I’m sitting on the couch icing a severely swollen ankle after tripping on a root the other morning on an early am trail run. I have an older petzle light that is fine for the road but doesn’t quite cut it for dark, uneven trails.
I also found that while it did an ok-ish job of illuminating what’s out front of me, I basically had no vision of where I was about to step as the headlamp doesn’t really light up what’s directly in front of you.
What’s a good set up for very rocky/uneven trails after dark? Are hip or chest mounted lights a thing? Preferably looking for something without disposable batteries.
When I used to run regularly on dark trails I had a cheap rechargeable headlamp on broad beam on a waist belt. On my head I had a super bright rechargeable head lamp on a narrow beam. The combination worked well.
Agree with everyone on the wasitlamp. Ultrapsire is nice. I’m also thinking a new headlight. check out Bio-lIte. can get at Rei and direct. Way brighter then what you I have I’m betting. They are priced nice and the battery life and brightness are top notch.