Energizer LED Headlamp Flashlight - Super Bright 300 Lumens, Compact Rechargeable Headlamp for Running, Hiking, Camping & Outdoor Activities (Batteries Included)

This seems2B a very bright light as judging during daytime and the springy, rubbery elastic band with generous size fits my 7 5/8 hat size head just fine and has a soft feel so I imagine it will wear comfortably.Three AAA cells easily accessible w/o having to read any instructions, just look at the arrow and crank it around and it'll come open.If I find these first impressions aren't a good description, I will update this review but, as of now, this is one good light and I am satisfied.Y'r ol' Bud, FikeI needed an LED headlamp for my friend, that's an epileptic. Things that strobe, flash or blink are simply bad news for her, so finding something that doesn't flash, strobe or blink is pretty much like pulling teeth. After the last LED headlamp, made by another company proved to be of exceedingly poor quality, I was in a jam. I didn't expect it to die after less then 2 months. So search for something for her. I found this, and not a lot of other choices either that met the criteria of no flash/blink/strobe. The price was right, and generally reviews seemed ok. For 9 bux and change, can't be all that bad I figured. If not, it's cheap enough to be disposable in the end. So, we got the package. It's not frustration free by any means, but once you slash your way through the cardboard it comes apart easily. The instructions are pretty much worthless, but this isn't complicated at all. You know what you need to do just by looking. Esp. if you had head lamps before. The place where they put the batteries (Energizers no less) required some looking on how to get them free, but inside of 5 minutes it was up and running. First, getting the hand band on was remarkably easy. The headband material itself is of very good quality. Some sort of nylon/spandex, so it feels good and had proper tension on the head. The battery compartment is a simple pull tab. You just rotate the fixture down 90 degrees, and it opens right up. Easy as pie! The LED's, considering there are just 2 of them are remarkably bright. For city use, it worked well. Not sure i'd trust these for a caving, but for that nite around the campfire, or that nite walk to the store for that last minute thing, it works nicely. it's light.Very light. No strain at all on the head to wear. While it's hard plastic on the skin, it's all very smooth. So there's no irritation at all. Very nice. The slider mechanism works great. Low is pretty decent, you can easily read a book in bed without disturbing ur mate, and the high beams will do the job for light duty dark settings. For heavy duty lighting, get something better, such as caving, but as I said, for that quick walk to the local dollar bux store for that one critical item or whatever, it does nicely. The device also swivels nicely. It has a very reassuring clicking sound as it moves up and down. And the mechanism is sturdy enough that it won't flop out of place even during a quick scamper across the street (yeah, that got tested tonite whether I wanted to or not lol-gotta hate peeps that text and drive). This isn't the most solid headlamp on the market, but it is well enough built for my friends needs. Besides, she'll kill it before the years out during the next seizure fall. It's cheap enough in price it's destruction isn't a big deal. There is some light saturation around the seams, but it's very minor. It's not worth taking any stars off. You get a very good deal here if you just need a light duty head lamp.Use this for my repairs.So I purchased this light to add to my collection (I own multiple models of energizer headlamps) because it seemed like a decent deal. I was under the impression that I was ordering a 100 lumens light (which was fine). But instead I was pleasantly surprised to receive a 200 lumens model instead. Not sure if I received a new version or what but I wasn’t complaining. Another small difference is instead of 2 leds it has 3. Also the one in the ad has a switch you slide either left or right to activate the light but the model I received has one button you use to cycle thru the modes. None of which are deal breakers for me. My only gripe would be it doesn’t have a night mode (the red light) option but I knew that when purchasing it. So not sure if my situation would be the same for everyone else but overall I’m happy with the purchase. Maybe it was a mistake on Amazon’s part ?but I don’t know. I went ahead and ordered another to keep in the car and got the same one as I did before. Also I don’t daily use these lights for jobs but do use it once in a while. So far I haven’t been disappointed by these energizer headlamps in the past.The lantern is dangerously bright, do not point it into anyOnes eyes. The body is plastic but didn’t break when I opened it like the Chinese knockoff. It takes 3 AA batteries that are installed by folding down the lens mounting plate and lifting up the blue latch. Pull the battery cover down to install batteries. This is a very basic lamp and has no red or green lights but does have a high and low setting. It has a wide elastic band that Is comfortable and holds the lamp securely on your head. For the money, it is a very good product.Great little lamp, does everything I expected of it. It's funny... I didn't even realize how useful a headlamp would be for so many things until I actually used it. Wish I'd tried one years ago. Nice and bright, the angle is adjustable, the strap is adjustable, and it's not uncomfortable. The low setting is pretty low, and I don't use it much, but I'm sure it probably has some use somewhere.I use this mostly for working inside of computers and tight spaces with lots of obstructions. Does nicely, and lets you keep an extra hand free.This is the third similar head light I own. I was looking for one with basic functions, as the other two have four different variants of light, plus dimming. This one just has bright and not so bright; I use both settings. This one uses a slide switch rather than the combination push button/dimming switch the other two have. I find that the slide switch is so stiff that I have to use two hands to operate it (one to slide and the other to hold the light in place); otherwise pushing on the slide tends to just push the light around on my head. If you're going to turn it on and keep it on for some time, this may not be a drawback, but I use it to walk my dog at night and turn it on and off frequently as I move from under light posts to darkness. Bright setting is plenty bright for my purposes.I have tried a couple of headlamps before and I have had a problem with them all. Generally they have multiple modes (low, high, flash, flood, white, red, night, etc.) because apparently, the manufacturers want to impress us with all these different modes. At the same time, the manufacturers are so cheap they want to do all functions of the light with only one button. It means, you press the on button once and the light starts with a constant white light. Then if when you want to turn it off, you have to press the button multiple times cycling through all the available modes just to turn it off. It is even worse if the button isn't well responsive because it is covered with a rubber apparently for weather protection. Personally speaking, I need the lamp in a constant light 99.99% of times (actually, I have never needed it in any other mode so far but just in case). Why do I have to go through all other modes when I merely need to turn off the light? Why not putting two separate buttons one for turning the light on and off and the other one for switching between the modes? I don't understand why they don't do it. Perhaps they lack innovation (somebody invented this design and now the rest just imitate it like a monkey). Or perhaps they are saving a loony by having one button do-it-all. In any case, I find I am frustrated (you can sense it from my tone). So far, my only solution has been to find a headlamp that has as few different modes as possible so I don't have to press the on/off button many times. This flash light (being the older most simplistic design) has only two modes. This is the best I have found. I press the button one time to turn it on then, one press switches it to the low mode and a third press switches it off. So until an 'Albert Einstein' comes around and makes one headlamp with separate buttons for on/off and switch modes, I will stay happy with this minimalist design.This little $10 headlamp is worth every penny plus some. It is comfortable and very powerful. I do a lot of tractor driving in the dark and sometimes need to perform minor maintenance on the tractor. This little light helps keep both my hands free so I can still work. It is extremely bright and has two settings. The forward/backward pivot is handy as well. Definitely recommend this product.used this during our last camp trip for brushing teeth/ looking for things in the car. it worked well for a cheap headlamp. only complaint is that sometimes its hard to find the on and off switch. i liked the simple lowlight and highlight setting. simple, cheap, easy and gets the job done.Super bright and has 2 easy to use settings with a slider switch. Much prefer the fewer options to those complicated lamps with one button and 14 modes. The angle and band are easily adjustable. Wish there was a red lamp mode, and sometimes the band slips out of the slots that secure it to the lamp, but other than that its perfect.Éclaire vraiment beaucoup. Malgré qu'on ne puisse incliner vers le haut/bas, c'est suffisant.