The definitive headtorch post

[MattHunt]

hey guys can anyone recommend me a new head torch please?

[Stolly]

hey guys can anyone recommend me a new head torch please?

Look under Equipment or follow this link

[Joe]

See under races - Dash in the Dark for my latest experience with this torch

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...9255#post99255

[Joe]

Don't get too excited about the Silva L range. One of our members bought a L1 (3W luxeon) a couple of years ago for the 'Bowland Bat runs'. After only a few months he had trouble with the cable from the battery box to the light unit and had it replaced. Middle of last winter the control circuitry in the light unit burnt out and he gave up on it. He finished up buying a HID mountain bike lamp from the USA via the ether.

Er... See under races - Dash in the Dark for my latest experience with this torch

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...9255#post99255

I'm guessing your reply will contain the following words rearranged into a well known saying "told so you I"...

[(notsomuchofa)Fellrunner]

Unlucky Joe, better luck next time.

I am happy with my PT Apex from ebay, the bloke delivered it really quickly;

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-APEX-Headlam...QQcmdZViewItem

Hope to see you again in a fortnight.

[dan]

Buy it, but from a better company than I did!!!!

Just bought the new Silva LX online last weekend. Was meant to be doing some training tonight but won't be as it hasn't arrived!!

However I've been looking for the perfect head torch for ages. This one seems to have long battery life (with a rechargeable battery=cheap to run), it's got a 5watt luxeon bulb so it will be bright and you are meant to be able to read a newspaper headline 75m away with it.

What swung it for me though was that it's IPX6 rated, (waterproof scale, 1 being drips, 6 being 'powerful water jets' and 8 being submersion) Having had the circuits eroded on expensive bike lights due to water, this was important to me.

It's not exactly cheap at £78 (cheapest I found it) but compared to the Silva 20 Watt halogen powerhouses retailing at about £175 (battery included), I think it's very good value, especially seen as it has similar specs at half the weight and less than half the price!!

[Joe]

Buy it, but from a better company than I did!!!!

Hope you don't have the same problems with wire I've had!

[Harry H Howgill]

it's got a 5watt luxeon bulb so it will be bright and you are meant to be able to read a newspaper headline 75m away with it.

That's always a useful feature for BG supporting I find!

[The Loxley Lump]

I bought a myo xp just before Christmas I find the light good enough to run/navigate by brighter would be nice but batteries last for ages, however, after using it twice it started turning itself on a second after turning it off.
CCC replaced it without question tho. so far new one is fine.

[wheezing donkey]

Er... See under races - Dash in the Dark for my latest experience with this torch

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...9255#post99255

I'm guessing your reply will contain the following words rearranged into a well known saying "told so you I"...

Joe, I wouldn't do that! I was so nearly tempted myself! On paper the spec looks out of this world - 5W, 75m beam for 15 hours ( a full winter's night @ max beam ) and ready equipped with a re-chargeable battery and charger, out of the box. It should have been quite adequate for the road bike as well as for off road running
I think it was Zlod that posted on an earlier thread - "No one appears to manufacture headtorches as reliable as Petzl!"
I 'make do' with a 7 year old Lucido Coolight 7 l.e.d. headtorch - the first available in the UK, even before Petzl's Tikka. Being in the electrical trades I have repaired, bodged and modified it, but I am a bit of a headtorch geek; even down to having a spreadsheet comparing the different aspects of performance ( beam range, battery duration, etc) of the different models from different manufacturers. Anyone in Bowland that asks my opinion, I always recommend Petzl's MyoBelt XP - allows you to keep the batteries warm on a cold night, reduces the weight on the head and can be retro-fitted with Petzl's Accu battery pack, which contains extra current limiting circuitry in addition to what is already in the lamp - everyone that has followed this advice appears to be well suited.