#Black diamond storm headlamp purple spot skin#
The head belt is also worth mentioning – it is smooth across, but the material in the vertical plane has the texture of shark skin so it significantly improve grip of the headlamp to the head while moving up and down.Ĭompared with the Petzl Tikka 2 XP or Tikka XP, which have the same level of protection against water penetration IPX4 their protections seems to be totally exaggerated. I do not know what I would do as director to a person who has designed that- but it would be painful :-]. On the upper picture - Black Diamond Spot 2011 headlamp with batteries inside - you can also see the battery indicator mentioned earlier - on the picture below is the same headlamp with rechargeable cells inside. Here is even better - in this model, the designers had reached a kind of mastery. The interior of the battery is typical for the Black Diamond the batteries or hard to remove, or flying out without a special reason. No seals, straps connecting the two housing parts are looking very fragile - but the stress tests carried out showed that they should not break off without clear reason -). The mass of the headlamp with headband and battery is a little more than the declared 90g - 94g real (53g without batteries) - just a few grams more than the Tikka 2 XP. You can see that element positioning, which broke far too often, was redesigned. It opens very easily, thanks to the large latch. Spot looks beautiful, big button, compact design - just who came up with the idea to stick it with tape to the inside of the carton? I struggled quite a while with this:]. LED Type : DoublePower/2 SinglePower Lumens : 75 (estimated) Max Distances : 70 meters, estimated (DoublePower LED) 15 meters, estimated (2 SinglePower LEDs) Max Burn Time : 200 hours, estimated (DoublePower LED) 250 hours, estimated (2 SinglePower LEDs) Batteries : 3 AAA included IPX Rating : 4 A lock mode prevents accidental battery drain in your pack or while stored, and a 3-level power meter means you'll never be caught with a dead headlamp hours from camp. Red SinglePower LEDs provide proximity lighting without cycling through the white mode, so you won't accidentally compromise night vision. Incredibly adaptable and super bright with 75 lumens at max setting, this compact powerhouse has a mode customizable to any fast-paced activity, from distance to dimming to strobe. The Black Diamond Spot powers through the darkness, whether you're trail finding during an alpine start or hunting for rap anchors at midnight.
A lot of promises as from the company, which has warmed the rear seat for a long time and only try to keep a pace with the dominant Petzl. The first presentations already hit the net in the last year - a new, revolutionary, proven in terms of light output in the integrated sphere.