Our pick of the most reliable options for running at night – whether that's on the hill or on roads
From big old beamers to trusty backups...
Versatile, fully-featured and comfortable to wear headlamp
Looking for stocking-fillers and presents for the adventure-fanatics in your life? Here are a few ideas.
This specialist running headlamp is designed to light up the road or trail in front of you while ensuring you stay highly visible to oncoming...
A straightforward and practical new head torch from Black Diamond; here's a breakdown of our verdict on the Revolt 350
Petzl’s new lightweight, low-bulk headtorch fuses ergonomic design with a very capable 500-lumen light output, while harnessing the power of the brand’s rechargeable Core battery...
Hiking-specific head torches don’t come much brighter than this, the HC65 from Nitecore
Newcomers BioLite look to improve a well-refined product with their HeadLamp 330
Black Diamond update the Spot headtorch, creating a 325 lumen torch that you can rely on.
An alkaline powered headtorch that's also USB rechargeable
It's not super bright or ostentatiously clever, but UP's emergency-friendly Performance Headtorch is decently light and very compact.
Edlerid's Novalite lightweight headtorch is powered by a single AA battery and mixes spot and wider beams for surprisingly useful light output.
German lighting specialist LED Lenser's SEO 7R is a good choice for moderate to medium trail running use with some added quirkiness thrown in.
High-powered Danish Suprabeam V4pro has loads of good points, but we found light mode selection tricky and switch placement frustrating.
The new Nao+ ups the lumen count for 2017 and adds smartphone programmability to the best running headtorch out there.
The brightest head torch in the world, probably, the monstrous XE0 19R is plenty powerful, but there's more to lighting than sheer lumens...
Quirky British-made headtorch with distinctive post-industrial looks and versatile light output makes a good partner for night time running.
Black Diamond's super compact Iota headtorch mixes USB charging with sophisticated features and enough light to get you safely home.
Black Diamond's new compact headtorch packs a lot of punch into a tiny, USB-rechargeable package.
Petzl's latest high-powered headtorch pumps our 750 lumens of reactive lighting with Bluetooth connectivity and more.
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