When you live further north, you really notice the difference in daylight between summer and winter. In the winter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer. Normally, this wouldn’t matter so much – most cities have streetlamps or other lights that constantly light up the night sky. When you live outside the city, though, there aren’t many street lights, which means if you’re an early morning riser, you might be going outside while it’s still dark (in the morning.)
While flashlights could certainly work, using an Energizer night headlight, like the Energizer Brilliant Beam TrailFinder Headlight, helps us free up that second hand that so often comes in useful, like when we need to run out to the wood pile for some firewood. So, on our latest trip to Walmart, we decided to pick up a headlight to light up those nights we need to be out of the house.
It wasn’t immediately clear where the Energizer night headlights were in the store, and after checking the battery center and the lights section, we were quickly directed to the camping section, where we found four different options. After weighing the benefits of each headlight, we finally opted for the Energizer Brilliant Beam TrailFinder, mainly because it’s powerful beam, coming in at 77 lumens, is just what we need up here. I also liked that there were four different lighting options – high beam, low beam, floodlight, and “night vision,” which uses a red light so you don’t disturb other people (or wildlife.)
The Energizer Brilliant Beam TrailFinder Headlight had four different light modes.
We recently set-up a firepit area where we can BBQ and just “hang out” at night. Sometimes, if the fire runs low, we need to make a quick trip to the wood pile to gather more wood. Usually, it’s a rather slow “quick trip” because we have to navigate in almost total darkness. The solution – put on the Energizer night headlight and BAM! instant light to shine the way AND you can still use both hands to stack up the wood for the fire.
Picking up wood with two hands = much easier than picking up wood with one hand and a flashlight
We enjoy taking night walks around the land with the dogs, but at night, we don’t want to let them run around off-leash. Sophie and Sera are both leash trained, but with the occasional rabbits, deer, and coyotes that roam around, it’s better that they aren’t sniffing out of sight. When we’re walking the dogs, it’s much easier to hold onto the leashes of two dogs if you don’t have to hold a flashlight as well. Especially when the two dogs sometimes start following scents in opposite directions.
The Energizer Brilliant Beam Headlight lights the way…
The hands-free light that the Energizer night headlights provides can be used in even more ways – from lighting up the engine while working on the car or heading out to turn off the sprinklers in the middle of a rainstorm (flashlight, umbrella, and keys).
How would you use an Energizer bright headlight?
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Danielle Papsis says
June 6, 2013 at 8:23 amMy boyfriend uses one of these when he goes fishing at night and when he did snow blowing this winter late at night because our snow blower doesn’t have a light on it. (That was a little scary for me). These headlights are great!
Miriam Tirips says
June 6, 2013 at 11:24 amOh yes! Shovelling and clearing snow is so much easier if you have a headlight. Now that I think about it, it’d be good to keep one in the truck in general. Changing tires, brushing snow off the car etc. at night would be a lot easier if you don’t have to hold a flashlight too.
Megan says
June 6, 2013 at 9:54 amI know someone who often uses this as a reading light at bedtime.
Miriam Tirips says
June 6, 2013 at 11:26 amThat’s a great idea! We have a Beam N’ Read but a headlight would totally work too.
Melissa Lawler says
June 6, 2013 at 11:06 amI am envious. I would love a fire put!
Miriam Tirips says
June 6, 2013 at 11:27 amWe just finished it a couple of months ago. It’s going to be much used this summer, that’s for sure. 🙂
Lisa R says
June 6, 2013 at 11:32 amThese are great to have in the care in case you get stuck somewhere without road lights
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Karen Glatt says
June 6, 2013 at 11:35 amI have to get one of theses Energizer night headlights because I have always wanted to go walking out at night, but do not have a bright light to use. Thanks for this post because I am getting this light!
kath g says
June 6, 2013 at 12:37 pmi’ve been wanting to buy one of these, but there are SO many choices out there, so i’m glad to read your review. i would always rather buy something that has been reviewed by a real person in real life situations and the pictures really help too. thanks.
Carolyn Barnett says
June 7, 2013 at 10:01 amLooks awesome! We sure could use one of these! We live back in the woods and there are no street lights!
krista grandstaff says
June 7, 2013 at 3:46 pmI’m always out at night, walking the dogs, biking…camping almost year round… this is an excellent idea, and I love the hands’ free aspect…yay!
Mer says
June 9, 2013 at 3:06 pmWow! That is dramatic. This would be perfect for walking the dogs on a dark winter evening.
SAJJAN says
June 10, 2013 at 2:18 amwow..!! itz cool. i would like to use it while entering into the deep forest in night.
Ari says
June 16, 2013 at 11:23 amYes, a hands-free light would be great for those early mornings when it’s winter and you have to leave for work, or to just shovel or use a snowblower. Have had far too much experience with that. It also works when you are coming home late and don’t have the front lights on, you can just grab the light from the car and head to the door! This is a great investment! Thanks for the review and your photos!
Sylvia Ortiz says
June 24, 2013 at 8:07 pmI would use the Energizer Night Headlight to keep by my bedside in case of an emergency blackout or natural disaster – so that we our family can safely exit our home.
Kristin Wheeler (Mama Luvs Books) says
July 10, 2013 at 11:45 amI love how you show the lighting modes of the headlight in your photos! COOL!
Lori Pace says
July 11, 2013 at 1:18 pmI love how many modes the light has! How versatile!