callihan_44
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Just curious how many people ONLY purchase/ use headlamps. Considering they could be used traditionally in the hand also, in most cases is there any need for a handheld only?
I love headlamps and probably cover over 90% of my personal lighting needs (excluding cycling). However, there are several reasons why I also use hand held lights:
I would never loan my head lamps - call me OCD, but I don't like sharing any headgear with anyone else (with the only exception being my wife). To me this would be just like borrowing someone's underpants. Yuk.
Even though you can hand hold a headlamp, hand held lights are easier to shine down into and under things and don't have a strap flapping around getting in the way.
A hand held light is often easier to pop into a pocket.
Hand held lights open up the world of higher outputs and longer runtimes. I wouldn't want to strap a TK75 with extension tube to my head!
So for these reasons, a headlamp is not my everything light, but it is my 'almost everything light'.
^^ I also agree.
Regarding angled head vs straight, they both have advantages and disadvantages as some have alluded to in this thread. After having a zebralight h502d as my edc light without a headband, but with a pocket clip attached to my pants every day for the last two years, I can say that while at first the angled head was a little bit of a challenge to get used to compared to the traditional, straight handhelds I was used to, I have grown to actually prefer the angled head. It's a little tough to explain, but now I feel like I am pointing the tip of my index finger at the illuminated area with the angled head instead of my thumb like I was with the straight head.
Just curious how many people ONLY purchase/ use headlamps. Considering they could be used traditionally in the hand also, in most cases is there any need for a handheld only?