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Location: Wakefield, MI | What do you guys use for a headlamp? I had a Browning Nitro and loved it, ridiculously bright and great battery life. Unfortunately it went AWOL, so I want to order a new one, wondering if there is anything better out there. |
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| I Just use a rayovac one, mainly use the red led unless I wanna do something fast. Eyes don't have to adjust much then. |
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Location: MN | Lensor Led is awfully good |
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| x2 for led lenser!!! the one i have i got from mn sportsmans show. that thing lights up my whole backyard with it on full power and wide beam. nice to be able to dim it when not alot of light is needed. i think i paid $50 for it 2 yrs ago
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Location: Lake St.Clair | Those lensers look nice im gonna have to order one.
Question is lightweight model of full size heavy duty? |
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Location: Contrarian Island | browning maxus, very nice, only minor complaint is the on/off button is a little small...but once you get use to where it is you can find it pretty quick, very bright, has a flood beam that is adjustable plus it has a green and red led for doing stuff around the boat/changing baits etc.. $35 or so on ebay. |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Got an Energizer Hard Case Headlamp this summer and really like it. Uses AA batteries, nice and bright and has red and green led. Also has a lifetime warranty. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | i finally got a "real" one instead of the cheapos ... i chose a petal and like it so far. we use em ice fishing and they are critical so finally wised up. first season and noticeably better quality especially in the head-band area. |
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| cheap, look at Black Diamond, princetontec and Petzel - all have great battery life and lumen choices. I currently use a black diamond and it has infinite light adjustability just by holding down the power button. Make sure you get at least an IPX4 rating which makes it waterproof to splashing etc... IPX8 is water proof and that's what I use. It can be submerged for 10 min without blowing it out. Also make sure you get something that has good flooding of light and NOT spot light. They will tell you on the package. Some models have both modes.
Expensive - Zebra light. Durable, good batt life but $90 or more. But let me say its quite BRIGHT. |
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Location: Savage, MN | I have 3 Gander Mountain ones, not sure who makes them. They are fairly cheap and work great. 3 led lights. No complaints here. |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | I ended up ordering another Browning. When I lose it (i always do eventually) I want to take a look at those Lensers. |
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| My princeton tech headlamp it the best. Waterproof and oh so bright. only downside is they are expense. |
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Location: Lake County Illinois | I have been pretty happy with my streamlight,not sure what model but it has a regular bulb in the middle and 3 led lights above it. |
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Location: South East Wisconsin | I have two Browning Nitros in the boat as well, great lights. |
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| Lenser - works great as a spotlight too. Do a search online first. About 60% off to get online than from the popular sporting good stores. |
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Location: Minnesota | Petzel works for me 10 years old still works great. it was there top head light when I bought it .im sure there are better ones out there but wont buy one till this one take a dump. what I like is it takes 4 C size batteries that I clip on my belt loop wire goes up to head lamp last all season I don't fish a lot at night but its nice to have a light in the boat when you need one |
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| A cheap, easy, comfortable alternative is the ball cap visor clip on headlamps they sell at Lucky 7 gas stations in MN...
Man I started out with the more expensive traditional minor type--but always felt heavy to me----the clip on stays on my night fishing hat----after dark one click--and that thing lights up the water big time...
All for under 12 bucks----only drawback the on/off switch will go if you use it a lot like I do loading and unloading/getting wood for campfires, checking on the boat during a storm at the dock etc.....
But the visor clip on is a really under rated must have in my boat---I keep a spare and batteries in my dry storage compartment on the boat. |
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