Tell Us What Do You Use Your HeadLamp For?

[175n]

Camping, fishing, household tasks

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[tommybc]

running

 

[Ktraughb]

I do low voltage wiring and audio/video wiring systems...also home automation. Leads me into dark attics and basements and crawl spaces for hours on end.

 

[kj75]

Reading in bed, fishing, searching and while repairing

 

[Basic Inventory]

Camping and working on my car.

 

[impdaddy]

Mostly hunting, deer and waterfowl as well as car maintenance.

 

[ansoncly]

we used it for fishing and camping :laughing:

 

[goodooboy]

I use mine mostly for hunting hogs. Even when I am not, I like knowing that I have it available if there is a power blackout.

 

[Phaserburn]

Lately... Snow blowing.

 

[Fat Boy]

I use it for all the obvious reasons; hunting, fishing camping, and misc. outside work at night.

 

[durallymax]

I'm a diesel mechanic, use it all the time working on stuff.

 

[schmitti]

Camping, Hunting and checking out the things on the property that go bump in the night and freak out my animals.

My Petzl Zoom (old style with the big blocky 4.5v) I use when I go hunting as it lets me see everything when I'm dragging decoys and all my other junk out into the swamp or in the canoe. I swapped the bulb for an LED that I found on the 'bay that came from England. It is much nicer than the old bulb.

I still need to find a replacement for my old 2xAA petzl, The old rubber cover for the battery box lost most of it's elasticity and won't hold the cells in place anymore. As a head lamp it still more than meets my needs for camping and also when I'm actually in my blind as I have the read lens for it. Just need to figure out a cover replacement.

Otherwise I have a couple cheapy Coleman single cell triple LED headlamps that I can tuck in a pocket that work well and also fit the kids heads.

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[Charles L.]

Non-work things (although I'm a small animal vet, and do use a surgical headlamp ) for my Nitecore HC50: camping, working in yard or on boat when it's dark, under the house, reading in bed, walking around the house in the dark without waking spouse/children. Love that lamp!

 

[RGB_LED]

I used my first Petzl Zoom headlamp when I did quite a bit of camping / portaging. Now I have several headlamps and use them for, in no particular order: setting up at trailhead for night mountain-biking, camping (still), soldering battery packs, installing computer parts, car maintenance, looking for things in the hall closet and other household duties and there's a headlamp + spares that I will be putting in my Emergency / BOB kit. I used to have one on my helmet for night-time bike rides but found that dedicated bike lights worked better.

 

[PoliceScannerMan]

The wife just used my headlamp to paint her fingernails.

 

[blah9]

I haven't been using my headlamp quite as often lately, so that makes me realize that I haven't done very many outdoor chores in the last few weeks. My wife just told me that the washer fluid is low in the car though, so I am looking forward to replacing it after dark (on purpose) tomorrow with my headlamp.

I also have another light in the mail which should arrive tomorrow, so I will likely be having a very fun night in general!

 

[Monocrom]

Honestly, I just keep mine in my BOB for emergencies. Though no doubt my Princeton-Tec EOS model could easily get the job done on a daily basis. To prevent leaks, I loaded it up with lithiums.

 

[johnfolsomjr]

I use mine for crawling under stages while pulling cables and working in the back of equipment racks at work and one always comes camping with me. I use Black Diamond Icons (the old model) when weight isn't an issue and a Petzl Zipka plus 2 when it is.

 

[f22shift]

i'm jealous of the people using theirs for outdoor activities.

mostly indoor for hands free stuff. my recent uses.

• cooking. as a supplement lighting when preparing food. i just like to have even lighting when cooking. i totally forget it's weird because when i have guests over, the girls giggle. SG5 in neutral. neutral is a must for food.
• misc. in front of tv. i'm not much of a tv person but i do like to watch certain shows. but i always feel like i have to fiddle with something so i'm usually sewing, replacing guitar strings, relubing flashlights, etc.
• in hotel. when traveling, i'm always up before my wife so i use it while packing up before checkout. HL10 is small and light. great travel size.

for the future.

• urban exploration. i would like to do more exploration. my own building or random abandoned ones.
• night hiking. i miss it a lot and would purposely look for trails when i travel.

i find living in a big city these last few years changed my light use. a headlamp is pretty much worthless outdoors.

 

[DarkRemover]

Basically any task where I need my hands free and where I may need additional light up close where there's already ambient light just not enough of it or in the right spot.