How to choose your outdoor headlights

When we are hiking at night, if we hold a flashlight, there is no way to deal with the accident in time.

Thus, a good headlight is a necessity for us when we are outdoors at night in poor lighting conditions. For example, when we are camping at night, wearing a headlamp allows us to keep our hands free to do more things.

The function, price, weight, volume, versatility, and even appearance of headlights can all affect your final decision. Starting from basic needs, we have listed three key points to help you choose a headlight that suits you.

Firstly, lumen is a physical unit that describes luminous flux. It is the sum of the light emitted from a point light source in all directions, with 100 lumens equivalent to the light of 8 candles.

For primary outdoor camping and hiking activities, 100~200 lumens is enough, but if you have higher requirements for lighting, you may consider 200~500 lumens.

For outdoor activities such as night trail running and other fast-moving outdoor activities, or activities that need to illuminate a wide area, you should consider 500~1000 lumens products, while professional rescue search usually requires higher lumens products.

A low lumen product would increase the risk of danger in poor lighting situations at night.

Secondly, battery life, commonly referred to as the standby time of an electronic device during normal operation. It is related to the power consumption of the electronic device itself and the size of the allocated battery capacity.

In the case of the same battery capacity, the smaller the power consumption, the more endurance; in the case of the same power consumption, the larger the battery capacity, the longer the standby time.

For headlamps, the longer the range, the longer the light can be provided and the longer it can support the user's activities. Therefore, when deciding on the function, price, weight and volume, the longer the headlamp's range is the better.

If you choose a product with poor battery life, not only do you need to replace or recharge the battery frequently, but you may also experience poor illumination during emergency, which may increase the safety risk.

Finally, IPX is the internationally recognized waterproof level certification system. It is used to label the waterproof level of the product on many instruments and equipment for outdoor and diving, and is the most common technical indicator.

IPX waterproof grade is divided into a total of eight levels, respectively, from IPX-1 to IPX-8, sequentially increasing the waterproof ability. If you choose a product with no protection or a low IPX rating, it may increase the instability of the product in extreme weather, or even malfunction of the product during use.