LED-Lenser, I'm almost sold

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Like many I have been looking at changing my headlamp to LED. Yesterday a friend gave me a Head Fire 1.25w lamp by Led-Lenser and said I needed to check it out. I was pretty sceptical as it was single led and non-focusable. When I went out late last night to compare I took along the trusty old Halogen Zoom (even with a new 4.5 volt) This thing hands down stomped my Zoom. It also has a much cleaner white light verses the usual blue tinted.

 

Here's the catch, it is a german import and comes with a headlamp in a bag. No info other than what is on the box. A web site says it is water resistant. The Germans claim it to be a good light.

 

My initial feelings are what the heck at 120 grams It can't be that bad. Besides the 100 hours from three AAAs is better than the 12-16 from that 4.5 volt. Any body out there have other input I should consider

[dbconlin]

Yeah, I wonder how it compares with the new Petzl MyoXP, a single high-watt LED. This headlamp looks sweet, about 1/2 the weight of the Zoom (with batts). It has a "diffuser" you flip up for around camp (broad light), flip it down for nighttime navigation (focused beam) and you can push a button on top which "boosts" the output for momentary routefinding purposes (up to 20 secs, I think). Still, on the specs, it only throws light about half as far as a zoom (but I think that can be subjective and depend on the quality of light). Also, the light won't fade as fast because it is LED.

[JoshK]

The MyoXP rocks. I have one. I was amazed at how bright it is and how well the diffuser works for around camp light.

[ZimZam]

For an LED the MYO rocks. I agree with w/ Josh. Petzl really did this right. The boost and diffuser are nice innovations. Not heavy either.

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Been out and about for a bit and on this trip I got to compare the Myo XP with this lenser. I really like the diffuser and the boost function. The Lenser is a pretty old school light turn/turn off, one pattern. It is noticably brighter than the XP. It is also a bit lighter. The lenser uses three AAA batteries as opposed to the AA that the XP uses. I like that as most of my other goodies use the AAA and carrying redundant spares sounds good. I still havn't tried it in any nasty weather so the jury is still out.