Team Geared Up

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES (Team Geared Up) - Apologies to AltusLumen who sent us this product to review months ago. In-between my country transitions, only having a quick go myself, and handing it around a few people (engineers, outdoors & DIY dad’s) we’ve come out with a review!

If you need a lamp that stands up high on itself, spins 360, or can be used in the hand, it’s a great product, very well engineered and very robust. The general consensus is, it should last for years. Particularly useful is the ability to slide it into a pocket, yet the tri-pod is self-contained.

It gives off a very good even light on lamp mode and a nice narrow beam for detailed work (but I would imagine a headtorch is better in this role), the even light is excellent for working with. I could see good uses for this as the addition to a bike tool kit, for night-time transition stops in adventure races and all around the DIY workshop.

We didn’t empty the rechargeable batteries but AltusLumen states the runtime is around 1.8hours for ‘Area Light’ and around 8 hours for ‘Spot Light’ once the battery is fully charged and an extendible battery pack is available. I like rechargeable things - although they don’t transition to the outdoors (or cold) particularly well.

The recommended retail price is US$99, which compared to other head torches is expensive. This may be an unfair comparison as AltusLumen are focused in designing and manufacturing professional LED lights for engineers which reflects in it - it’s built strong and designed for shedding very bright even light on very concise detailed work.

If you’d like your own, you can pick one up in their online shop.

-Robin.

(Image Credits: Photos taken by the Team Geared Up Blog authors & friends. Permission granted to AltusLumen to redistribute with credit.)