Hi guys… I am looking for headlamp with good floody light and with option of high capacity batteries… I need it for cave exploring
Skilhunt H03
Frosted optic (very floody), 18650 driven, bright, great UI, not overly expensive, red led locator.
Ordered H03F… thanks a lot
F is bad choice for caves
Why do you think so? I have checked beamshots and F looks wider with lens closed and throws further with lens opened.
I guess AEDe’s comment refers to the fact that it’s fragile. The hinge is all made of plastic and is prone to break easily.
Do you think it will broke even when it will be closed?
Hard to say, I don’t have the H03F, only the H03.
Have a look at this review, It might not be too late to cancel your order ?
I will try it… not so expensive not to give it a chance
If you don’t care too much for bang for the buck factor, you can also look to Zebralight H604c, I love mine, but 3-4 times more expensive than Skilhunt
Zebralights are nice but three skillhunts are 8 times better than one zebralight.
I have both...
*The fact you can get the skillhunts open and mod for tint/ cri and add the ability to use a Convoy 18350 tube makes it as good or maybe even a better choice of headlamp then the Zebras. For the $ almost unbeatable... maybe the best headlamp in the last few years ..IF... you have some basic skills it is one of the best bang for your buck budget headlights out there.
The skillhunt H03 is a good headlight but in my experience not that reliable, the driver in mine died at 15 months old ( it did get used some days for 6 hours or so )
Replaced it with the HC33 Nitecore which is way too throwy for what I want (close up work on trucks/vans)
Now using a armytek wizard pro XHP50 which is nice a floody with good colour ( too cool causes issues with wiring loom colours) , nice levels a quite bright plus it doesn’t step down in 3 seconds like the HC33.
Must have around 7-8 headlights now looking for that “perfect” one upto now the armytek has been the best.
In my job some days they are on all day and get dropped /banged around while working.
Hi, I tend to not fully agree - I also own both, and I bought the Zebra after the Skilhunt. The reason is very simple - I will not carry 3 headlamps normally, but only one at a time. So once I am not taking into consideration the price, Zebra has better beam and stronger light, potted driver (in my simple mind equals higher reliability) and better color redention - everything without any need of modification….so both lights are good, but not really comparable - just different reasons to buy/target groups.
Consider the Spark SX5 series
http://mparam.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images/spark/SX5vsNAO.pdf
I like the zebralights but lights that can’t ever be modded means they will just eventually become a mini maglite some day or a very expensive kids light .
+1 for H03. I agree with Boaz with regards to Zebralights. I’ve had two caving buddies with zebralights that failed and its a PITA to return them from the Philippines. H03’s are way easier to mod and thus repair yourself if it ever stops working. Just search BLF and you’ll have all the technical assistance you need.