As I was musing on the best, no gimmicks control setup for a headlamp, it looks like Coast wasn’t wasting time either 
And we all know how it ends…
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Huh. The forest still pictures in that video were digitally altered. EDIT
TextThere’s no way to aim that thing down or up . Whatever the shape of your forehead is is where that light is going.Text edit apparently you can aim it down it’s interesting that they don’t show that option in either of their two videos. And I don’t think they show the light being used in total darkness in either of their two videos. I could see how it might be okay for some very limited very close range situations. Far from the best and mostly gimmick at this time. I would never use it.
It pivots on a bottom hinge so it can be tilted down as seen in this image. Comes with an extension cable to allow the battery to be attached somewhere other than the back of your head (ie belt or pocket). Looks like a nice design.
Technology from parallel universe…
If my Grandpa caught me talking to a lamp… As long as it’s multilingual
p.s. People are people - all the lumens, candelas, runtimes, drivers, parasitic drainage et al. go out the window as soon as the thing listens to us with empathy :-)
Control using voice can be very practical if it works properly. For example to change brightness directly to desired brightness level etc. from level 2 jump to level 6 or just set timer to off mode or something like to set optimal brigthness to run for 6 hours… no limit for settings. I thing that kind of control can be accomplished using bluetooth and controlling flashlight over android app . Alexa send headlamp to shop to get 6 pack Alexa set candle timer for 20 minutes… ;))
Solution looking for a problem IMO.
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But what if you’re Scottish? :-)
To bad then. You would need to connect to internet for AI translation ;))
So you can tilt it down but they don’t show that in either of their videos. The only two user videos that I could find don’t really show it being used in total darkness and they were both clearly given the headlight for free. The vast majority of the reviews on their website were clearly given the headlight for free. They dutifully took a few random pictures to post with their review that really don’t show anything. But they were likely asked to take pictures so they did. Others say they like it but they reference having other coast headlights that they are comparing it to. So that’s not useful. It’s much larger and bulkier than it needs to be for the miniscule amount of light that it puts out. No info on color temperature or Cri.
currently $73 on amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Coast-Voice-Controlled-Rechargeable-Headlamp-Rear-Facing/dp/B0D487N73D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N52KJG1PQRJD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5t-G3-O9zECYBx6BpzN7R-UiFRDkx_Qfm6VWszy-37ek6pIVopv1zYjQh6aUWnudS4CiLO83W6n8bY0L3U6PxJdKn-7_-RyWuAocHrnszOCNUCaSvFQl_yPyUPu3wDKqCsIq99uA3LUiGex4DAroWhyz5MIw0yhQ5oszkWKkSipSNat0i7FjavvshOneCpYtBSnfQsvIxWL0xrUuWvTfpV0VRbT1zUzm6bWGAPvup0zBv8Xa9w1soyJHJKW6o4b9vP5_RcoNru6V-UXJ-YQGx6SsHRizsBKgfoAS0Qpxjqk.GZpl5_qp22Pj-klHko6zULg_ZpMO-bzpxnJJma8qo6U&dib_tag=se&keywords=coast+rl35r&qid=1730319183&sprefix=coast+rl%2Caps%2C263&sr=8-1
ZITHION-X Battery?
Heck I have a hard time getting Alexa to pay attention.
In a cave, noisy road, rain?
Never liked bottom hing designs. All ways went wonky after a while.
All the Best, Jeff
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ZITHION-X Battery?
[/quote] Edit. It is an 18650. 2600mAh
And they claim it’ll charge other devices. Don’t plan on getting a whole lot of charge into your phone out of that thing.
In theory sounds good, but then IR switch also sounded good, but turned out pretty lousy in reality.
The ZITHION-X battery is just a 18650 with built in USB-C charging. The capacity is below average. A regular 18650 will work, so a higher capacity cell can be used to improve the runtime.