>>2673816cont.
the single most important thing to consider when buying headlamps also is not obvious or often spoken by non flashlight nerds:
the modes are the most important part of your headlamp.
99% of the time you be using the low or medium mode on your headlamp, its actually incredibly dumb to run them on high all night.
one of these modes, on some headlamps its low and on some its medium, is going to be around like 18-35 lumens somewhere around there.
the big deciding factor between something like say petzl bindi and a nitecore nu25 is:
nitecore's low mode isn't as bright and its more power efficient.
petzl's low mode is brighter and less power efficient.
personal preference how much light you need to travel at night safely. less is more battery life.
>>2672831>'oh I wish I had bought the cheaper model', rather the opposite. Get the best you can affordtrue for brands not for models.
if you just blindly buy the most expensive lamp these brands sell there's a good chance you'll buy the wrong one, read the product descriptions.
