Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/28/this-180-degree-headlamp-is-a.html
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Cool; now you can ruin the night vision of a whole group of people at once, instead of just the person you’re looking at.
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I’m actually tempted to give this a try; I want to run some cables through some crawlspaces and for that this dingus might just work.
But apparently it doesn’t ship to Europe.
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Just bopping into say that the Shop is on a particular tear today. Actually I guess this is like the usual flood of Shop posts we’ve been getting recently, except without the occasional news story inserted to break the crap-posts up.
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if I buy 4 can I have 720 degrees of coverage ?
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Yes really because MORE light pollution is what I’m looking for. When I’m night hiking in terrain that isn’t terribly dangerous I’ll turn all lights off if there’s even just a sliver of moonlight. After a few minutes your eyes adjust and it’s a much better experience.
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Some headlamps have an IR gimmick that detects when they’re shining at each other, and dims it down, but that would be tough with a 180 angle.
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It’s becoming increasingly ironic that I learned the term “crapware” from BoingBoing, and they weren’t talking about the BB shop posts at the time, but…
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Beats the 360 degree head torch
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Your head’s on fire!
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I work in a homeless shelter. When people step out in the middle of the night with headlamps, it is for the purpose of doing crime (from what I can tell, of course they tell me nothing).
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I would not walk with anyone who uses one of these.
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" Its main feature is the flexible LED light that stretches across the front brim of your head."
The brim of my head? I have a brow and a forehead, but a “brim”? I am not Mr Fedorahead.
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It shouldn’t be too difficult to fashion 2-3 of these into a halo; mIght make for good costume effects.
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