My $80 headlamp lost to a $15 one in the rain last weekend

Camped up near Lake Tahoe and it poured for like 6 hours straight on Saturday night. My fancy rechargeable headlamp started flickering and then just died after maybe 45 minutes of use. I dug out the cheap AAA one I keep as backup and it ran the whole rest of the trip without a single issue. The expensive one has all these modes and a battery meter but it can't handle a little moisture. Anyone else had a budget piece of gear beat out their premium purchase in bad weather? I'm thinking of just switching my main headlamp to something simpler.

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janaw113d ago

Those rechargeable ones just aren't built like the old standby models anymore...

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