romania, what's bad about it? I think you are talking about this one:


Not a headlamp per se, but has a clip so you could make it one with a ballcap, etc.

I've never purchased one, but it looks like a decent enough idea and Gerber products are usually pretty high quality.

I think this must be the one to which Leigh referred

As I understand it, the twisty filter bit (I don't know what else to call it) likes to attract grit. And becuase there is no way of cleaning, the grit binds up.

And also, for a single LED system, that thing is HUGE. You could have put in a simple integrated circuit that would have been able to fit in between four LEDs and rotated through them with each click. Or any number of other design options of increasing complication. The filter design just looks cheap.

That's the one I was referring to. When I deploy, I most often take my Surefire A2 and the Gerber Recon. There aren't many situations that one of the two won't cover.

Like I said a good concept but:

Poor light to weight ration. Not impressed with the construction. Finally, If I have white light, I want good bright white light. For map reading and close intasks I prefer either a Petzl Tactka LED or a small LED light like the Proton Freedom in Green.

It probably works for some, just didn't like mine... so I dumped it.

The only use for a red light I have is for close illumination and for escape and evasion. For that reason I keep a red Photon I Covert on my key-chain. I also have a UV Photon I Covert on my key-chain for scorpion hunting. If you are in an escape and evasion situation you want the light to go off if you drop it. You also do not want it on all the time. For most situations white light is the best! LED for short range and SureFire for long range!

If you are going to use a red light to get to the deer stand before the sun comes up then a red filter on a Petzl headlamp would be ideal. Forget the cellophane!

Yes it is. It's also a bit heavy for my taste

I am considering the Petzl Tactikka headlamp but for the time being, I have a Nite-Ize headband. For the long range beam I'm considering a Princeton Tec Rage after reading The poor flashaholics top 10 and will see if it fits a Nite-Ize headband. I already EDC a LRI Photon II red LED on my keychain. I'm not sure if I'll get a Surefire not so much because of the price but also because of hard to find bulbs and batteries...

That's kind of my lighting set up plan for now but that may change, I'll see. What do you think?

Thank you everyone for the replies.

Frankie

Good choice, Petzl has been my prefered choice for headlamp's, for a number of years now. My thinking on torches etc is that you are dealing in two descrete ranges. 6" to 30' ( 30cm to 10m) and 30' to limit of vision. If you need to see anything beyond the 30' mark, nightvision ( unless the situation is tactical using NVG's) becomes academic. Comment's anyone?