Headlamp Reviews

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about headlamps from Climbing's gear experts, and then peruse our field-tested headlamp reviews to choose the best light for your climbs.
  • 2010 Gear Guide: Petzl TIKKA XP²

    Petzl, which in 1973 brought to market the first modern mountaineering headlamp, continues to push forward with headlamp tech, producing the TIKKA XP2.

  • Climbing Magazine Headlamp Review

    One LED will easily run for over 100 hours off of three fresh AA alkaline batteries.

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    2011 Gear Guide: Headlamps

    Every year, LED lights get brighter, rechargeable batteries get stronger for their size, and circuitry shrinks and gets more affordable. Half a dozen nocturnal testers took 10 new lamps and put them through their paces in five states and two countries, on rock, ice, and snow. Here are their favorites.