lurcher]

Interested in LED headlamps with long throw I read in another post about headlamps by mila, lupine and fox fury, but as stated these are expensive.

Anything under us $150 with good performance in this regard?

 

[Jagge]

Interested in LED headlamps with long throw I read in another post about headlamps by mila, lupine and fox fury, but as stated these are expensive.

Anything under us $150 with good performance in this regard?

No, you relly can't get hadlamp with similar output under $150. AirBike SSCP7 Everlight gets close, but it is bike light, so you need to fix headband by yourself. http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=207165

DIY will do, of course. For example like my 1000 lumen headlamp
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2584513

or JHJHJH's 'simple to build' helmet light:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=208970

 

[degarb]

The Browning nitro (rebel 100), available through them, has really good throw and great color rendering (I modded mine to AA's for full running day, since the cr123a format is designed for 2 hours. I also use dimmer for more than stock power settings.) I never use mine on high very often since the low mode makes all other head lamps look like whimpy candles. In fact, I use it below the low setting, with my dimmer. It is a very efficient light for task work, like painting, since any skip is not detectable with eye focus beyond 6 to 9 inches from typical subtle skip. The square beam offers a massive hotspot that is very useful, while a second light (xrc wristlight with throw, I suggest) is needed to avoid feeling tunnel visioned when hiking.

Only the Coleman smooth reflector xr-c is brighter, but has small hotspot and lesser color rendering (though better than the silver core xr-e). I was thinking of using 3-6 gauge wire to make an adjustable head lamp, AA powered, of the the $20
head.

 

[lurcher]

I had though about getting a princeton tech apex and fitting it with an SSC P4 led. How would this work out compared to the browning?

 

[degarb]

I had though about getting a princeton tech apex and fitting it with an SSC P4 led. How would this work out compared to the browning?

Get a high cri SSC, and a smooth six degree. A higher cri offers better detail to the eye, so lower lumens may be needed. Then, since you have a narrow beam, you will be able to operate at much lower current rates than previously thought. So, make sure you have a rheostat, or I would demand at least a 6 setting controller.

The unfortunate thing about lights is you need side by side comparison, and I don't have the apex. I have one ssc p4 mod in a 8 degree rough reflector. Better color rendering than a lux 1, or any of my cree's, but no throw. You would need a smooth 6 degree reflector. Color rendering nill compared with the rebel in my Nitro Browning, .

The design of the nitro is no corona, since all of it is gathered to a tight super bright diamond shape around the hot spot. So the entire diamond corona is brighter than any 8 degree hotspot, but in something like 17 degrees, I am guessing. Also, on high, it is quite bright, as in, "are these other lights turned on?".

The unmodified design is an aspiring jean pocket lamp, run on one rcr123. My modified AA design, isn't pocketable. But it runs a whole day, and I can manually regulate current from 60 , milliamps to over an amp (though I never burst it much above 700 milliamp). It blows away the Coleman Cree xre, any on shelf currently. There is no contest at any equivalent drive level, unless you like a corona-coleman 3 AAA has nice, wide corona, just poor hotspot by comparison. Now, the Coleman xre with smooth reflector and more forward lumens at any drive level than the xrc, has an astonishing bright hotspot, even at 100 milliamps. But the hotspot is much smaller than the Nitro, and weaker in the reds.

 

[Jagge]

I had though about getting a princeton tech apex and fitting it with an SSC P4 led. How would this work out compared to the browning?

Just note that you will need almost ten P4 modded apex headlamps to get the same output as with the brands you mentioned above.