Black Diamond Equipment Storm 500-R Headlamp

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Black Diamond Equipment Storm 500-R Headlamp

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The way you adjust the brightness is great. The dimming feature is not super intuitive, but works well once you get the hang of it.

The battery life is great. The functionalities and the ability to recharge is worth it. Knowing one is stashed and fully charged is a good feeling. Rechargeable as advertised.

Cons

It's a flimsy plastic headlamp that shouldn't cost anywhere near what it does. Will not turn on at all when not plugged into power source. It is like a strobe light, it flashes on and off over and over. The ansi burn time spec supposedly measures the ... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

Lightweight and fairly water resistant, and nice variety of light settings

Good light, good options, not going through a bunch of batteries.

I got tired of cheap headlamps that stopped working after a few months.

Ironically it was the clip that locks in the aaa batteries on one 400 that broke, and the other broke because the angle adjustm... Read More

Price

A little pricy, but well worth it!

Yes, there are cheaper ones, but you get what you pay for with this one.

Shipping

I charged it when it arrived and haven't had to charge it since despite using it fairly frequently over the last few weeks.

Packaging/appearance

Not so happy with the taped box it came in.

Competitiveness

The 500-r has a better angle adjustment mechanism, which so far is an big improvement on the latter issue, and it bypasses the ... Read More

The storm 500-r is easily worth 50% more than the storm 400.

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This product had a total of 464 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 19 2024.