dilettante
Newly Enlightened
I've been looking for a better ultralight headlamp for backpacking. I'm looking for something under 4 oz. that is regulated and NOT AAA powered. Right now I'm using an E2e/KL1 and NiteIze headband, but I'd like something even lighter with a pivoting (up/down) head.
My idea is to use a Opalec Newbeam module as a "head" and wire it to a battery pack for 2 Lithium AAs, 2 123s or one 223. Seems like you could make a super lightweight headlamp with 10 hours of adequate constant brightness burn time.
I'm thinking I could just epoxy a couple nylon nuts to the side of the opelec unit and then fabricate a mount out of Aluminum or Titianium sheet. Then I'd just attache the mount to the head using a couple nylon screws. That would give me up-down adjustability and wouldn't weigh much.
Can anyone tell me how much the Opalec module weighs?
My idea is to use a Opalec Newbeam module as a "head" and wire it to a battery pack for 2 Lithium AAs, 2 123s or one 223. Seems like you could make a super lightweight headlamp with 10 hours of adequate constant brightness burn time.
I'm thinking I could just epoxy a couple nylon nuts to the side of the opelec unit and then fabricate a mount out of Aluminum or Titianium sheet. Then I'd just attache the mount to the head using a couple nylon screws. That would give me up-down adjustability and wouldn't weigh much.
Can anyone tell me how much the Opalec module weighs?