Dating back to at least 1815 — when Sir Humphry Davy introduced the Davy lamp, featuring an enclosed flame and a clip miners could attach to helmets or clothing — hands-free illumination has proven incredibly useful.
The category leapt forward with helmet-mounted carbide lamps and later headband-mounted electric ones — and now a product that lets you control the beam without hands.
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Coast RL35R Voice Controlled Headlamp
Specs
| Light Output (Combined High) | 1100 lumens |
| Beam Distance (Combined High) | 557 feet |
| Runtime (Spot Low) | 80 hours |
The Coast RL35R Voice Controlled Headlamp offers 15 intuitive commands, enabling you to speak it on and off and cycle through numerous options.
These include spotlight, floodlight and ARC280, a wide semi-circle of warm illumination. At peak power, you can cast 1100 lumens with a 613-foot beam.
Use cases extend as far as you can imagine. Think of evening mountain biking, early morning skinning or trekking (with poles), cold-weather activities requiring gloves, industrial tasks and, heck, hanging onto a ladder while stringing up 25,000 imported Italian twinkle lights.
You can also activate green, red and blue lights, adjust power levels and say “Coast Maximum” for all-out visibility. Settings can also be adjusted via buttons, should you suddenly find yourself in A Quiet Place.
