What's the Best Headlamp

[CraigSmith]

I'm looking to buy a new headlamp and unsure what to get. People have mentioned Cree, lenser and I have used petzel in the past. Any advice appreciated.

 

[Nooo Fish]

For the money. The Cree can't be beat. I've had mine for about a year now. And it's still working.

 

[CraigSmith]

What one are you using and what brightness?

 

[dale19]

I have the led lenser H7R a good light and beam with good settings one of the best lamps I have had. I do not do a lot of night fishing but the times I have been out after dark its done the job

 

[CosmicCat]

same as andy nofish.
had my cree about a year still bright as i have the 1800 or 2000 lum one only cost £15 on ebay i think. last time i used it lasted a all night on low and will last a couple hours on high setting but who has it on all night, unless you scared of the dark

 

[topbanana]

Another vote for the cree lamps. I paid 14 quid. It came the next day, reliable, super bright and economical.

 

[fishingmark]

I've had a couple of the cree headlamps for nearly three years now. The charging circuit inside them is not the best so it pays to buy a separate charger for the batteries and put a UK plug on, only a couple of quid extra for the charger.

 

[Bigfoot]

The best is the petzl ultra.
A lot of money, but they are the best headlight on the market.

Bigfoot.

 

[hound hunter]

Got a petzl ultra pure pwr,now in the cupboard due to a 2000lmn cree,less than a tenner off ebay,great burn time,melt your eyeballs out,silly bright,can't fault them,you can pick them up for around £7.00/8.00 at the min.
Bust my lense on that in my seat box,so just replaced it with this animal,5000lmns just stupidly bright,don't know about the burn time,as I havn't really used it yet.

Hope you like the pic,sure is the daddy
Ps,the chargers r useless/dangerous when using high powered batts,get on the nitecore intelligent chargers,the way fwd for sure...

 

[scoob8254]

ive had a lenser h7r for about 3yrs and still going strong, very bright, very good beam on it and lasts me all night easily,

 

[shermanator]

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cree 1800 is mint mate, had mine 2 years no probs, and only paid £18 on ebay ,it came from hong kong ,took 5 days and i had it , hope u pick the right one m8 , i met a bloke with a cree 2400 the ships out at sea were changing thier direction lol.

 

[toonboymc]

Got a Cree 1800 also had a couple of yrs still works even when she put it in the washing machine lol

 

[wavy davy]

I've had an 1800 cree for a couple of years now and is the dogs, bought a 5200 cree last year and its perfect for the cliffs and rocks brilliant light spread and range, but I still always take my Lenser Hr7 as back up.

 

[scoob8254]

What's the battery life like on the 1800 cree s, was going to buy some new recharges batteries for my lenser, but just looked and the 1800 cree s are cheaper than a decent set of batteries. Might get one and use my lenser as a spare, also any particular brand?