OrCohenYeah, I've been wondering about that. The e-Lite is one of my favorite pieces of equipment; the only downside is that I literally keep losing them because they're so easy to misplace because they're so small and light.
One of the things that I liked about them is that the wiry elastic cord managed to be comfortable to wear, kept the e-Lite secure on my head, and kept with the small/light/portable aspect of the whole package. I'm dubious about the new model with its massively bulkier cloth band. In fact I might order an old one right now so I don't end up having to buy one of the new ones.
DaaaI did the same! Got it at a cheap price too, perhaps because it was a discontinued model.
And then ... I've managed to lose it already. It might be hiding deep in the pocket of one of my backpacks but I can't find it.
So I might join this newest massdrop. Yeah it's the new model but it's still clearly a great piece of equipment. The new ones are lighter and brighter, but I don't like the idea of carrying a storage case around and I loved how the cord strap on the old models spooled itself into to body of the headlamp.
But it's still a piece of equipment that hits a sweet spot, brighter and more useful and full-featured than the teeny tiny lights, and much smaller and lighter than the full-size headlamps, small enough to take pretty much anywhere. (I like to take mine when I do ordinary travel, as an emergency light in case the hotel loses power. OTOH that's how I lost yet another e-Lite before. When I backpack or dayhike I have a fixed place where things go, including my headlamp. But when I get out of that routine, as with ordinary travel or car-camping, then I don't have an automatic instinct about where to put my headlamp and that's how I'm losing those e-Lites, especially because I can stash them places such as pants pockets that I wouldn't put my Tikka in.)
One of the things that I liked about them is that the wiry elastic cord managed to be comfortable to wear, kept the e-Lite secure on my head, and kept with the small/light/portable aspect of the whole package. I'm dubious about the new model with its massively bulkier cloth band. In fact I might order an old one right now so I don't end up having to buy one of the new ones.
And then ... I've managed to lose it already. It might be hiding deep in the pocket of one of my backpacks but I can't find it.
So I might join this newest massdrop. Yeah it's the new model but it's still clearly a great piece of equipment. The new ones are lighter and brighter, but I don't like the idea of carrying a storage case around and I loved how the cord strap on the old models spooled itself into to body of the headlamp.
But it's still a piece of equipment that hits a sweet spot, brighter and more useful and full-featured than the teeny tiny lights, and much smaller and lighter than the full-size headlamps, small enough to take pretty much anywhere. (I like to take mine when I do ordinary travel, as an emergency light in case the hotel loses power. OTOH that's how I lost yet another e-Lite before. When I backpack or dayhike I have a fixed place where things go, including my headlamp. But when I get out of that routine, as with ordinary travel or car-camping, then I don't have an automatic instinct about where to put my headlamp and that's how I'm losing those e-Lites, especially because I can stash them places such as pants pockets that I wouldn't put my Tikka in.)