Black Diamond Icon Headlamp Review

A bright powerful choice for adventurers who demand high output lighting the black diamond icon headlamp boasts 500 lumens waterproof construction and a removable balanced battery pack.

Black diamond icon headlamp review.

My review of this fancy headlamp. For black diamond headlamp reviews this is definiltely a notable headlamp. It also has the distance and proximity modes to allow changing of the settings when going down a beat path. It was super bright and it held up for many years.

The black diamond icon is a top scoring headlamp in our trail finding test due to its unique combination of a 90meter beam distance and excellent battery life. The less time you have to spend worrying about the excel spreadsheet means more time you get to spend hunting. Two of the 3 had poor reliability in that the wire between the battery pack and the headlamp frayed within 1 2 years. There are now better headlamps out there i d recommend a fenix headlamp that uses a 18650 battery like the hl 60.

Also i ve owned 3 black diamond icon headlamps. Comparison chart of each of the bd headlamp ranges with the icon being the most at 125m. This device is not the type of headlamp that dims as it hits the years. The icon is durable waterproof to 1m reliable easy to operate has good battery life and has multiple light modes and settings.

That headlamp was advertised to be 200 lumens at full power. Reviewed in the united states on december 14 2017 i got this headlamp to replace my older black diamond headlamp since it was starting to fall apart. Update my review is old. Whether you re rappelling an alpine route or 50 miles into an overnight trail run the black diamond icon headlamp provides an unparalleled 500 lumen output making it our most powerful light.

The icon is black diamond s flagship headlamp and packs a punch with 500 max lumens. But newer lights using more modern tech batteries like the fenix hp25r and zebralight h600w mk iv offer more power at a better power to weight ratio than today s icon. It can maintain the dazzle throughout its life.