My friends and I are all very interested in a high power headlamp but also want something that works for hunting/night activities that doesn’t kill your night vision so looking for a separate red led?
I’ve also read that apparently red does nothing different than white but I’m not sold in my own experience?
So far the best one I’ve found is the Acebeam H30 but it’s $155 CAD…… I can buy like 3-4 of the next best headlamps for that price!
However, the H30 blows away all the competition in lumens and very importantly the red LED lumens:
H30 main max 4000 lumens
H30 red led max 50 lumens
The other’s I’ve found:
Fenix HL60R
max 950 lumens
red 1 lumen
Fenix HP25R
max 1000 lumens
red 0.2 seriously?? what’s the point!
Nitecore HC65
max 1000 lumens
red 11 lumens
Nitecore HC90 (discontinued now very rare)
max 900 lumens
red maybe 10 lumens?
I have one, the white is not nowadays type bright but plenty for the common headlamp use, and very pleasant neutral tint. The use of the colour modes is limited though because they have just one brightness, which is a pretty bright flood. It makes the H03 RC more a show-off light than really useful.
I think a flashlight that takes colour modes seriously has a 660nm red, green and 450nm blue, is not all flood but has each colour led behind separate reflectors, and has brightness modes for all colours. It would take at least a second switch to make a convenient UI for that. It still does not need to be a big light, (I made a tube style 18650 one, a Solarstorm SC02 host, that uses a quad TIR for example). Such a light does not exist yet.
I like the Black Diamond headlamps. They have a decent interface with ramping on both white and red. But, they seem to insist on AAA, so outputs are fairly low. I’ve looked for a high powered model with similar adjustability but haven’t found anything.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to review a review of Fitorch MR35.
The performance of colored LEDs is not mentioned anywhere, but it is much more than Nitecore SRT9.
Perhaps it would be a good idea to review a review of Fitorch MR35.
The performance of colored LEDs is not mentioned anywhere, but it is much more than Nitecore SRT9.
Thanks everyone for the input. I think that the Skilhunt H03C RC is a cool concept but the sheer lack of power on the white is what kills it for me.
I ended up grabbing a couple Acebeam H30s from HKequipment!
I’d really like to know if any of you could recommend how difficult it would be to swap the green emitter for a UV emitter or a high cri emitter? Both of those are options direct from Acebeam but neither option was even available from any of the retailers that actually carried the H30! lol I’m not exactly surprised when we’re talking about a $157 CAD headlamp! lol the fact that I found a handful of vendors even willing to stock the product was surprising enough.
The idea of a UV or high CRI emitter is VERY appealing to me. On the other hand, killing my warranty and performing my first emitter swap on a $160 headlamp with all the risks involved is a little daunting. Any input would be appreciated!
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