When will BLF bring out their own Headlamp????

The recently announced Fireflies PL47 seems right inline with what BLF would come up with if a community headlamp project was started.

Slightly different configuration than typical, and a larger 21700 battery, but a floody quad emitter with high CRI and high output options, and likely either Narsil or Anduril for the UI.

That through head design for the battery is innovative. Can I pay with a nice set of nail clippers and file?

Thought it is a nice design it looks bulky…. so am not sure how comfortable it would feel on the head…. Having come from Bulky Petzl headlamps and similar… I feel the sheer size with the associated weight would be very off putting…. But who knows so lets see what is what when they FINALLY release the specs etc

There’s no such thing as a one size fits all type of headlamp. At the very least, there’s room for two headlamps: light and heavy. Single 18650 headlamps try to find the middle ground, but for me they still skew too heavily to the heavy side, and that’s okay as long as it has decent output. I expect the same thing of this, and I’ll have zero interest in it if it has less than 2000 lumens, and probably won’t buy unless it has significantly more than 3000 lumens even if that’s in a short term turbo mode.

Just make same headlamp for 40$ and im in for 3 :wink:
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The driver itself costs ~25$, it is good boost. So it is very unlikely to get whole light for 40$.

Whats what im talking! We have already plenty of good and expensive headlamps in market. Make it cheaper, name it BLF “NiteSkillZebraOlight” and sell it for 39$ ;))
Link for reference how to sell cra… : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/biolite/biolite-headlamp-wildly-capable-simply-comfortable?ref=home_featured

Lol) Thanks for the link!

I had never seen a good flashlight project at KS. But many of them get a lot of money.

You still haven’t :wink:

Just look at the numbers.
330Lumen on high
3.5h on high
900mAh battery

that doesn’t add up.
900mAh for 3.5h means, that you only have ~0.9W per hour - and that doesn’t give you 330 Lumen.

Also, 330 Lumen with a super short lens don’t light up 75m
Also the 2nd, 330 Lumens need to be cooled, even with 200Lm/w (which their LED surely doesn’t have)

It’s like many Kickstarters, just a flashy campaign with nice renderings and photos, but the product itself is still not what you pay for.

WOW those specs are just like those REALLY BAD China headlamp that sell for around £1-£5!!! When I see them I always look at what they say and then reduce them to 25% as thats FAR closer to the real specs LOL

Love the 1st pic of the climber!!! headlamp, single tape, one crab and what looks like a 5m 6-7mm static rope…. NOT for the Camera at all!!! Jeez if they want to sell it then at least get it right!!!

IPX4 rating WTF (neds to be at least 6 for that price doesn’t say if will run of a powerbank… Love the Nitecore NU range as they will run of powerbank wich makes them very useful. The main reason I STAY away from Headlamps or fla)shlights with built in battery is once dead you can’t use till charged…. So when Nitecore brought out the Nu range that was a game changer for me due to their ability to run whilst charging… Now have the NU20 and 30 headlamps and love them…

This kickstarter headlamp looks and feels like they are cashing in on Hairy armpit and weirdy beard Numpties who like to use the word BIO or ECO when they talk and have very little knowledge about things out side of La La land……

On a side not does anyone know where to get the defusing stuff sac from?

I know . Furthermore I am sure that I will never see it)

I resurect this thread to say the feature I really want in a headlamp is automatic stepless dimming from photocell feedback. As far as I know there are no good headlamps with that option. The only one I found with automatic dimming was only 300 lumens on max. No point in dimming that. The rest of the wishlist would be 21700 battery, quad xpl hi.

Put me on the group buy for several. Price irrelevant.

Old threads but interesting for who want an headlamp powered by AA for work.
We need warm Leds, sublumen and absence of pwm instead of 100000 lm light for read a book…

I’m still waiting for a small 14500 headlamp.

Too bad Zebralight sacrificed the 14500 compatibility for the extended UI.

You were the chosen one Zebralight…

A type powered by 2xAAA like Wuben H3 would be nice for work if had better spaced UI.
I don’t want lithium batt in front

I’m with you on Zebralight. Bring back 0.9V-4.2V full support and throw in the 519A and they’ll have my money again.

An AA/14500 BLF headlight doesn’t appeal to me. It’d have a decent moonlight, but I’d rather have a Zebralight-level moonlight. And Zebralight efficiency is god-tier, plus having distinct modes with tested battery life means I can make informed decisions on how to operate my light on long trips between charges. The biggest advantage for a BLF headlight is that it would almost certainly have Anduril, which means I’d never accidentally click into turbo instead of moonlight like I’ve done with my Zebralights a few times. I have the Fireflies PL42 and Emisar DW4, and mostly use the PL42 at home due to the bigger battery. Honestly, DW4 was almost entirely purchased to thank Hank for developing this type of light. Zebralight H52 has been my backpacking headlamp since 2013 and will remain so for the foreseeable future. So if there were a BLF AA/14500 light, it’d also be purchased entirely to show appreciation even though there’s a good chance I’d only demo it and then never use it again.

When Skilhunt will start to cooperate with BLF ? :smiley:

Skilhunt with thefreeman driver :heart_eyes:

Yes, because there are billions of bulky round cells light, there isn’t real innovation.

And I want see even a dual Led adjustable color temperature light rectangular form factor.

They are tinner, fit better in pocket jeans and Lipo cells are lightest