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| | Coast HL7
Scoring the highest overall in our comprehensive tests and metrics, the Coast HL7 earns our Editors' Choice Award. With great performance in close proximity lighting and one of the highest measured... read more >
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| | Black Diamond ReVolt
The ReVolt wins our Editors' Choice award as the best rechargeable headlamp by far, and an overall excellent product. While other than in battery life it does not stand out for any one attribute, it... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Icon
The Black Diamond Icon is one of the highest scoring headlamps in our trail finding test and a contender for a Top Pick award for Trail Finding due to its unique combination of an 80 meter beam... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Storm
The Black Diamond Storm is a robust and full featured headlamp that offers a bright beam, a fully waterproof enclosure, and provides good close proximity and trail scores. It is Black Diamond's most... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Spot
The Spot was a close runner up for our Editors' Choice award because it has the best beam performance and battery life for a compact headlamp that only costs $40. Many headlamps that cost more than... read more >
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| | Fenix HP25R
Sometimes you just need a super bright light. For those times, little else matters. It doesn't matter if the light is heavy, or if the batteries don't last very long. In those contexts, all you want... read more >
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| | Yalumi Spark Pro 120
The Yalumi Spark Pro 120 is an inexpensive headlamp, especially considering its brightness. For $35 you get a light that is brighter than every other light that costs less than $30. The primary... read more >
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| | Petzl NAO
The Petal NAO is the only headlamp to score perfect 10 for trail finding. The beam quality and power are all you can ask for in a light. That said, three things kept it from getting an award: it has... read more >
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| | Zebralight H52
The Zebralight H52 is among a very select group of lights in our test that sends a huge beam from a tiny, lightweight package. Only the Yalumi Spark Pro 120 is brighter and smaller. The battery life... read more >
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| | Petzl Tikka RXP
The RXP is the latest addition to the Tikka line and uses similar reactive technology as the Petzl NAO. It guesses whether you want a high beam or low beam, often correctly. In theory, this saves... read more >
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| | Petzl Tikka XP
The XP delivers a great close proximity beam quality in a compact package. It represents a nice progression for the Tikka line, one of the first compact LED headlamps, that has been steadily... read more >
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| | Princeton Tec Remix
While this user-friendly headlamp has a decent close-proximity beam, it is comparatively far too expensive for its lighting optics. For example. when put side-by-side with the Petzl Tikkina, our... read more >
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| | Nitecore HC50
Nitecore, like Yalumi and Zebralight, is not a household name when it comes to outdoor lovers and their headlamp shopping needs. These more obscure companies make unique products that perhaps we all... read more >
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| | Petzl Tikkina
The Tikkina is the cream of the crop in terms of value. For 20 bucks you get an impressive 150 lumens of light output and a solid battery life. In our battery testing, as well as in normal use, this... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Sprinter
The Black Diamond Sprinter is our Top Pick award for Runners, showing the future of what all headlamps could bring: lighter, brighter, and more robust designs. While designed for urban use for... read more >
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| | Zebralight H602
This light is a doomsday prepper's dream. Those equipping for the end-of-times love durable stuff from off-the-radar manufacturers. If it uses special batteries, like the H602 does, all the better... read more >
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| | Petzl Tikka Plus
The Petzl Tikka Plus is a solid but not exceptional performer in most of our headlamp tests. Like every headlamp in the venerable Tikka line, it comes in a compact and durable package with good... read more >
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| | Princeton Tec Vizz
The Princeton Tec Vizz provides solid beam brightness, but for $50 it faces some stout competition from models that deliver more brightness for less money. The most direct competitor is the Black... read more >
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| | Princeton Tec Sync
With a red light, spot mode, flood light, and long battery life, the Princeton Tec Sync is the least expensive product in our test that can truly be considered a full-functioning headlamp. Scoring... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Ion
The first version of the Black Diamond Ion was the first micro headlamp we ever used. At the time, it was hard to believe a light could be so tiny and still cast a decent beam. We immediately bought... read more >
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| | Energizer 3 LED
This headlamp from Energizer performed surprisingly well, especially considering you might find it at a supermarket. It isn't to be confused with a high performing light, but it's only $18 and... read more >
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| | Princeton Tec Byte
Of all the truly compact lights we tested (sub 70g: Black Diamond Gizmo, Black Diamond Ion, the ultralight Top Pick winning Petzl E+Lite, and the Byte), the Byte was the highest scoring overall. It... read more >
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| | Petzl e+LITE
This micro headlamp, the size of a small stack of quarters, is the lightest headlamp we know of and by a large margin. It wins our Top Pick award as the best lightweight headlamp. The only close... read more >
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| | Fenix HL30
The Fenix HL30 is one of the biggest and most expensive headlamps in our review. The performance is about average, in a field filled with well-performing products. Headlamps don't generally need to... read more >
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| | Petzl Tikka R Plus
This headlamp comes with great promise. It is the most compact and inexpensive headlamp in Petzl's fleet that offers all of their technological advancement. It has a rechargeable battery, a red... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Cosmo
While this is a good headlamp, we implore you to spend another $10 and get something like the Black Diamond Spot which has much better beam brightness and quality combined with a very respectable... read more >
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| | Black Diamond Gizmo
If weight and price are key considerations for you, then the Black Diamond Gizmo may be just the ticket. It's not bright, but has a low price and great battery life. If this doesn't make it into... read more >
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| | Northbound Train LED
This headlamp is priced similarly to the Black Diamond Spot and $15 less than Editors' Choice winning Black Diamond ReVolt. With this price-point competition, Northbound Train really needs to step... read more >
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