Thread: headtorch help

I haven't used the torches you mentioned, so wont offer an uneducated opinion on them. They may be great. I have a Fenix HM65R-T, which I have used very regularly for over a year now. You can't interchange the battery's with AA or AAA, but you can buy an extra 18650 that you can swap out if it runs out of juice. To date I can not fault it at all. Easy to operate, the battery lasts ages between charges, it's waterproof etc etc. Definitely worth considering. https://www.gearshop.co.nz/products/...iABEgJJvPD_BwE

Originally Posted by evoke.

I haven't used the torches you mentioned, so wont offer an uneducated opinion on them. They may be great. I have a Fenix HM65R-T, which I have used very regularly for over a year now. You can't interchange the battery's with AA or AAA, but you can buy an extra 18650 that you can swap out if it runs out of juice. To date I can not fault it at all. Easy to operate, the battery lasts ages between charges, it's waterproof etc etc. Definitely worth considering. https://www.gearshop.co.nz/products/...iABEgJJvPD_BwE

seconding the Fenix, I use it on low out hunting and it'll light your way for days. I also use it on the bike to work on the spotlight function, it throws enough light that I'll happily bike along at 35kmh and the hour it takes me to get there uses about half a battery

Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish

seconding the Fenix, I use it on low out hunting and it'll light your way for days. I also use it on the bike to work on the spotlight function, it throws enough light that I'll happily bike along at 35kmh and the hour it takes me to get there uses about half a battery

Was tossing up the Fenix or the Nitecore HC65V2 and think I'll go for the nitecore due to having a red led option.

Big fan of the larger 18650 batteries.

Whats the battery life like for you? How many days/nights before it runs out?

Originally Posted by HarryMax

Was tossing up the Fenix or the Nitecore HC65V2 and think I'll go for the nitecore due to having a red led option.

Big fan of the larger 18650 batteries.

Whats the battery life like for you? How many days/nights before it runs out?

on a 3200mAh cell I'd get about 6-10hrs on the second highest spotlight setting. on the lowest flood I've never needed to use my backup battery, the manufacturer claims about 280hrs runtime on that setting, even if you halve that a week in the bush isn't going to scratch the surface.