Darrell KSR
06-12-2017, 10:27 PM
Just picked this up this weekend, and have been using it the last couple of days. Been much better than I expected.
Headlamp--claims 1600 lumens, which I doubt, but it is extremely bright. I go to the middle of my street, and several hundred yards down the road there's a stop sign that I use to check the throw, and this is as good as my best Defiant big flashlight.
The standard "circle" is a perfect 360 degree circle, very bright, and lights up my backyard. Then you zoom out (in?) and it microfocuses a diamond-ish figure, extremely bright. Would burn the retinas of your enemy.
The zoom on this thing is terrific. I'm a minimalist--I don't like all the different settings, different colors, etc., and this one is pretty spartan--high (which comes on immediately, which I prefer), low to save battery life, and then strobe. If I had a complaint it would be that you have to go through low and strobe to turn it off each time, and a 2nd complaint, that the strobe seems to be on low (although I NEVER use strobe, I always have this scenario where I use it as a self-defense mode while walking/running at night to disorient my attacker--human or animal. Don't think this would work, but the bright light would blind them).
The straps are excellent, much better than my Defiant headlamp one, and the bulb/lens is terrific. Looks like a mini car headlamp almost.
Takes 3 AA batteries; I'm just throwing the 3 Eneloops in it since it doesn't cost anything really to run those and I get to play with it for free.
Oh--the price?
$11.99.
For two of them. Yes, I have a backup/spare for that price. Great deal. Now, if it breaks on me in the first month or two, I'll regret this high praise--but it appears well made to me and sturdy.
https://www.amazon.com/Headlamp-CrazyFire-Hunting-Zoomable-Climbing/dp/B00VFT71KM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497324061&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=crazyfire+headlamp&psc=1#Ask
Headlamp--claims 1600 lumens, which I doubt, but it is extremely bright. I go to the middle of my street, and several hundred yards down the road there's a stop sign that I use to check the throw, and this is as good as my best Defiant big flashlight.
The standard "circle" is a perfect 360 degree circle, very bright, and lights up my backyard. Then you zoom out (in?) and it microfocuses a diamond-ish figure, extremely bright. Would burn the retinas of your enemy.
The zoom on this thing is terrific. I'm a minimalist--I don't like all the different settings, different colors, etc., and this one is pretty spartan--high (which comes on immediately, which I prefer), low to save battery life, and then strobe. If I had a complaint it would be that you have to go through low and strobe to turn it off each time, and a 2nd complaint, that the strobe seems to be on low (although I NEVER use strobe, I always have this scenario where I use it as a self-defense mode while walking/running at night to disorient my attacker--human or animal. Don't think this would work, but the bright light would blind them).
The straps are excellent, much better than my Defiant headlamp one, and the bulb/lens is terrific. Looks like a mini car headlamp almost.
Takes 3 AA batteries; I'm just throwing the 3 Eneloops in it since it doesn't cost anything really to run those and I get to play with it for free.
Oh--the price?
$11.99.
For two of them. Yes, I have a backup/spare for that price. Great deal. Now, if it breaks on me in the first month or two, I'll regret this high praise--but it appears well made to me and sturdy.
https://www.amazon.com/Headlamp-CrazyFire-Hunting-Zoomable-Climbing/dp/B00VFT71KM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497324061&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=crazyfire+headlamp&psc=1#Ask