this is necessary when your hands are busy and you need to inspect the territory. Let’s say you have a machine gun in your hands and your hands are not free … In my case, there is one lamp on the handlebars of a bicycle, and when riding you need to inspect the territory at night …
It’s true you need throw whenever you are going fast. I usually am wearing a helmet when biking so a traditional headlamp would not work well. I use a convoy s2+ with XPL HI and smooth reflector that’s strapped to the top of my helmet.
I can't see the problem. You should click pay, then when transferring to your bank page to log in, just close the whole tab, then open new Aliexpress page and you'll see your order is "awaiting payment". It works for me, at least...
But I'm usually not camping with a machine gun...
But I get it. ;) I use headlamp only when walking. In forest I have a floody TIR headlamp and a small thrower. But if I got in the mountains, I'll get only headlamp to save weight. In this case it would be e.g Xtar H3 - so OP reflector and not throwy led. I think bigger led (like XHP70) + OP reflector would be perfect for me for everything. But I don't like combinations like XP-L HI and a SMO reflector. Too throwy.
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So Simon, please make us a bit throwy headlamp with sliding diffusor O:)
I am perfectly aware. I contacted customer support and was told to use the Android application, you will be given the Other Payment Methods option (but add to the cart first, or else it won't work). However, this is only a workaround, so make yourselves heard:
My bike ride is not very extreme, so I ride without a helmet, but now, as you said, the distant rays of standard headlights are not enough. I would be very pleased with the Convoy S2 + lamp with the SST40, it glows well at a distance, but they do not have an L-shaped model. In the case design, difficulties may arise due to the case design so that it does not overheat, I don’t know … - I’m talking about Convoy s2 + headlights on the SSt40 … For now, there is a Nitecore Model HC33 (CREE XHP35 HD), but Convoy can also do something like that …
4*18650 battery pipes from different manufacturers are about the same size. Perhaps the buyer will need to grind in place. The idea of such an adapter is beautiful in itself, you definitely have the talent of an engineer.