Headlamp (outdoor)

A headlamp is a mobile, off-grid light source like a flashlight, which is attached to the head. Thus, the user 's hands are free and constantly illuminated its field of view. Headlamps are mainly used for leisure activities, lamps with a similar purpose in the professional field hot head lamps.

Use

The headlamp is attached with a headband on the head or to a recording to a hard hat.

Especially in the caving and carbide lamps are still used as they make an all-round illumination. However, modern LED technologies are on the rise and now offer also a good all-round illumination.

Technology

The lamps use LEDs are now used mainly who formerly usual halogen lamps practically displaced. The LED technology is more economical in power consumption, which reduces the weight and increases the burn time. The lighting range of modern headlamps is at a luminous flux of 300 lumens more than 100 meters.

Most commercially available headlamps are operated with AA or AAA batteries. In order to reduce the weight on the head, or losing any performance in cold, there are Headlamps with external battery cabinets that are worn on the body and are connected by a cable to the headpiece.