Description
- POWERFUL LIGHT STRIP: The OV LED Broadbeam Headlamp lights up your surroundings unlike any traditional headlamp. This unique, patent pending light strip features an ultra-low profile design that illuminates a wide area, hands-free
- 210 DEGREES OF ILLUMINATION: The OV Broadbeam Headlamp features a 300 Lumen output from 20 bright high-efficiency LED lights. The LED lights are positioned on a flexible strip to provide 210° of continuous illumination
- LOW-PROFILE DESIGN: The compact, lightweight design of the OV Broadbeam Headlamp is comfortable to wear and less bulky than traditional headlamps. The durable and stretchable headband is adjustable to any head size and fits over most baseball caps and beanies
- SIMPLE OPERATION: The OV LED Broadbeam Headlamp has three power modes and is easy-to-operate with its single High / Low / Off button and simple 3 AAA battery power source (batteries not included)
- ENDLESS APPLICATIONS: The OV LED Broadbeam headlamp can be used for many applications such as camping, hiking, walking the dog, construction, mechanics, fishing or anywhere else you need portable, powerful hands-free light
M. Luce –
From other reviews, and the photo, I expected it would give short range and broad coverage, and it proves very good for working under the sink. Small places where you just can’t turn your head or body far enough to aim a spotlight. This will be good in my tool kit. It lights up the whole space under the sink beautifully.
When you get into a place as big as a closet, or a dark hallway, you discover that it is aimed at the ceiling, and there is no way to aim it down where you are working. Not as good for close work in your lap or on the workbench. I found this light also works pretty good in the basement with a white ceiling. The reflected light is bright enough to light up a wide area.
A warning – it blasts your friends’ eyes in every direction, too bright too look at it, so it is only good if you are working solo. Not good for working near a friend or spouse. Bad in a mirror.
I didn’t have any problem with tucking the battery pack into its sleeve, or with finding and operating the power switch by feel. It appears well made, I think durability will be OK, especially for the price. It looks better made than some of first headlamps I bought years ago for more money. I might update after I find out how long the batteries last, while it is throwing out this huge amount of light.
UPDATE 4/15/20 Increased rating to 5 stars after using it more, taking it outdoors, and under the car. It lights up an entire dark 15×25 ft living room, with remarkably even light. Walking outdoors at night, it lights up my entire field of view nicely out to about 20 feet, and dimly farther than that. Crawling under the car, it lights up the whole bottom of the car without having to twist my neck or aim anything, much handier than a flashlight. Under the hood, it lights up the whole engine compartment without having to aim it. Standing at the workbench in dark garage is OK even though not aimed down. Holding a book in my lap it gives good light for reading, kinder than a narrow beam. Battery life test found that, on High with black eneloop batteries, it was noticeably dimmer after 1 hour and a lot dimmer before 2 hours. I’ll update if further tests, or a test on low power, are much different. I ordered more batteries and I always travel with a charger.
Ranger –
The Good:
It was very cheap.
Pretty bright, very wide, unfocused pattern
Battery life seems good
Not heavy or bulky, so it does not tend to slide up or come off
The not so good:
light is totally unfocused. While this is OK at times, there is no way to NOT shine it into people’s eyes…
This uses flat LEDs that are actually just sitting on the band. While a plus in terms of stability compared to other headlights, this means the light comes right off your forehead. Which means that it is close enough that it actually shines down into my glasses (no frame, so it may not be a big issue if you have an opaque frame on your glasses or don’t have glasses) that I use to work on my bike. Not horrible, but it is pretty annoying.
While it works, and some of the wiring and such seems pretty well done, the battery box and on/off switch is pretty cheap. I’ve not had any issues but it is clearly NOT heavy duty
As far as the rating, 4 stars because it was very cheap and it does much better than I’d hoped. I would get it again at the price I paid, but find that I do tend to use my better headlight still to work on my bikes due to the light shining into my glasses.
Mike Berry –
Fantastic! Super bright and very comfortable