SilverFox
Flashaholic
I love the ZebraLight, but there are times when the low level is just a little too low. I switch up to medium and that seems to work for most of my uses.
Moving outside, there are times when I wish I had a little more than what high offers.
When working on my truck, I am usually on medium, but sometimes I find that I need a little bit more.
Thinking about all of this, I was wondering what I could do to make a slight adjustment to the brightness of the beam.
Here is what I came up with...
I just happen to have two of the H50 lights. I added a second holder to the headband and now have two lights mounted. They overlap very nicely and give me 6 levels of illumination.
Single low is usually all that I need for situations when I am working in dark areas with dark adapted eyes. I can usually read just fine with single low. However, double low adds that little extra illumination that makes it a little easier to read smaller print. I am still getting very good runtime, and in the dark, this is a great combination.
When there is some ambient light around, I usually end up in single medium. This is usually enough light to get by with, but I have run into times when I have switched to single high because I needed a little more light. I enjoy the medium setting because of the extended runtime, but there are times when I just need a little extra. With the double set up, I can easily go to double medium and it works great.
Double high is simply awesome. What else can I say. This setting makes working outside in the dark very enjoyable. It just lights up everything... brighter. Now I can see 20 - 30 feet ahead very well. This is not quite as powerful as a carbide lamp, but it is getting closer.
There are some downsides...
Now you have to keep track of 2 AA batteries, and you are carrying twice the weight. Fortunately, the H50 is very light and being able to run on double medium rather than single high means that you will be getting closer to the 19 hours of advertised runtime.
I think even Cy can finish working on his truck in 19 hours...
At any rate, I feel that I have taken a very useful headlamp and made it even more useful.
Tom
Moving outside, there are times when I wish I had a little more than what high offers.
When working on my truck, I am usually on medium, but sometimes I find that I need a little bit more.
Thinking about all of this, I was wondering what I could do to make a slight adjustment to the brightness of the beam.
Here is what I came up with...
I just happen to have two of the H50 lights. I added a second holder to the headband and now have two lights mounted. They overlap very nicely and give me 6 levels of illumination.
Single low is usually all that I need for situations when I am working in dark areas with dark adapted eyes. I can usually read just fine with single low. However, double low adds that little extra illumination that makes it a little easier to read smaller print. I am still getting very good runtime, and in the dark, this is a great combination.
When there is some ambient light around, I usually end up in single medium. This is usually enough light to get by with, but I have run into times when I have switched to single high because I needed a little more light. I enjoy the medium setting because of the extended runtime, but there are times when I just need a little extra. With the double set up, I can easily go to double medium and it works great.
Double high is simply awesome. What else can I say. This setting makes working outside in the dark very enjoyable. It just lights up everything... brighter. Now I can see 20 - 30 feet ahead very well. This is not quite as powerful as a carbide lamp, but it is getting closer.
There are some downsides...
Now you have to keep track of 2 AA batteries, and you are carrying twice the weight. Fortunately, the H50 is very light and being able to run on double medium rather than single high means that you will be getting closer to the 19 hours of advertised runtime.
I think even Cy can finish working on his truck in 19 hours...
At any rate, I feel that I have taken a very useful headlamp and made it even more useful.
Tom
