Best rechargeable headlamp batteries?
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Try Pale Blue Earth batteries, micro usb rechargeable and extremely good life |
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RandyLee wrote: That sucks. I only have the one, it’s seen about 3 years of straight up abuse, and aside from the headband elastic starting to wear out I haven’t had any issues. |
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I just used the Zebralight H604d on my Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim. That is the absolutely pure flood, no hotspot model, high CRI. I used it as a waist light by zip tying it to a piece of plastic/foam and slipping it into a slot on a FlipBelt, pretty similar to FlipBelt's own light mounting solution. Since it is pure flood, there is no distracting hot spot bouncing around. Since it is mounted at your waist it casts shadows better giving you better depth perception than a headlamp. Bugs don't go to your face. Only downside is you don't really see animal eyes shining back at you much. For any runners I'd strongly suggest you look into waist lights, you probably wont go back. I used it on medium-high / M1, which they say is 147 lumens, but I swear it seems more like 250 somehow, visually significantly more than enough light for trail running on well defined trails. I started at 2:30am and finished around 6am the next day (foot injury early on slowed me down considerably). It would have lasted all the night time bits if I had not gotten injured, but ended up dying like 1h from the end, where I swapped to a spare batt. I use the red Sanyo batts Zebralight sells. |
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@Max G...thank you for the recommendation. I have been following this thread and did not know about Blue Earth batteries. Like their technology and their company. Just upgraded all my NiMH rechargeables that were on their last legs. |
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Hello, Ikea Ladda NiMH are Eneloops for much cheaper. Made in Japan. However, I bought a H05B headlamp recommended on the now locked D25 headlamp thread. It is the best climbing headlamp I have owned. It blows any Petzl or Black Diamond out of the water, and is as good for climbing purposes as my partners Zebralight. Best of all it costs $20 including battery! Thank you
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