Black Diamond Astro Headlamp, Denim, One Size
October 4, 2018 - Comment
With a sleek, modern housing and incredibly bright 150 lumens, the Astro is an affordable light that’s burly enough for any mountain pursuit and compact enough for backup or emergency use.
Product Features
- One Triple Power LED emit 150 lumens
- Sleek, low-profile le design uses three AAA batteries
- Settings include full strength, dimming and strobe
- Brightness Memory allows you to turn the light on and off at a chosen brightness without reverting back to full power
- Stormproof: withstands rain and sleet from any angle (IPX 4)
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Fits well, but kind of dim I wanted to LOVE this lamp, and, I did really like it. It just seems really dim. It was okay getting around camp at night and lighting my tent, but night hiking with this was more difficult than I intended. I played with the settings, but they seemed to only get dimmer. Still, good light, sturdy, lightweight, and overall pretty good.
Battery compartment needs work Loved their headlamps for years, great battery life, reliable, and bright. The newer versions have disappointed me though on 3 units I have purchased in the past year and a half. Every one of the 3 units lose battery contact internally and start to flicker or dim greatly while in use. This drains the battery to almost being dead. I used to get roughly 15 hours out of a set of batteries and never had reliability issues from Black Diamond, now it’s plagued every new model I’ve tried that has the…
A solid choice and good value My only real gripe is that It can be a little difficult to get the batteries out. Prying helps. Also be aware that this is a flood beam. Not a tight beam like is common with many other headlamps and flashlights. This does not throw light as far, but for close up work, it spreads a lot of light all around everywhere, which is great for task work or walking. Your full peripheral vision is illuminated.I have used many headlamps, and I find this one to be a solid performer…