Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My first impression of this headlamp (I own one and bought this one for my dad) was that it was amazingly bright. I mean so bright, I could not shut up about how bright it was the first night hiking back to camp. The illumination distance and width is ridiculously LARGE. My second impression, the second night in use, was "What the heck? The batteries are dead already"? So then I hated this lamp. Luckily my walkie-talkie had one LED on it and I made it back to camp(keep in mind there were no lights or people for many miles). Well, I love this lamp again. Why? you might ask. Well let me tell you. The batteries are removable (very easily) and are rechargeable, so during the day I have them recharging on a portable/backpack-able solar panel. Additionally I have 3 sets of spare batteries in case the sun doesn't cooperate. So I'm totally great for about 5 and half days of very heavy use even if there is no sun. Having sun means I have perpetual, very bright light every night. I highly recommend this as long as you order some spare batteries. The spares were $3.37 per pair. (Edit due to spelling errors)