Top critical review
1.0 out of 5 starsThings I wish someone told me before I bought this headlamp:
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2021
I wanted to like it, but I finally gave it away in frustration and bought something else. Here’s why:
The controls are difficult to use. There are two buttons on top and a brightness control “touch spot” on the side. The buttons are small, stiff, hard to distinguish by feel, have virtually no travel, and must be pressed precisely in their centers to operate at all. This results in too much unproductive fumbling. (I also found it hard to remember which button does what, but maybe that’s just me.)
The headband has limited stretch, making it hard to get the adjustment just right.
The up-down pivot arc is very limited. If, for example, you want to illuminate something very close and look down at it through bifocals, the light will not pivot down far enough.
The detents in the pivot arc are very weak. A minor bump will necessitate further fiddling.
It is hard to open the case to replace batteries.
There is no attempt at waterproofing, or even dust proofing. The plastic clamshell edges simply butt together, and a gap remains after closing.
If I’d known about any of this beforehand, I wouldn’t have bought it.
Edit: The battery contacts are all thin metal leafs (no coil springs.) They WILL lose their springiness, as the hapless giftee of the one I bought promptly learned.