77outdoor LED Rechargeable Red Headlamp, D25LR Powerful Lightweight Headlight with 90 High CRI Bright White Light and 660nm Deep Red Light, USB C Charging for Camping, Hiking, Hunting

The Sofirn D25LR is a solid headlamp that doesn’t break the bank. It features a high-CRI white light and a surprisingly bright deep red LED, both with multiple brightness settings. The red light is very useful for preserving night vision.Charging is a breeze with the USB-C port, and the included 3000mAh 18650 battery offers decent runtime. The headlamp is comfortable to wear, thanks to its lightweight design and adjustable headband. However, it can get warm on the highest setting, so it’s best to use that mode sparingly.Overall, the D25LR offers great value for its price point, delivering features typically found in more expensive headlamps.

I’ve owned over 20 different headlamps, I camp/hike/hunt a lot. Most headlamps out there cast what I would call frustrating beams; they’re either too wide-angle and you can’t see ten yards ahead, or they’re too much a spotlight and you have no peripheral. For illustration purposes I’m going to compare this headlamp to a Zebralight Floody.Now, nothing I’ve seen beats the Zebralight. That thing casts a wonderfully pure 90-degree beam that still gives you about 30yds of distance (and that isn’t even its max setting). It can be cranked up to an uncanny level. That said, this one is similar. It’s in the same ballpark. The white beam will do anything for you that the Zebralight will do on foot. For something like riding a bike in the woods at night, you’re moving faster which means you’ll need the brighter ability of the Zebralight. But at such a price difference, to get this level of performance is astounding.The beam is actually a spot/flood, meaning it’s stronger in the middle and there’s a definitive difference in the peripheral lighting. This isn’t as stark with the white light as it is with the red light. Overall though it gives a great balance of near/far viewing for hiking. Hope this helps people out there get a sense for what kind of light you’ll get.So other than the actual beam of light, what sets this apart from the rest of the field? Simplicity. It’s a simple red or white light. Click to turn on the white, hold to cycle through four brightness levels. For the red you hold to turn on, then just as with the white you hold to cycle through four brightness levels. It also remembers your last setting even with the battery removed. Super. Stinking. Simple. No flashing strobe modes or 16 brightness levels or multiple colors or any of that. It’s amazing performance in a very easy-to-use platform that gives you both red and white light, and both are actually usable. Perfect simplicity.FYI if you’re wondering why red light, it isn’t just because it doesn’t disturb wildlife like white/blue light does, it’s not just a hunting thing. It also saves your night vision. If you’re using the white light and you turn it off, everything is pitch black for a while until your eyes adjust. With the red light, once you turn it off it’s like your eyes are already adjusted and you don’t spend a few minutes blind. Red light is much better in the dark for that reason alone. Use the white for when you really need to see better.

Update: "I love these light! I wish the trail were longer!" - my kid, hiking back from an overlook in the dark with these.mounted on both trekking poles, and not even on the brightest red setting. On poles, they make shadows jump out and trail obstacles that much clearer. And with red, you can look up and see ... satellites!!!I found these during a recent search for lamps to illuminate the trail for a future night hike. I wanted red light so that my vision would not be blown out if I needed to look around.----Many headlamps with red lamps have red light only sufficient for reading a map. The highest setting is enough to shine a red spot on the ground/my foot in the shade on a sunny day.(See the photo - the lamp mounted on the pole I am carrying is leaving a red spot on the grass to the left of the lamp on the ground; both lamps on the highest setting under the shade of trees.)I bought three: one for my head, and two to attach to hiking poles after removing the headband. Test your attachment method well before taking off - pole attachment was DIY!!! (a hint to the seller for a new accessory!)There are multiple light levels and the next lower settings work fine at night. They are spot beams, roughly, which means that when mounted on poles, the spot is going to move. But your visual cortex will appreciate the extra depth information offered by the lighting at angles on either side and make it much easier to spot obstacles compared to a headlamp alone. Do a test hike with and without (be careful) to see the distance!The lamps flash when getting low; you can turn down the brightness and pack extra cells. Note that you generally can find cells that have higher capacity when you don't need them to dump a lot of current.I have not yet attempted to measure the battery life for different modes for different cells; this is something each person should do well before hitting the trail. My objective is trail lighting of obstacles first, battery life second. At the lowest power it is dim but should be sufficient for having just enough light to get around in a tent and last a long time.A test hike to determine the needed level can inform what level is needed and how long the cell lasts at that level. Putting it at the next higher level and seeing how long it runs should give you a lower bound for cell runtime, and tell you if you need extra cells and what your charging needs will be.With the headlamp lighting the trail wherever I was looking, and the pole-mounted headlamps providing light moving up and down the trail, filling in my peripheral vision, and adding depth from side shadows, my test night hike resulted in fewer stumbles and better speed without blowing out my night vision.

I have a generic Husky headlamp bought from homedepot a few years ago, it was alright but the runtime is pretty weak and I needed something that would last me a few hours without needing a recharge.A buddy of mine has a Sofirn flashlight and he likes it a lot, so I thought I’d give it a shot, and wow it was good!You can’t beat it at this price point for the feature it offers. The 18650 battery that came with it has a 3000mah rating, that’s more than 3 times the Husky light I have. It’s got both a regular LED bulb and a red bulb. I use the red for nighttime photography and it works really well for me. I could see all the camera controls without blinding myself or attracting a bunch of bugs. The regular LED is also pretty bright, it has multiple brightness settings and a simple UI for easy operation, much better than the old Husky light.I’ll recommend it to anyone who needs a headlamp for working on things that’s got a great runtime and also simple to use.