LHKNL Headlamp Rechargeable, Lumen Super Bright Motion Sensor Head Lamp Flashlight,2-Pack Waterproof LED Headlight with White Red Light,8 Modes Head Lights for Camping Cycling Running Fishing

The media could not be loaded. This headlamp is a fantastic value. I have purchased handheld flashlights that have cost up to $200 from other brands such as Fenix, Streamlight, ThruNite, Klarus, Jetbeam, Convoy, etc. Over the years, it has been something if a hobby for me, and I have spent way too much on flashlights. That said, I had never purchased a headlamp. It just never seemed like the best bang for my buck, like I could get more performance for my dollar in a handheld flashlight of comparable price. However, as I am currently potty training a new puppy and find myself picking me up and chasing after him at all hours of the night, I thought it might be nice to try a hands-free option.Of course, my initial instinct was to do a ton of research, find out which one is the best, and get that one. I looked at the top brands, primarily Petzl and Black Diamond. I was looking at waterproofness, battery options (aaa and rechargeable), brightness, runtime, build quality, comfort, and features. I the end, I determined that the right headlamp for me would cost around $60 at a minimum. I had added two of these to my cart and was preparing to check out when I decided to search "rechargeable headlamp" just to see what budget options were available. What I found was that there were several options to buy a pair of rechargeable headlamps for $20 total, or $10 apiece. Not only that, but they had decent reviews.Rechargeable is a must in an everyday (non-emergency) flashlight. As most headlamps take aaa batteries, and I only use energizer ultimate lithium batteries in my flashlights, each recharge saves me about $4. If I end up recharging this headlamp twice a week for one year, it will have saved me $400 in batteries. If it lasts 2 years (which I absolutely believe it will), it will have saved me $800.(Alkaline batteries can explode in flashlights and ruin them. Last year, lost like $200 worth of flashlights when the Duracell batteries that I had always trusted exploded in them. Lithium batteries do not explode and have a shelf life of 20 years.)Long story short, I got the cheap one to use as a beater, just to walk the dog. However, it had ended up being my most-used flashlight in the house. I often find myself walking around with it on my head in the middle of the day because it is so useful. Headlamps are great. Because if the light being positioned so close to your eyes, shadows aren't really an issue.This lamp has high/low spot, high/low flood, red flood, and red flash options. I find myself using high spot exclusively when outside for walking the dog, and high flood exclusively when inside for working in the garage/car/closet or any other place where lighting is anything less than optimal. The spot is bright enough to light up the entire side of my house from ~50 feet away, and the floor is perfect for making it look like the lights are on high in whatever corner of the house you are working in. The flood option is also great for reading! My wife has recently been using a clip-on book light when reading inside even during the day due to eye fatigue. (We are not old people. She is 25 and I am 29.) But the flood that comes off of this flashlight is so much brighter and more natural that I think it is going to replace the reading light altogether.The spot modes have a good mix of spot spill. The flood mode is soft around the edges and very natural looking with no artifacts. The red flood mode has a ton of artifacts and is very messy looking. If you plan to use the red flood for night vision, this may not be the headlamp for you. However, I do not plan to ever use that mode, so I will not hold it against the headlamp. Finally, the flashing red mode is also pretty useless for my purposes, but would be fantastic if you were riding a bike or walking down a street at night.The strap is very comfortable and had not caused any headaches. The part of the lamp that touches your forehead has a piece of very soft foam that makes it easy to wear the lamp for long periods of time without any pain.I do not use the proximity sensor / hands-free mode because when I wave my hand in front of the light to turn it on, the light hits my hand right in front of my eyes for a moment and it is extremely bright and uncomfortable. Hoerver, for anyone considering purchasing this headlamp, I will briefly run through the operation. The light has two buttons on top. The button in the right cycles through spot high, spot low, flood high, flood lie, red flood, red flash, off. The left button (with the picture of a hand) cycles through spot high, flood high, off. However, when in either of those two modes that are activated by pressing the button with the picture of a hand, the light can be turned on and off by waving your hand in front of the headlamp. I think this is so that if you were wearing gloves or something that caused you to be unable to push the buttons, you could still toggle the light on and off.Overall a great headlamp for my purposes and an amazing deal for the price. Unless you are an absolute flashlight snob or have very particular and specialized needs, this headlamp should work for pretty much anybody who needs a hands-free light. (And if you have not tried a headlamp, I highly recommend that you do. Having both hands free to work and having perfect illumination on whatever you are working on has been revolutionary for me. I should have gotten one years ago.)

Very good

Great light for anything at night

only stays charged for 2 hours. very very bright.

These headlamps work great! They are super bright and have good battery life.

Perfect for mechanical work. Comfortable head band and light focused wherever you look. Can work on the car in the dark and be able to see anywhere you like as if it is bright daylight. Could not be more pleased. Bought a pair for my wife and daughter living down here in Jamaica so when the power goes out as it does periodically, we can all see in the dark. Recharges with a battery pack. At this low cost it would not hurt to have two so in an emergency one can be recharging while you are using the other.

I use these on my dogs when we're out in the dark. I just set the light to the desired setting and slip over the dog's head like a collar. These are lightweight, the charge lasts a while, they're easy to recharge, and the allow me to see my dog no matter the angle or distance. Even more importantly, my dogs are visible to other walkers and vehicles.

I'm a headlamp snob, ok. So why am I slumming around with cheapo headlamps like this? Well, I do have some fancy Petzl and BD headlamps with adaptive lighting and bluetooth etc., but for my everyday use, all that stuff isn't necessary. Everyday use for me is doing construction and property maintenance, and running. For that, the most important features for me are:1) USB rechargeable2) Battery life (workable light within 5 meters for ~8 hours)3) Light weight (preferably less than 60 grams) so it doesn't bounce around or shift on my head4) Simple operation with gloves, but not prone to accidental turn-on in a work bagIt's nice to have 2-3 different brightness settings, but aside from that, I don't need or want all the different lighting modes.There's one I found on Amazon that fits all this pretty well, and I bought several, but now they're not available anymore. So I've been trying to find a suitable replacement, so far to no avail.This headlamp seemed like it could tick some of those boxes, but it's too heavy and bulky, and has too many lighting modes. The lighting modes are especially annoying when trying to turn the light off, because you have to cycle through them all, and often you're trying to turn it off because you've gone out of the dark and into the light, so you can't tell what mode it's in by seeing the surroundings lit up because you're already in bright sunlight or whatever, so you have to take off the headlamp and look at it to see if you've turned it off. That wastes a lot of time.So my suggestion to the manufacturer would be to streamline the form factor, round the corners, trim excess weight to less than 60g and bring the weight closer to the head, and reduce the lighting modes, or at least change the interface so that you can choose a mode and then it's always just a simple off/on for that mode without cycling through all the modes. And always, make sure the buttons are easy to work intentionally (with gloves), but virtually impossible to activate accidentally in your bag.