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Reply to: Best headlamps for prepping Posted January 17, 2023

Hello guys, ive read quite fast through your article. I used many of the mentioned lamps. Good tips there, its sure you looked many models up. I agree in many, if not most points. I also always thought about, what the best lamp for this and that scenario is. I guess i have no final answer yet in all areas.  In my understanding, a (head)lamp is one of the most important objects in any kit, may it be bushcraft, EDC, prepping, traveling, adventuring, etc. I wouldnt make compromises there in any way. Fortunately no prob, they dont cost a fortune nowadays.  I try to make it short: Best allround headlamp ever made is to me still the Armytek Tiara A1 V2. Takes AA and AAA, batteries and rechargeables. No need for red light imo. It has a firefly mode that runs for weeks. The lamp is furthermore really waterproof up to several meters, unlike any Petzl or open-cased Black Diamond. Lockout. A high max output. Memory mode. Good user interface (compared to the failconstructed Zebralight UI). Maybe only downside is the button which gets mashy over time and is hard to use in cold conditions. For preppers id also recommend a simple Mag-Lite LED model as a backup lamp.  Id avoid many if not all Black Diamond lamps, the Petzl e+lite. Both being produced in bad to very bad quality. Petzl itself is in my longer observation great quality for a plastic lamp. The angle rotation part is one of the weak spots of all usual headlamps that “click” firmly in place, a close look there is needed. Also how the case closes, if its sealed correct, if the mechanism works well (Black Diamond, you know who im looking at).  For a strong Headlamp that lasts longer, not necessarily for preppers, which uses USB magnet loading with a 18650 rechargeable, id recommend the Armytek Wizard (Non-pro) and the Lumonite Compass R. Zebralights use all an failconstructed user interface even in version 3, if not, id recommend them much. Olight to me isnt reliable enough.  So far, bye.

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Reply to: Best headlamps for prepping Posted January 17, 2023

Hello guys, ive read quite fast through your article. I used many of the mentioned lamps. Good tips there, its sure you looked many models up. I agree in many, if not most points. I also always thought about, what the best lamp for this and that scenario is. I guess i have no final answer yet in all areas.  In my understanding, a (head)lamp is one of the most important objects in any kit, may it be bushcraft, EDC, prepping, traveling, adventuring, etc. I wouldnt make compromises there in any way. Fortunately no prob, they dont cost a fortune nowadays.  I try to make it short: Best allround headlamp ever made is to me still the Armytek Tiara A1 V2. Takes AA and AAA, batteries and rechargeables. No need for red light imo. It has a firefly mode that runs for weeks. The lamp is furthermore really waterproof up to several meters, unlike any Petzl or open-cased Black Diamond. Lockout. A high max output. Memory mode. Good user interface (compared to the failconstructed Zebralight UI). Maybe only downside is the button which gets mashy over time and is hard to use in cold conditions. For preppers id also recommend a simple Mag-Lite LED model as a backup lamp.  Id avoid many if not all Black Diamond lamps, the Petzl e+lite. Both being produced in bad to very bad quality. Petzl itself is in my longer observation great quality for a plastic lamp. The angle rotation part is one of the weak spots of all usual headlamps that “click” firmly in place, a close look there is needed. Also how the case closes, if its sealed correct, if the mechanism works well (Black Diamond, you know who im looking at).  For a strong Headlamp that lasts longer, not necessarily for preppers, which uses USB magnet loading with a 18650 rechargeable, id recommend the Armytek Wizard (Non-pro) and the Lumonite Compass R. Zebralights use all an failconstructed user interface even in version 3, if not, id recommend them much. Olight to me isnt reliable enough.  So far, bye.

Reply to: Best headlamps for prepping Posted January 17, 2023