Title says it all. Hank had mentioned to me recently that he would “maybe” produce a headlamp for 2021. I wanted to get this dedicated thread going about any information that you might know. As well as discuss what features and options you would like to see with a “Hanklamp”.
As usual, I’d love to see different tube lengths for different battery sizes for the types of activities that we do. (18350, 18500, 18650). Magnetic charging or usb charging would be great if you are on the road or camping and need to charge via different power sources away from the house.
A quality headband would be a must as well and I’d like to see a deep clip so I can clip the headlamp to the bill of my hat or backpack.
I’d like to hear what y’all would like to see from a hanklamp!
This would be a dream come true, ever since my D4V1 I’ve been wishing for a right-angle version.
I would prefer it without built in charging, it just ads bulk and weight, which I find critical to keep as low as possible for a headlamp. I have magnetic charging on my Wizard Pro and never use it, but that’s just me.
Please no metal button, I find the one on my HL3A very hard to locate. Other than that, anodized threads for hard lockout plus a good headband, rubberized on the inside please!
Hey guys, first post on the forum, but I’ve been browsing a lot lately and needed to finally sign up! Still need to write up an introduction post, but before I do that, I need to jump in on this thread! My girl and I are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our Emisar D4SV2 lights, and have been trying to figure out a solution for a headlamp. We’ve been leaning towards building one as we haven’t been able to find what we like.
I agree with Scallywag - I’d love to see a T-Shaped headlamp, with the emitter in the center of the light instead of the end.
I’d also like to add a couple of wishes, the first of which is a side-based switch, instead of head/tail switch. I’m not fond of pushing headlamps sideways to turn them on, and would prefer to pinch them instead. Makes it so much easier to work with, especially if it were flashed with Anduril, which has the potential to be pretty click-heavy as you’re adjusting light levels while working up close.
Additionally, definitely want tons of flood out of it. Maybe have a mule option similar to the D4, with a number of LEDs and no reflectors for huge amounts of flood?
I like the idea but think it would be much harder to adapt it to different battery sizes. I did love my Spark SG6 though, still very sad that I lost it one night.
Different tube sizes means thread in head on lamp. Such construction has much higher thermal resistance compared with T shaped unibody one.
So powerful headlamp sould be T shaped.
Also there are a lot of good l-shaped headlamps on the market in every price range.
I’m a big fan of what Hank does but I wouldn’t want to wear a Hank’s headlamp. Unless he changes the way he builds lights. That’s because he tends to overbuild his stuff and I care too much about headlamp weight to allow that.
Btw, I don’t know, if Hank can produce buck (or buck/boost) driver, but for a headlamp, that would be very useful - E21A white emitters are usually with fairly low Vf.
Regarding weight, Skilhunt H03 is like an etalon. Anything with more than 15g extra weight compared to that starts to be uncomfortable for me - but with a good headband design (should be sold separately as well), that can be mitigated to some extent.
Im happy as long as it has anduril. Outside of that it would be interesting to see a light that is L shaped when using 18350’s. and T shaped when using 18650s.
I think an I or t-shape headlamp is superior to a L shape for thermal performance. My D10 clone with sst40 is really nice and about as good as it gets for around $20 with emitter swap. Plus if I want something with high cri, just swap the emitter (takes 20 mm mcpcb). Quadrupel makes cool drivers for it also. I think Hank could do one better on that. Maybe adapt a fw3a in that configuration? I agree, 21700, high cri emitter options, Andruil, magnet in tail cap, and onboard charging are nice to have.
What could be really neat, is 2 tir optics one 45deg flood, one 10deg spot, and use the lt1 version of andurial so you can mix flood and spot, instead of mixing tint in the lt1
L-shaped with regulated driver and tail magnet for me.
I couldn’t care less about theoretical thermal performance advantages. Having Emisar levels of lumens coming from something strapped to the forehead isn’t something I’d want.
I’ve been quite happy with my Armytek Wizard. Efficient, light, bright… I like the ergo. Probably wouldn’t want a 21700 in this app.
UI is fine, I wouldn’t mind streamlining my UIs though, and I’ve gotten quite used to Anduril on my EDC.
Only thing I might wish for is a quicker way to remove the light from the headband that doesn’t cause it to also be insecure. Probably not a great way to achieve that, so basically just copy the Wizard but with threaded bezels.
