recommended headtorch for moth trapping?

[suzynick]

My other halfs old one broke and he's been using my petzl headtorch, not sure what one it is but its a bit naff! Hes a really keen moth trapper so a decent headtorch is required.
Any suggestions most welcome!

[The Woodman]

Forget the old style with incandescent bulbs, LED is the way to go for many reasons including longer battery life. Either get a headtorch with a number of LED's such as the Petzl Tikka or one with a larger brighter main LED and auxillary bulbs or settings. For example the Petzl Myo or the Suunto equivalent but the smart money is on Alpkits Gamma model at £12.50. I've had one of these for three years and cannot fault it.

The brightest have three watt single LED's (like the Myo) and will throw an excellent beam and there are now five watt models on Ebay - most from Hong Kong - for little money.

There are also top end models for mega bucks with multiple superbright LED's.

£60-70 will buy a Princeton Tec Apex or the similar spec'd Black Diamond. I use an old Princeton Tec halogen bulb model with a focusable beam for specific purposes and it's very well made.

[Kleftiwallah]

U ni-lite L.E.D. headlight. Three lumen settings, rechargeable and long lasting on a charge. Cheers, Tony.

[suzynick]

Thanks for the advice. Managed to have a conversation about head torches with my o/h hopefully without him thinking that I was going to buy him one He talked about the myo one but not sure if it was the myo rxp or xp he mentioned then we saw some in cotswold outdoor and he said about one being the next one down to the one in the shop priced about £35 which I assume is the tikka XP. However the one I have is a tikka plus which cost about £30 so thinking that the XP one might not be that fantastic?
So I am looking at either the myo rxp or the myo xp. He wants something that has quite a long output time for close up when he is examining moths, but also something that can throw quite a lot of light out when he is on his own in woods or somewhere just in case he needs to see whats about.
Looking at £63.95 for the rxp and £56.25 for the xp at the mo.

[suzynick]

Have read reviews on both the myo xp and myo rxp. The rxp is programmable but this doesn't seem to be rated very well. Plus battery life doesn't seem as good as the xp.
The cheapest I have found the xp is £55 from white and bishop (this is the one my o/h mentioned) but I can get the rxp one for just £3.83 more from simply hike using a cashback website.
I'm thinking perhaps get the xp one as I can collect that from the shop and return to the shop if needbe, and then if my o/h thinks the rxp one is a better deal I could get it after christmas. I think this is probably the better idea rather than ordering the rxp which will be postage to be sent and returned.
Yep I think I have made my mind up sorry for the rambling!

[nigel_b]

I use a petzl tak tikka plus.

Its a number of different light levels incl. flashing and a red lens you can drop down as needed. I recommend it.

[Brocakat]

If you want a tough one - go to an outdoor shop & look at the ones reccomended for cavers.

If they ain't tough enough for you then I 'd start to worry !

I have noticed that the models that I see on Push-Bike riders helmets seem to be -- yes, bright enough, sure - but of insufficient size to actully illuminate much road etc, for the user - and seem to be primarily as an aid to other Traffic so as to be then avoided.

I'm not sure whether a Moth Trapping person would 'benefit' from a tighly-illuminated 'hole' of light OR a broader-circle of illumination.........certainly in terms of Headlamp illumination for car-style vehicles, - the larger-the-better - yes, size DOES matter.

[tristanba]

have just bought an LED lenser H7 from 7dayshop - seems v good but not really used it yet as its a Christmas present!