Headlamps - Good? Bad? Ugly?

[Pooh]

you are looking for an ice fishing headlamp meaning the light wont be going far so anything that runs on AA or AAA batteries and has LEDs in it will last long and give off plenty of light. that being said i own a cyclops and a browning. the cyclops has the battery pack on the back which i love, its not so heavy in the front. both also have LEDs and a white bulb of some kind. if i did it again the cyclops is the one i would get. dont like the browning

[no bait nate]

Well for those of us outdoors enthusiasts who use headlamps almost every time we are out I think it's a great investment to have a quality one. I bought a Petzl Tikka XP five years ago and couldn't have chose a better one. It has one high output LED bulb and has a beam setting or diffuser with three levels and strobe. My favorite thing about this lamp is the boost mode, which is great for ice fishing jigs. You just hit the boost button and it shoots a high beam for as long as you hold it. When in beam mode the light travels farther than your eyes can make out. Well worth the money if you can keep from losing it over the years. Runs on three AAA batteries. Still work great despite being dropped in the swamp, minnow buckets, left on the ice overnight, and falls onto concrete at work. It does have a little tyvek tape holding it together now though...

[311Hemi]

I have been using a Petzel Tikka Plus for the probably the past 5-6 years without issue. I have not had a reason to buy another headlamp and probably wont until I lose this one.

[PickAxe]

I if you just use it for ice fishing the cheapies are ok. Personally I will never go back. I hunt, fish, trap, camp, etc and need a little more out of my headlamp than to see my bobber. IMO, the best and BRIGHTEST is the Princeton Tec - APEX.

[MikeH55343]

WOW - a lot of opinions and good advice.

I bought the Energizer 3LED Headlamp for $14.00

I would have chosen the 6LED or 7LED version by W-mart was sold out.

Every person is Eden Prairie must be walking around with a headlamp.

First usage last night - results: advice was good. Good light for the money.

[Slabasaurus]

Bringin this old dog back to life.

I just received a 7 led energizer in the mail and will be using it when I'm out searching Ramsey Cty for a little hockey puck sized piece of plastic worth a substantial amount of money. I will report back how the heck the light performed.

While I wanted one with a hat clip, seems most of the "better" models/stronger lights only like headbands. this one had all the settings I needed so i decided what the heck. Everyone else is ravin about em.

[SFC]

Bought the energizer /3Led for about $14. including batteries.Used it last weekend, was very impressed with the amount of light.

[FISHINGURU]

The Energizer rules and doesn't eat up batteries like some of the others.

[CarpinMNRiver]

I have the green energizer 6 LED light and I am pretty happy with it. Works great cat fishing and I have been using it ice fishing as well. It has replaced a lantern while fishing alone. I have changed the batteries twice since I bought it last spring. For 15 bones I have no complaints.