This is handy as I want to be able to use it with one touch when I am actually using it and not run the risk of losing battery power when not using it by locking it. It won’t lockout unless I again hold the power button down for 5 seconds and get the blue power light to flash. Now the lamp is in active mode, if I hit the power button once more, the main headlamp will turn on. When I depress the button, the headlamp switches off. The blue power light in the middle flashes again indicating it is locked but by holding it down the headlamp eventually flashes once indicating the headlamp is in active mode. To continue on with how the headlamp works, if I want to turn the torch into active mode, as mentioned above, I hold the power button down for 5 seconds. depending on how much battery juice is left. This means you can see how your battery life is doing i.e. The same gauge in the photo above, where it flashes blue to indicate it is locked, also acts as a battery charge gauge when the headlamp is on. As you need to hold it down for 5 seconds, it is highly unlikely that it will come on by accident and drain your batteries. The lock feature ensures that your headlamp won’t come on by accident with one unfortunate bump of the button. As that happens, the power switch can be hit which could potentially turn the headlamp on. When your headlamp is in your pack, it can get moved about quite easily.
This means you’ve locked the headlamp out of active mode. By that I mean when you hold down the power button, from the headlamp being ‘on’, for 5 seconds, the battery power light, on the bottom of the headlamp, at the top of my finger in the picture below, will flash blue and go off. Let’s look at how it works a bit more below, I’ll try and walk you through how it works.įirst off, the headlamp can be locked. This is a feature I was accustomed to in the my old Black Diamond Spot Headlamp and is something about the headlamp I really like. All of these options are operated using a single power button on the top of the headlamp. The LEDs also have a memory function so it stores the brightness level you were last using. The Storm also features red and green single power LEDs for night vision modes which also have dimming and strobe settings. Starting with a features overview, the Storm comes with 1 Quad Power LED and 1 Double Power white LED which emit up to 250 lumens on max setting. The Storm comes in multiple colors (Aluminium, Olive, Nightshade, Octane and Matte black), I went with the matte black option and it is the one you will see in the photos in this review. That was appealing but from experience, I am never entirely convinced with those kind of promises. The product also offered that the max setting would be maintained for a period of 60 hours at the higher performance levels i.e. Offering 250 lumens of light in the max setting, I was happy that this would cover most if not all of my hiking needs. I had a good experience with the Black Diamond Spot Headlamp so I thought the Storm would be a good investment. I bought the Black Diamond Storm Headlamp last October in a bit of a rush as my old headlamp had stopped working properly and I needed something for a camping trip I was going on. Weight: 110g (Including 4 triple A batteries).īest uses: Night hiking, camping, general use.Unit is completely sealed and tested to operate up to 1 meter underwater for 30 minutes. IP67: Waterproof and dust proof-Best for saltwater and extremely wet or dusty environments.Regulated for consistent lighting, heatsink warms battery to preserve life.Red and Green SinglePower LEDs for night vision modes have dimming and strobe settings.
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