Energizer 6 LED Headlight With Bright Lights by Energizer
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Digital camera reviews of Energizer 6 LED Headlight With Bright Lights
Digital camera Review: Not worth it
Summary: 2 Stars
Bought two of these at a local home supply store but returned them after trying them out at home. I found the light to be pitifully weak, certainly nowhere near the advertised 36 lumens. I returned them and purchased a pair of Princeton Tec Fuel head lamps, which were more expensive (about $7 more apiece) but function much better and feel better built.
There are lots of other good reviews for these lamps, so maybe others have had better luck than I did, but I would not recommend.
Digital camera Review: OK, but has some drawbacks
Summary: 3 Stars
This provides plenty of light, but there are some drawbacks.
Drawback #1: This thing has four modes: White Spotlight, White Floodlight, White Spot plus Flood, Red, and OFF. The selection is made by pressing one switch over and over. This is a pain, especially since the switch is small and rather stiff. With gloves on it's almost impossible. It also means that to get to the night vision friendly RED you've got to step through 3 WHITE settings.
Drawback #2: The LED's are not recessed and don't have reflectors to direct the light forward. I wear glasses and the stray light hits my glasses and makes it almost impossible to see. I later "fixed" this by painting the lower portion of the assembly with black car touch-up paint. This greatly reduced the stray light problem.
Before I purchased the 6 LED model I had the 3 LED model. Other than not beeing as bright, it is a better design because it has a 3 position slider switch...center OFF, left RED, right WHITE. So, if you want RED, you go straight to RED. Also, the LED's are recessed a bit and don't throw nearly as much light into my face as this 6 LED model did.
Note that I just saw a new Energizer head lamp that seems to fix the stray light problem. It has a high power LED with reflector for the spot light, the but the unit is rather bulky. Unfortunately, it looks to have the same crappy push-button switch design as this one.
As of the date of this review, the picture is that of the 3 LED lamp. I advised Amazon of the error but they said it was fine as is. Whatever.
Digital camera Review: Plenty of light for hands free operation
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this light for everything - dark night walks to the barn, working under a vehicle or just wanting to see something is a dark hole. Batteries seem to last forever - I use this light allot and everyone that sees it wants one too. I would highly recommend this product and supplier.Digital camera Review: Red is first now
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this locally in 12/2008 and it appears Energizer has listened to feedback and has updated this model somewhat. My model is HDL33A2E. The headlight is pretty much as others have said EXCEPT the red light is now FIRST in the sequence of light modes. So night vision is not destroyed ... that is, at least not until you turn it off because you still have to cycle through all the modes then. And the button is STILL hard to press, which makes having to go through all the cycles to turn it off even more irritating and actually a little painful.Digital camera Review: The Energizer Headlamps Are Too Flimsy
Summary: 1 Stars
I have bought both the 3- and the 6-LED Energizer headlights. They're great. I love them. (I got them for $6 and $10, respectively, at Home Depot.)
The BIG problem is that they simply don't last. I do use them on a daily basis, but both broke repeatedly over just a few months of use. They simply (literally) fall apart. They can be repaired--for a while--but when you need a headlight in the wilderness, you need something reliable. The Energizer headlights do not meet that requirement, thus I would advise against them. Pity!