Gear review: $7.99 LED headlamps from Costco.

[msomnipotent]

In a nutshell, I returned these so fast that I didn't even catch the brand name. They are not worth the $2.663333 each that I paid for them. If I didn't know there were Costco members on this site, I wouldn't bother posting this. These are absolute crap and I think Costco knows this, which is why you can't find them anywhere on their website. The best thing about these are the Duracell batteries that are included, but I think even those might be defective. They are in the October coupon book for $7.99 for a 3 pack. I thought to myself, "Self, even if these are crap, we can still use them as loaners to idiots that brought nothing when we walk through the caves on vacation." We are planning on driving to Yellowstone and we like to visit caves along the way. But NO! I cannot even loan these out. They are THAT bad. I am a delicate flower who glistens in the sun and never, ever farts. I tore these up like a gorilla on a rampage, just by popping in the batteries and turning them on.

They are made of the cheapest, most brittle plastic. Adjusting the angle of the lamp results in the loudest snapping sound you will ever hear, and some of plastic will break. Two hinges broke just by following the poor directions and putting the batteries in. Then the batteries heated up so much that I burned myself and some plastic melted within seconds. Even the second one that did not self-immolate was loud and obnoxious, and did not balance well on my head. In a word, NO!

[Sniper-T]

I am a delicate flower who glistens in the sun like a gorilla on a rampage farts.

Fixed it for ya!

Tx for the review, I was eyeballin' those things the other day!

[msomnipotent]

I do what now?


Yeah, these are absolute crap. I wasn't expecting much to begin with and these fell far short of my expectations. I have a cheap Brunton that I bought off ebay for $15 new last year, and it works like a champ and has a red light. Mommy needs her red light to read magazines outside in the dark so no one impressionable can see her smoking her cigars after they go to bed. And the neighbors think that I sit out there looking into their kitchen windows and erect a "fence" of little pine trees, which only enhance my view of nothing while I relax. Thank you neighbors. Thank you little red light.

[Stormfeather]

thx for the heads up!