I like flashlights. A lot. My wife would say I might be obsessed,
I was going to say I’m a bit of a light snob but that would be wrong. I have cheap lights and recommend them. More accurately I’m a lumen snob. The more the better.
I have always said you can’t go wrong with more lumens.
The Nitecore NU25 Headlamp does not come up short in the lumen department at 360 max lumens. And it does this at only 0.99oz.
So let’s find out whether this needs to be your next headlamp.
Previously I have reviewed a few Olight lights and loved them all. Recently I got my hands on the Olight H1R the rechargeable version of the H1 Nova Headlamp.
All of the things that made me love the H1 Nova have been improved upon in the H1R. Notably the ability to recharge it.
My only issue with the H1 Nova is that on the bright mode, of 500 lumens, it will use up batteries quickly. And CR123 batteries are not cheap easy to find.
I have looked in my local big box stores several times over the past few months looking for CR123 batteries. They have been sold out every single time.
I know I can order them from amazon. But In an emergency, I would like to be able to pick up some.
With the H1R Nova, the battery issue has been alleviated. You can use a rechargeable CR123 and the built in charger to recharge.
I really like that the charger is a USB cable with a magnetic cap that snaps onto the tail cap of the H1R. The cord can fit into any cell phone charger or car charger.
And you could use an USB battery pack to charge it.
I plan on buying spare rechargeable CR123 batteries and a backup charger. That way I can standardize to all rechargeable CR123s.
The H1R Nova also features 100 more lumens over the H1 Nova. You get a blinding 600 lumens at the brightest output.
You only get 3 minutes of the 600 lumens. After that, it tapers down to 180 for 80 minutes.
On the lowest setting, you can run it for 6 days.
And then you can just recharge it and go. No worrying about finding batteries.
Both lights take a single CR123 Battery. Good for standardizing your lights.
Today is not a full review of either. I have much more testing to do. I don’t like to pencil whip reviews out.
The H1 Nova
The H1 Nova is a headlamp and pocket light all in one. They took the inspiration from the much-loved Olight S10 baton.
This headlamp can be removed from the headband and the pocket clip attached. While I love headlamps in my systems The versatility makes this even better.
Oh did I mention that the H1 Nova has 500 lumens? I remember my first headlamp had a whopping 60 lumens and I thought I was carrying a collapsed sun on my head.
PL-1 II VALKYRIE
PL-1 II VALKYRIE is a powerful weapons light. It is designed to work with both MIL-STD-1913 and Glock sized rails.
This weapons light features a 450 lumen light. I looked up the settings and there are no other brightness settings. It has On, Strobe and off. The strobe mode is activated by pushing both buttons.
In the video, I didn’t realize that the Valkyrie could be mounted on Ar rails. I said I didn’t think I have anything it could mount on. Oh, I certainly do and I’m loving it.
Sometimes I try my crazy ideas and they sort of work. Today I have a project for you that is super easy and works perfectly. I got this idea from watching a Nutnfancy video on YouTube. He was wearing a headlamp band from Fenix that hold a flashlight. I thought what a great idea. Instead of using a separate headlamp (which I own a few of) you could use you nice EDC flashlight. I have a Streamlight that gives off 190 lumens, way brighter than any of my headlamps and with more features. The Fenix one looks nice with plastic and adjustments, it also looks heavy. I decided to make one that way simple and light
Today I have another light review for you. Up today I’ll be reviewing my Coleman Man 3A headlamp. I’m a big fan of the Coleman Max series of products. They really took the quality up a notch on the entire line up. Let me tell you about this great lamp.
