Originally Posted by
ChattanoogaPhil
As long as it works for the intended purpose... that's what matters.
While Bluto is away with his trial and error headlamp search I thought I'd kill a couple minutes and waste some bandwidth.
I use a headlamp and hat light for walking the dog in the early AM. Navigating outside stairs to the shop in the PM, and working on guns. No high-speed low-drag tactical ops. Surefire Sidekick (1oz) on the ball cap works quite well. MUCH prefer it to a headlamp strapped to my skull. It's been reliable for years... on third cap now. During winter the Streamlight strap around a knit beanie is fine. Honestly, for my intended use there's nothing I've seen in this thread that I'd prefer to have than my Sidekick cap. I can already hear the M4C groans and chuckles.
Cheers.
I appreciate your honesty. I don't understand the people who want all the lumens of a F350 light bar strapped to their head (this is not a weapon light and should not be judged by the same criteria), I get the reliability part for sure, but a headlamp to me is so I can see things in my work space and have my hands free. I use them all the time when hunting and camping and I like something fairly reliable and handy. If your talking tactical the name of the game is signature reduction, so I just like a Red lens model preferably, with anything I think the KISS method is sometimes ignored with accessories, and the new "Instagram Hotness" is what people want
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