Headlamps: Zenix vs. Myo 5 - which is better?

[cjain]

 

Anyone have the chance to try both the BD Zenix and the Petzl Myo 5.in the mountains and compare?

 

No question that the Zenix is significantly lighter then the Myo 5 and its spare batteries are lighter too. But how does the Zenix's single "hyperbright" LED compare to the Petzl's halogen lamp.

[TrogdortheBurninator]

i just bought a zenix two weeks ago, and so far have only used it on trails and around camp. I was also looking at the MYO 5, but the improved battery life of the 1 watt LED sealed the deal for me. I used to have a princeton-tec matrix, but using the halogen bulb, I was lucky to get 1 hour in cold weather. The low watt leds on the zenix are surprisingly bright as well. It gives off considerably more light than myh girlfriends old cheapo 5 led model. In high power mode, the light is noticably brighter than older leds. I can't imagine needing a brighter light for most climbing adventures that I plan to encounter. In terms of direct bulb comparison, the MYO 5 will appear brighter, but I don't beleive this small amount of extra brightness is worth all the other tradeoffs. Plus the zenix is a good deal.

[dylan_taylor]

I've got the xenix and the myo 3 i think? The Myo 5 has 5 LED's right? I don't even use my Myo 3 anymore. With the hallogen on, it is definitly brighter than the bright bulb on the xenix, but it goes dead a lot faster. For a one night thing, and if you need all the brighness you can get, the myo might be better. But take it on longer trips and you gotta haul a lot of batteries around too.