couldn’t agree more.. that, and pushing the button turns it off, instead of cycling through four other modes including the completely useless strobe. Hiding the strobe behind the usual press/hold/tap/bump/wait 4.3seconds dance is the right place, since it means it won’t turn on accidentally and I’ll never need it anyway.

I use it for night running on trails, the brightest setting works well. For night fishing and hunting trips the red light is perfect.

The longest backcountry trips I do are canoe trips these days, so it’s easy to carry a solar panel or battery to recharge. Usually I carry a battery on backpacks anyway, for the phone which is also my camera and GPS. Plus it’s good not to be buying and throwing away AAAs, enjoy that part too.

I tried the shock corded headband mod, and went back to the original headlamp band. It worked fine in cooler weather, when I had a beanie on, but in warm weather (without a beanie) the modified band was very annoying. I Like how the nitecore locks easily, so it does not come on in my pack.

I suggest getting any color other then black. The black one is hard to find in the middle of the night. My wife’s white one is a lot easier to find.

I never noticed an issue with the headband, to be honest. But I’m bald and almost always wearing a head covering when outdoors. 🙂

Curious what you think of your headband? I feel like it would somewhat dig into my skin. I went with backcountry banters mod. Basically 3/4” strip of ribbon with a small loop of elastic.

I still use the STCT stashed in my daypack “just in case.” As I hated remembering to stash a head;lamp in each pack, I decided to splurge on the Nu25 two+ years ago. Worked well! No idea how it may work for trail runs but I suspect it would work pretty well!

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

“The Nitecore does the job in the tent but I wouldn’t want to rely on it for all night walking.”

On the other hand, I don’t use a hammer when I need to screw in something either. 🙂