Princeton Headlight.

[mick dunn]

After a lot of deliberation and thinking, I finally made the decision to buy one.
£75 (£20 off list price of £95) plus £10 for rechargeable batteries.
Great in the garden lighting up everything, but the other night on the beach I felt a bit deflated.
Bloke next to me had a Cree same as my old one and it was just as good if not a lot better than the Princeton. And my Cree cost £11.
Maybe I should have not bothered and left a specialist light for the likes of cavers for exploring caves. Plus I would be £85 better off.
Mick.

[kev57t]

Princeton

I bet ya Princeton last a lot longer than ya Cree light will I have had mine
About 6 year now and still going strong mick-

[tonybax]

difference being. the princeton is bomb proof

[BillQuay]

You could buy approx 7 cree headlights for that price.

[fishaman]

I agree with what the others say about princetontec they are great,plus you get a 10 year guarantee with them,my light broke after about 7 years so I sent it back to one of there main distribution shops whitby and co in Kendal and 5 days later a brand new 275 Luman lamp was delivered
Brilliant sevice

[fozally]

Mick, I've had mine for about 8 years I am guessing and it gets used a lot for fishing but mainly walking my dogs. The elastic s were not in the best of health so I emailed Princeton and they sent me a new set from the USA free of charge. The postage was about $15 alone. Brilliant service.

I also have Cree lights for the missus and it is excellent for the money. I've burnt out 2 mind in the last 2 years.

[bowsey1]

Cracking lights had one for boutique 8yrs and great service I had one replaced no problem....
My current one has just started to eat batteries though tried different brands still the same.
Get only but 3 hrs on high b4 starts flashing...mind it'll go for ever after that if drop to the less...
Didn't used to have this problem can't figure it out!!!!

[Wood22]

P-Tex

Cannot recommend these enough. I imported mine from the USA what feels like 10 years ago now. Unbelievable kit. Pair with 2900 rechargeable batteries and you are set.

[Wood22]

After a lot of deliberation and thinking, I finally made the decision to buy one.
£75 (£20 off list price of £95) plus £10 for rechargeable batteries.
Great in the garden lighting up everything, but the other night on the beach I felt a bit deflated.
Bloke next to me had a Cree same as my old one and it was just as good if not a lot better than the Princeton. And my Cree cost £11.
Maybe I should have not bothered and left a specialist light for the likes of cavers for exploring caves. Plus I would be £85 better off.
Mick.

I think some of these cree are overkill - few things more off-putting than anglers (and we have all seen it) shining high powered beams into shallow inshore water on clear winter nights - they are way too powerful for the most part and impact to some degree the probability of catching fish. I use my P-Tec on the lower settings for most of my fishing. Stick with it

[Chiefwigum]

I told you before you bought it that you were crackers!

[brownmike]

I told you before you bought it that you were crackers!

Crackers. more like he's got common sense

[Chiefwigum]

Crackers. more like he's got common sense

More money than sense

[rommy]

Only my personal opinion but having read of quite a few incidents of the cree headlights burning out or batteries exploding whilst charging etc. - then I know what I would rather have strapped to my head!

As with anything it is personal choice but I would rather pay for quality myself.

[tonybax]

they are quality and very reliable

[blackrat]

They didn't look very powerful Mick. Then I saw an angler shine it into your right ear, low and behold the beam came out the left one !!!!! ALL ABOARD, ANY MORE TICKETS PLEASE 🚂