Al M wrote:stry wrote:Lamont wrote:https://www.liteshop.com.au/content/nitecore-nu25-multi-light-360-lumen-lightweight-rechargeable-led-headlamp/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz-yVz6GK6wIVz9eWCh34mA21EAAYASAAEgKcdPD_BwE
BTW - Always have two lights. When the one being used goes out without warning, finding and fitting the spare batteries can be very challenging.
Never had a head torch fail in all the many years of hiking and backpacking travel, especially good quality lights with modern reliability, bulbs that rarely burn out. Having two lights is really unnecessary and adds to gear list and complexity.
As backup there is always the mobile phone light, another reason not to double up.
Batteries, Al, batteries . Nothing to do with hardware failure ( although that can happen, albeit rarely). Most modern lights are regulated to ensure full voltage up to the point that they are exhausted and the light completely and abruptly ceases. Try getting out of that situation when off track on a moonless night. Yes, phone can work, if you are in the 99.99% of people who never move without one, but I still prefer the spare lamp. I think it's called the E-lite.
I always make sure the spare is easily accessable before setting off in the dark. If one wants to walk off track using a phone, I would suggest that the phone should be similarly readily accessable.
I had a headlamp go abruptly flat in a farm paddock recently. No moon. Pitch black. No phone or spare light on me, because the white ute was only 10-15 yards away. Finding the ute was very challenging and although amusing, I was very aware that if I went too far the wrong way, or walked past the ute, I could be spending quite a bit of time in the paddock.