H40 is a simple, compact, lightweight headlamp with tremendours power and reliability. Equipped with one CREE XP-L HD LED, this high performance headlamp provides you with a fuller, more evenly-lit view at night. It features with infinite ring dimming outputs ranging from 1050lumens to 5lumens by Li-ion battery, ranging from 250lumens to 5lumens by Ni-MH or Alkaline AA battery and a S.O.S. Mode for emergency situations. There is another version for optional, which is equipped with one luminus SST-20 CRI 95+ LED, this allows a warm and soft beam to resemble the nature of sunlight, reducing eye strain and makes it ideal for photography. The headlamp’s body is constructed from aerospace grade and hard-anodized aluminum, letting it withstand drops from as high as 2 meters and allowings it to be waterproof to IP68. Super lightweight, remarkably rugged, and incredibly user-friendly, H40 headlamp is one perfect light for any outdoor activities!
Why a 5 lumen high “moonlight” mode Acebeam? If you want to make a good backpacking light it should have modes below 0.1 lm, 5 lumens is waaay to high for preserving night vision.
A secondary green/red emitter would totally ruin the idea behind this light and raise the cost significantly. Would it have a decent moon, eg. 0.1lm or lower it would be a competitor for the classic Petzl headlamp, but now it’s not.
I can light my entire bedroom with the ceiling bounce of the 0.07 lumen mode on my ZL. It can also reach across the longest part of the upper floor of my house with a usable amount of light. When your eyes are dark-adapted (and you want to KEEP them that way) 5 lumens is far too much and much less it required to see fairly far.
So having a Zebralight means you are forced to use the 0.01lm mode? Even 0.5lm is quite a lot of light if you want low light or want to be discreet. For me 0.01lm is more then enough for navigating through dark rooms an my eyes aren’t even that healthy.
My favorite as well for the price/feature set. This light needs to be priced right for me (somewhere) with high CRI being my only differentiating feature, the TH20 being significantly less expensive and its ability to ramp down to 1.6 lumens.
Way too much competition out there for these lights to be inching up in price without the desired features as they have been of late, imo.
Honest comparisons here are the only way to stop this nonsense as somebody has been doing of late to at least snap the world back in to reality.
MSRP Price 34.30 USD (on Acebeam website):
is this for regular version, for high-cri version, or both?
Acebeam: please do add a moonlight mode (<1 lumen), or even better firefly mode (< 0.1 lumen). This will broaden the appeal of the H40 to a wider audience, while it will not deter people from buying it.
Is there more info on how the rotary interface works, e.g. magnetic?
I like the idea of rotary interfaces, however the specific implementation on my Imalent HR20 feels quite fragile…
