Headlamps at Costco Deal!

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My Costco (Bend, Oregon) has a deal on LED headlamps - check it out at yours. They're in the Auto/Sports area. You get 3 lamps with Duracell batteries for $9.99! They are excellent fit with 4 position switch - off, high, low and flash. Adjustable strap and tilt on beam direction. Acceptable quality, too. I'd jump all over it. If you've ever tried one camping or even working on a rig at night, you know how spoiled you can get with a headlamp:rolleyes:
 
Hopefully your Costco headlamp will work better and last longer than the cheap POS LED made in china flashlight "deal" I bought, also at Costco, a couple years ago!
 
I bought a pack of 3 pos led flashlights from them a couple years ago and not a single issue with those crappy flashlights. Bright and reliable.
 
^ sounds like the same package of 3 I bought. I want to say they were $15 or $20. When they were working they'd eat right threw 3AA in no time. But then all three have since died...I should have taken the darn things back.
 
I purchased the same Costco 3-pack of flashlights 2-3 years ago. They killed batteries because the switch had a parasitic drain. I purchased another 3-pack 6-12 months ago and can say they've been improved. I think I am still on the first set of batteries.

80t0ylc, thanks for the heads-up on the headlamps. I'll look for them.
 
Yep, Costco did a major improvement on that 3 pack of little flashlights. I returned 6 of the old style and got 6 of the new ones and they're still on the same batteries and used twice as much as the old ones. The ones you want have a black rubber tail click button, the crap ones had a white/clearish rear button.

This thread seems on HEADlamps though and I'd love to have a few cheap ones for wrenching and such so I quit getting oil on my nice one. Will also check for them and report back.

DougM
 
lumens?
 
e9999 said:
lumens?
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Don't have the specs, but they have 10 LEDs. Costco website doesn't have 'em. They fit comfortable. Batteries load easily and securely for good connection. Here's a couple of pics on my gray wrinkled head. (there is both red and blue covers on headlamps in package):
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32 lumens is not a lot. but darn cheap of course. So probably a decent buy if you need them or can use them. Maybe the kind of thing to have in your glovebox just in case you need to change a tire at night. Then you'd be glad to have one.
 
e9999 said:
32 lumens is not a lot. but darn cheap of course. So probably a decent buy if you need them or can use them. Maybe the kind of thing to have in your glovebox just in case you need to change a tire at night. Then you'd be glad to have one.
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32 lumens is plenty bright for most campsite task, if they were much brighter they would totally kill your night vision and the glare would be awful. I was screwing around out in the yard last night with mine and I think they are just about the right amount of illumination for most outdoor stuff.

It's not like you need enough light to do a bypass operation or anything.
 
eric always needs more light than the average human...
 
NorCalDoug said:
eric always needs more light than the average human...
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nah, just enough to fry a bear at 20 paces... :) did I already say I don't like mixing bears and camping?

I have a nice Petzl. Something like 60 lumens or so. Nice and bright. But it has a lower setting and also a red LED, so too much light is not exactly a big problem. I do find myself using the red light more than I originally thought, interestingly.

But as I said for $10 one can't go too wrong. My Petzl was more like $60.
 
You better hurry on the 3 pack of 200 lumen lights. The asterisk on the upper right of the price card means that Costco is getting rid of them and won't cary them any longer.
 
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