Originally Posted By: hikermor
One final thought. Be sure that you can switch your headlight readily from head to hand and back again. You will do this lots on a typical operation.

This sentence seemed surprising to me. Is it really preferable to remove a headlamp (which could be mounted to your helmet in some way) multiple times than to use a separate handheld light instead when the situation calls for it? For example, if one were to come across some tracks in the dirt, it seems much faster and more convenient to pull out the handheld light, turn off the headlamp, study the tracks with oblique light from the handheld lamp, and then turn the headlamp back on and be on your way than to be fiddling with the headlamp. Are we just assuming a single headlamp as THE lighting source in this scenario?