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Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 12:54:02 No.2841602 View View Reply Original Report

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I need a very simple headlamp with a single function that can be very easily turned on and off
No flash mode, no dimmer, no red light, no other bullshit.
I need a single light function and a very simple on/off switch with no stupid modes in between. preferably a slider switch.
Show me what you got

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Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 13:19:39 No.2841605 Report

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>>2841602

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Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 13:24:00 No.2841606 Report

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>>2841605
that clearly says 2 modes.

anyway, i found one, and bought it. Petza Pixel 2. It has a very simple rotating on/off switch and no bullshit modes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 14:33:35 No.2841619 Report

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>>2841606
ok

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 19:50:38 No.2841662 Report

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>>2841602
What is wrong with you? Why wouldn't you want RBG strobing effects and bluetooth functionality? Are you poor or living in the 19th century?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 22 Sep 2025 21:17:17 No.2841674 Report

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>>2841602
>>2841606
Good thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Sep 2025 05:12:04 No.2841724 Report

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>>2841606
delete this thread faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Sep 2025 05:25:55 No.2841725 Report

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>>2841606
woah "simple" "rotating" two words that don't go together, god forbid a headlamp have TWO buttons

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Sep 2025 11:59:43 No.2841749 Report

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>>2841606
The Peztl has 2 modes btw.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Sep 2025 12:19:06 No.2841751 Report

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GRUG NEED ONE BUTTON
TWO BUTTON TOO COMPLICATED
LONGNOSE TRIBE TRY TO TRICK GRUG WITH RED AND FLASHING LIGHTS BUT MAKE GRUG DIZZY
GRUG ONLY NEED ONE LIGHT
GRUG ONLY NEED ONE BUTTON

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Sep 2025 12:56:23 No.2841756 Report

Quoted By: >>2842381

op here, i need a headlamp that will be turned off and on many times per day, i do not want to cycle through modes or do any long presses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 05:28:57 No.2842134 Report

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>>2841606
I think people correlate function with price, which is why nobody would be able to recommend to you the dumbest fucking thing on earth, which is a $70 headlamp with 1 single mode. for that price you should just be able to configure functions using dip switches in the fucking battery compartment or something.

I never come to this board, so I have no idea, but has nobody made a headlamp with functions that are enabled with dip switches? because that's free fucking money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 05:49:26 No.2842142 Report

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>>2841602
>No flash mode, no dimmer, no red light, no other bullshit.
Such a thing does not exist in 2025

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Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 06:10:09 No.2842151 Report

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>>2841602

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 12:26:18 No.2842172 Report

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>>2841605
>3 AAA batteries
Everything wrong with society can be traced to this.

>>2841602
Buy something that uses 2 AA.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 15:52:29 No.2842204 Report

Quoted By: >>2842205

>>2841602
My favorite headlamp is the Streamlight Bandit. Rechargeable, single button, decent battery life (used it for a week in the BWCA without needing to recharge, though I went to bed an hour or two after sunset and just used it for camp setup and night pissing), doesn’t feel like a surplus N-47 right angle light in an old PVS-7 Skullcrusher mount.
>no red mode
Idk, I use red more than white. Lets you see, doesn’t ruin your night vision and therefore peripheral vision or ability to stargaze, doesn’t blind your friends when you look at them, etc etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 26 Sep 2025 15:54:50 No.2842205 Report

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>>2842204
Forgot to mention about the Bandit. It doesn’t do that shitty thing where you have to keep clicking till you get the mode you want. It turns on and off with the button and you switch from white to red or red to white by holding the button for 30 seconds, and it remembers what setting you were using so you only have to long-press when you want to change it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Sep 2025 22:26:42 No.2842381 Report

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>>2841756
I have a Black Diamond Spot 400, and it does what you need. One button to cycle modes (close-up spread beam, far focused beam, red light) and one button to turn on or off, or double press quickly to toggle flashing mode. Has it a memory function, so it starts in the same mode as when you turned it off, so if you only use one of the modes, you only need to worry about the one button.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 02 Oct 2025 19:29:53 No.2843081 Report

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>>2841749
thanks, it does. i noticed this after using it for a week.
the rotatry knob is nice and the low light mode is neat too. i can flick it off and on very quickly.
the only thing i dont like is that its not ambidextrous.
>>2842381
thats great, but not what i want.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Oct 2025 13:05:52 No.2843311 Report

Quoted By: >>2843473 >>2845311

https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-200-Lumens-Headlamp-BatteryGuard/dp/B07HDY7FLS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3P5VG3L83N59&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QCbikjNbMul8yn2jrRFfYjYk5JgF-bbkIywXL8q1P7rLn0wIDHO4nfm1OzCaDTbT_Rnpike2yeRsrYEpJjqLAkiJn954FRFPJsVrAUBb8wyjdZAbRGwpwnFGMifiDhCBPCXgwaPEKytLe6HMcVEuQ1C4xCESxlanD90nYIlH_IxkJUPz-X-i_nNEFsrZ9Ta5QbZ889Sh4NFRAAwTVeSlgQ.jucDY8COSvosVdcbM1faHTKMTCYtO2zTknGEphvTAxc&dib_tag=se&keywords=coleman+headlamp+bg&qid=1759582613&sprefix=coleman+headlam+bg%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-1

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Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 03:56:56 No.2843425 Report

Quoted By: >>2843473

Milwaukee Electric - REDLITHIUM. USB Hard HAT HEADLAMP
Brand: Milwaukee
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (306)
500+ bought in past month
$69.97

Used to sell with extra batt which I'd keep in prescription bottle on back to help balance weight.

AMAZING light quality, though. Its what The Pros use when they gotta work with small wires and shit. Not just bright, but light QUALITY, like a new set of eyes.

Also, the $3 lights with 3 AAA batts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 11:19:59 No.2843473 Report

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>>2843311
>>2843425
Thread ended 2 weeks ago in case you didn't notice.

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Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 14:33:58 No.2843488 Report

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>>2843473
I like the Nightbuddy 230 degree. USB charger, has a bright strip that illuminates EVERYTHING, and a borg laser-style directional beam that just hits one area. Each has a bright / dim setting. No stupid blinking mode. I use it for work and camping interchangeably. Only downside worth mentioning is that the “strip” setting can be too bright for others to look at up close, so be careful when using it around your companions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 18:51:00 No.2843539 Report

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>>2841602
i have one it's the cheapest one from decathlon
does the red light shit actually work for preserving night vision

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 23:15:00 No.2843565 Report

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>>2843539
>red light shit actually work for preserving night vision
Yes. My astronomer brother swears by it. Part of his job depends on night vision. swear b

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 23:25:23 No.2843568 Report

Quoted By: >>2843569 >>2843601 >>2843836 >>2843869

>most headlamps:
>first 3 settings are superbright, midbright, lowbright. very reasonable, very useful
>last two settings are various forms of strobe/flash

is there anyone who legitimately uses the flash settings? is there a reason for their inclusion that's actually worthwhile for the average consumer? seems fucking worthless. is it for when you're fucked and want to preserve battery life in exchange for inconsistent light? why do it exist anons

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 05 Oct 2025 23:34:37 No.2843569 Report

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>>2843568
Only Chinese shit have flashing mode, those are children toys. Proper flashlight doesn't blink.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2025 04:56:14 No.2843601 Report

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>>2843568
one is sos which is the sos call in morse and the other is strobe mode useful to cyclists i guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2025 19:47:59 No.2843836 Report

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>>2843568
>why do it exist anons
ever since the hand held flashlight was invented, it was always a bloated piece of crap loaded with useless features.
very early models had color filters, lens cover and momentary button blink mode. Then when they switched to d-cells they got large enough to double as baton.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Oct 2025 23:33:11 No.2843869 Report

Quoted By: >>2844899

>>2843568
some black diamond headlamps have a continuously adjustable brightness range and no blink mode, I think those are the best
some strobe/flash settings will spell SOS in Morse, which I guess someone who has never gone out would think is cool, but is next to useless.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Oct 2025 01:10:29 No.2844898 Report

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what you need is the kind that remembers it's last setting so you only switch in and out of this mode that you use regularly and don't have to cycle through modes every time

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 15 Oct 2025 01:13:05 No.2844899 Report

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>>2843869
wasn't there a guy who couldn't communicate to a helicopter that he needed help from a distance

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Oct 2025 11:22:41 No.2845311 Report

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>>2843311
good product, Coleman has always been my go-to.
Anyways currently tracking your IP based on the extended link that Amazon uses to know when you share a product

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Oct 2025 11:39:44 No.2845315 Report

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>>2841602
streamlight micro usb has a pocket clip that also goes the other way and can clip on to the front of a baseball cap

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Oct 2025 12:49:14 No.2845325 Report

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>>2841602
Yeah, mine has all those annoying modes, red, flashing, useless wankery.

It should work like this: On, ON, off. Simple as.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Oct 2025 16:46:01 No.2845363 Report

Quoted By: >>2845424

>>2842134
There’s no need, really. The better headlamps have some sort of non-volatile memory that remembers the last mode you were in and reverts to it. The strobe feature, map light, flood, and spot are all there if you need them, with a simple way to toggle between the different modes that’s separate from the in-off switch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Oct 2025 23:50:41 No.2845424 Report

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>>2845363
I have headlamps like that, I just mean if you're producing a $70 headlamp and for whatever retarded Steve Jobs-tier reason ("aesthetics", "minimalism") you simply refuse to have a second button and only want on/off, there are other ways. It's not like I find them to be convenient or anything, but I'll always prefer a hardware switch/controller over NVRAM even if 90% of the time there's little in terms of a meaningful distinction.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Oct 2025 02:04:47 No.2845444 Report

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Nitecore.
The older model on the left is mine that I bought over 10 years ago and is still going strong.
The one on the right is the one my son has been using for about a year now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Oct 2025 03:45:42 No.2845465 Report

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>>2842151
fpbp

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Oct 2025 03:49:53 No.2845467 Report

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>>2842142
It really seems impossible. I have NEVER seen one. Everything has multiple light modes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 29 Oct 2025 05:47:35 No.2847022 Report

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>>2845444
Do those take 18650 batteries? And does it have a redlight feature?. I specifically like the one on the left since it has the middle strap

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Anonymous Fri 31 Oct 2025 11:55:45 No.2847270 Report

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>>2841602
Use this with a simple clicky

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Anonymous Fri 31 Oct 2025 14:00:08 No.2847277 Report

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This one is no bullshit. See the 2 buttons? The first one is just a simple "on/ON/off" function with no flashing bullshit. Bright, very bright, off. Then the second button has all that other shit.

I will say that the red light is good because i can walk around pretty well in the dark while also being a lot more hard to see by others, just a dim red light pointing out the immediate lanscape.

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Anonymous Fri 31 Oct 2025 14:02:22 No.2847278 Report

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My headlamp is ON only for simplicity.

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