Energizer 6 LED Headlight With Bright Lights
by Energizer
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Customer Review: Great Light - Highly Recommend
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased one of these about a year ago. I love having light without tying up my hands or in some cases my mouth. The light is bright, doesn't burn through batteries and is easy to use. I have strapped it onto my youngest (18 months) son's head during a power outage, he didn't miss a beat. On the floodlight setting it outperformed my led lanterns during another power outage. I just set it on top of my hutch and went about my business. I have used this for outdoor projects in place of my 1000 watt halogen flood lights. While it is not as bright the spotlight is always right where you need it. I also don't have to worry about blocking out my light. The pivoting head is also handy for reading or carrying on conversations without blinding your friends.
The only complaint I've heard was from my mother in law who had trouble with the switch. It does take a bit of pressure to change the settings. If that would be a problem for you Energizer's 3 LED headlamp might be a better fit. It is less expensive and not quite as versatile but still a great light and it has a slide switch. The main difference is that the 3 LED model only has two settings white (kind of a flood/spot mix) and red to allow for better retention of night vision. The 6 LED version has four settings: spot (2LED), flood(2LED), spot/flood (4LED uses batteries faster), and red(2LED). I liked the 3 LED version enough to get one for each of my six kids. They love them and we've even used them on bike rides when we have been caught out too late.
To summarize: These are great, versatile lights, that are bright, allow hands free operation, are light weight, conserve batteries, and are simple enough for a child to use.
Customer Review: OK, but has some drawbacks
Summary: 3 Stars
This provides plenty of light, but there are some drawbacks.
Drawback #1: This thing has four modes: White Spotlight, White Floodlight, White Spot plus Flood, Red, and OFF. The selection is made by pressing one switch over and over. This is a pain, especially since the switch is small and rather stiff. With gloves on it's almost impossible. It also means that to get to the night vision friendly RED you've got to step through 3 WHITE settings.
Drawback #2: The LED's are not recessed and don't have reflectors to direct the light forward. I wear glasses and the stray light hits my glasses and makes it almost impossible to see. I later "fixed" this by painting the lower portion of the assembly with black car touch-up paint. This greatly reduced the stray light problem.
Before I purchased the 6 LED model I had the 3 LED model. Other than not beeing as bright, it is a better design because it has a 3 position slider switch...center OFF, left RED, right WHITE. So, if you want RED, you go straight to RED. Also, the LED's are recessed a bit and don't throw nearly as much light into my face as this 6 LED model did.
Note that I just saw a new Energizer head lamp that seems to fix the stray light problem. It has a high power LED with reflector for the spot light, the but the unit is rather bulky. Unfortunately, it looks to have the same crappy push-button switch design as this one.
As of the date of this review, the picture is that of the 3 LED lamp. I advised Amazon of the error but they said it was fine as is. Whatever.
Customer Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the simplest and yet most effective LED headlights out there. The multiple lighting options gives you a wide variety of choices for any situation that requires a little or a lot of light. I love mine for hiking, biking, and even work.
This model was difficult to find last year. I'm very happy that Energizer decided to reintroduce the product.
I do have a bit of a beef with this product listing on Amazon. The site shows a very bogus "List" price of $74.61 but they'll discount it 70% or $52.55 to a price of $22.06. Give me a break! On what planet would this list for $74.61? I know this is Amazon's site but you can pick this light up at any discount store, like Target, for $14.99!
Energizer also has a 3 LED version and another version with a 1 watt LED spot.
All are great products.
Another note to the Amazon Webmaster: You might want to double check that you have the correct picture associated with the described product. You picture the 3 LED light and describe the 6. I'm a very active Amazon Prime customer so I think I have earned the right to say who ever edited this product site really screwed the pooch.
Update: I will give Amazon some credit for actually reading reviews. Less than 24 hours after my review they adjusted the "list" price from $74.61 to a still too high but more realistic $24.95 "discounted" 12% or 2.89 for a price of $22.06. This is still $7 higher than the average discount store (more when you factor in shipping). Now, they just need to correct the picture to the product description.
Customer Review: I'm buying this again...
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used both the 3-LED model and this 6-LED model, I've given both as gifts, and after dropping my 6-LED once too many times I'm buying the same model to replace it. It's lighter and less bulky than other models used by my coworkers. The body is small enough that it doesn't stick out way in front of my hardhat. The pivot feature is essential for me. I do not find the multiple click push-button to be a problem because I am not in a night-vision situation; if night vision is important to you, then the 3-LED version is the better choice for you, having a slide switch instead of the push-button (although you sacrifice brightness, since that model has only one red LED).
One advantage to having dedicated red LED's as opposed to Petzl's approach of having a red lens over white LED's: red LED's consume less power than white ones. This has helped me out a time or two: I've drained the batteries to a point that I no longer get enough illumination with the white LED's to really see what I'm doing, but I've still had a few hours of full brightness out of the red ones (or very close to full brightness). Certainly enough time to finish the task at hand without having to interrupt what I was doing, climb down, and find the fresh batteries first.
Customer Review: Excellent Lamp
Summary: 5 Stars
This lamp is excellent, because first, it has the smallest footprint on your head of nearly all other headlamps. It is very compact and light and not the least bit bulky. The headlamp has both a spot light and a broad light, which can be switched on separately or together the give a lot of light. The red "night vision" light works very well in the dark. My greatest satisfaction has come from the fact that the lights tilt on the base, so when working on something in the dark, you don't have to move your head to get the light on the subject, but simply tilt the lights to the best spot and work away. The only (small)negative is that while the light power is more than adequate for me, there are other headlamps which put out a larger longer beam (they are also bulkier). More light is not something I have needed.