Looking for an LED Cap-Lamp.

[Dougal]

I'm looking for a basic LED light that I can clip onto a miners style hard-hat. Anyone got leads for me? This will likely be an internet purchase.

So far on the net I can find intrinsicly safe ones (not needed), rechargable Li-ion ones (not wanted) and a slew of ones with remote battery packs and lots of fancy features I just don't care about.

But all I need is a basic LED head-lamp that takes AAA batteries (so they can be swapped out quick when the flatten) and clips onto the existing bracket on the hard-hat.
No remote batttery, no wires, no charger. Just nice and simple self-contained light which takes batteries.

Anyone seen one?

[DeeJay]

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Dougal,
I have one of these & have found that there are lots of cheap copies. I have about 6 head lamps & will soon get another off Ebay & ditch a couple of the copies. One I bought in a shop thinking it was the same - it looks almost identical but it is less than half the power for same battery usage..
I hope this one is the same as the one that is my favourite, my buy history doesn't go back that far but this one looks identical..
I have the really powerful ones but difficult with the rear battery & I find a high % of those special 18650 batteries can refuse to charge up.

[isuzutoo-eh]

For caving I use a Black Diamond branded light, but I bought it from a bricks and mortar shop. It isn't quite as brilliant as a high-end caver's head lamp but plenty good enough for me at this stage. It takes 3 AAAs inside the main body.
My old Tikka is a good unit but nowhere near the brightness.

EDIT: My head lamps use an elastic strap, not a clip. My bad.

[Dougal]

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Dougal,
I have one of these & have found that there are lots of cheap copies. I have about 6 head lamps & will soon get another off Ebay & ditch a couple of the copies. One I bought in a shop thinking it was the same - it looks almost identical but it is less than half the power for same battery usage..
I hope this one is the same as the one that is my favourite, my buy history doesn't go back that far but this one looks identical..
I have the really powerful ones but difficult with the rear battery & I find a high % of those special 18650 batteries can refuse to charge up.

Can you ditch the strap and clip it straight onto a cap like this?


I've already got head-band lamps and they work quite well. But they don't play nicely with the hard-hats I need to wear on some work sites.

[DeeJay]

Looking at the one I have, it hinges on the bottom & is rounded on the top side so not reversible, otherwise you could have cut the part that sits on your forehead to fit in the clip.
I took it you wanted one to just put the head strap over the helmet but I guess it just slips off again

[gromit]

I got a cheapy from a camping shop (or it may have been a $2 shop) took the headband off drilled two small holes in a safety helmet and attached using a cable tie.

It's been used in a few gold mines in the VIC High Country.







Colin

[Dougal]

Yeah I've got this nice light attachment point already. It'd be nice to use it.

[Dougal]

I got a cheapy from a camping shop (or it may have been a $2 shop) took the headband off drilled two small holes in a safety helmet and attached using a cable tie.

It's been used in a few gold mines in the VIC High Country.







Colin

That's a good solid plan B. Just hoping to find a suitable Plan A.

[Judo]

I don't like your chances of finding one that fits the bracket on the helment. (Happy to be wrong). I would buy a cheap one with an elastic band that you can feed through or behind the bracket to hold it in place. Is that your exact helment? A lot of helments have slots or clips that are to hold the light elastic band in place.

Depends what you call cheap, but I would vote for Black Diamond and Petzl brands.

This is my knowledge from an outdoor sports perspective. Maybe if you look at lights suited for industry work (construction, mining, etc) you will find one that fits the bracket. In sports, I only ever see elastic band ones.

[debruiser]

I know you said it's not what you want.... but if you like seeing stuff in the dark I suggest an ay-up light... originally designed for bicyles but also come with head band mount stuff....

Batteries go for 3 hrs or 6 hrs on low... on the little battery....

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