Big recommendation from me to the Petzl actik Core headlamp. For a long while I’ve been using black diamond options and before my sheep hunt I wanted to try a rechargeable lamp again after some bad experiences with the black diamond revolt.
After researching some options I went with the actik core because you can use the rechargeable battery (and purchase extras) or you can run with regular battery’s if the rechargeable goes down. Too early to say how long a charge is held, I used it daily (12 days) on my sheep hunt this August for probably 15 min total each day around my tent, then on a 3 day backpack hunt in Idaho on the same charge and I didn’t find it to be a lot dimmer than I started with. But I charged it before last weekends outing.
There are 3 brightness settings and the brightest setting kicks the hell out of both my black diamond icon and storm. This thread isn’t a dig against black diamond, just my experiences with the multiple models. BD also makes a very solid reliable lamp, but that Actik blew me away
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After researching some options I went with the actik core because you can use the rechargeable battery (and purchase extras) or you can run with regular battery’s if the rechargeable goes down. Too early to say how long a charge is held, I used it daily (12 days) on my sheep hunt this August for probably 15 min total each day around my tent, then on a 3 day backpack hunt in Idaho on the same charge and I didn’t find it to be a lot dimmer than I started with. But I charged it before last weekends outing.
There are 3 brightness settings and the brightest setting kicks the hell out of both my black diamond icon and storm. This thread isn’t a dig against black diamond, just my experiences with the multiple models. BD also makes a very solid reliable lamp, but that Actik blew me away
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