I needed an LED headlamp for my friend, that's an epileptic. Things that strobe, flash or blink are simply bad news for her, so finding something that doesn't flash, strobe or blink is pretty much like pulling teeth. After the last LED headlamp, made by another company proved to be of exceedingly poor quality, I was in a jam. I didn't expect it to die after less then 2 months. So search for something for her. I found this, and not a lot of other choices either that met the criteria of no flash/blink/strobe. The price was right, and generally reviews seemed ok. For 9 bux and change, can't be all that bad I figured. If not, it's cheap enough to be disposable in the end. So, we got the package. It's not frustration free by any means, but once you slash your way through the cardboard it comes apart easily. The instructions are pretty much worthless, but this isn't complicated at all. You know what you need to do just by looking. Esp. if you had head lamps before. The place where they put the batteries (Energizers no less) required some looking on how to get them free, but inside of 5 minutes it was up and running. First, getting the hand band on was remarkably easy. The headband material itself is of very good quality. Some sort of nylon/spandex, so it feels good and had proper tension on the head. The battery compartment is a simple pull tab. You just rotate the fixture down 90 degrees, and it opens right up. Easy as pie! The LED's, considering there are just 2 of them are remarkably bright. For city use, it worked well. Not sure i'd trust these for a caving, but for that nite around the campfire, or that nite walk to the store for that last minute thing, it works nicely. it's light.Very light. No strain at all on the head to wear. While it's hard plastic on the skin, it's all very smooth. So there's no irritation at all. Very nice. The slider mechanism works great. Low is pretty decent, you can easily read a book in bed without disturbing ur mate, and the high beams will do the job for light duty dark settings. For heavy duty lighting, get something better, such as caving, but as I said, for that quick walk to the local dollar bux store for that one critical item or whatever, it does nicely. The device also swivels nicely. It has a very reassuring clicking sound as it moves up and down. And the mechanism is sturdy enough that it won't flop out of place even during a quick scamper across the street (yeah, that got tested tonite whether I wanted to or not lol-gotta hate peeps that text and drive). This isn't the most solid headlamp on the market, but it is well enough built for my friends needs. Besides, she'll kill it before the years out during the next seizure fall. It's cheap enough in price it's destruction isn't a big deal. There is some light saturation around the seams, but it's very minor. It's not worth taking any stars off. You get a very good deal here if you just need a light duty head lamp.
