Quality lights? Magnetic charger.
I really want an 18650 anduril and the addition of red would be icing on the cake.
Long press for firefly red
Short press for low white
If no one makes one that suits, build your own
Many prefer usb c over proprietary charging
I don’t think red is very mainstream. The wizard pro WR would be the closest one I can think of but it lacks anduril. I think I might be able to build you one similar to a FW3T I modified, but I’d have to do some research.
You are right. It does seem a little thin this year. So far there have been just 9 headlamps released in 2021. Compared to 58 in 2020.
That said there actually are several headlamps that meet your requirements. (Except for Anduril.) The Armytek Wizard WR is pretty popular.
The Wizard “C2” WR has a few upgrades over the old Wizard WR and it was just released within the last couple of months. White and warm options. Springs on both ends now , a larger lens, a larger button, and a faster charger. Only a few times because of bugs have I thought about wanting a good red capable headlight. Rain, mist, fog and snow is also a problem while wearing a headlight so the red likely would be better there also but probably only for very short distances. I’ve considered getting one but I don’t know how often I would actually use the red.
I thought we would see more high-CRI based lights this year, but it seems the public just want lumens.
Armytek WRC2. I’ve got a warm one and it is brighter and the tint is very warm but there is no spring on the driver side.
It is an improvement on the older model which I have as well.
My C2 pro does have springs on both driver and cap.
Yes, quite often proprietary charging also means proprietary batteries.
There have been many innovations in lights this year.
Friends,There are our headlights,
MC12:https://www.ebay.com/itm/193675045283
MC18:TrustFire 1200 Lumens Rechargeable Headlamp Flashlight With Headband For Camping 727567590408 | eBay
H5R: TrustFire H5R USB Rechargeable Headlamp Waterproof Led Headlight 600 Lumens 727567590446 | eBay
I agree. What upsets me is that there aren’t any options for warmer LED headlights. Everything is blue 6500K 65 CRI.
FireFlies just added the "2021 PL47" head lamp to their site today (or maybe yesterday) i just saw. Looks promising. it also is able to use the 22430 battery platform, which i have in both my e07x's and my e12r and the battery Jack supplies with it is actually very nice (2000mah, 10amp+ CDR).
https://www.ff-light.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=64&product_id=54
Oh, and it comes in a 219b 4500k sw45k option
The description says it has new springs to protect the battery and the driver.??? Is it the same exact length as the C2 pro? I would assume the tail caps are identical with the new heavy duty spring. And would you say the warm C2 WR is warmer than the new warm C2 pro? Not much info out there on these yet. Armytek does have a YouTube video up showing bugs being attracted to the White light versus very few bugs to the red light but if they used the “white” one that’s not a fair test. But it is a pretty dramatic video.
Yep!
Feeding animals at night and using red headlamp over white means no bugs zinging into your eyes at 30mph. Also the magnetic tail means I can stick the light where my dog likes to sleep and not step on him at night. The magnetic charger I like because its simple and works and no plugging in a cable in the dark. The red firefly long press and white firefly shortpress from off is necessary as I HATE being blinded by turbo, high, med, low, firefly lights or memory lights that hold an unknown setting.
The public simply don’t know any better than green or blue tints. They just want more lumens!
That little MC12 looks very cool. Impressively light weight as it includes charging. Some suggestions to make a future version even better:
- Make the 3 lm moonlight even lower. 1lm or less.
- Warm white and/or high CRI option available (I like the XP-L Hi but I’m guessing you have a 6000K one.
- Make sure to say what the user interface is in the product listing. Do you hold to change modes or hold to turn off?
I have both h5r and mc12, very interesting headlamps for a cheap price but I totaly agree with your suggested improvements.
Both headlamps are 6000k and there’s not realy moonlight
It’s a single press to change mode.
squint and it’ll reduce to moonlight level lol
I bit on the MC12,reminds me of my favorite HL, the Olight Nova.
Thanks for your suggestion,we will ask our engineer follow it.