Wilderness

HIGH-POWERED HEADLAMPS

Petzl Iko Core $199, 100m range, 79g

Features: It has a super-flexible and bendy patent-pending AirFit headband and a rechargeable Petzl Core battery (but can also run on three AAAs). There’s no night-vision saving red light but there are three brightness settings: 500, 100 and six-lumen. It has a run time of 2.5hr on high (9.5hr at 100-lumen, 100hr at six-lumen) and a maximum range of 100m. It comes with a carry pouch that can also be used to create ambient light in the tent or hut.

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