Silva appear to have re-written the rule book with their designs for new headlamps to be introduced for 2010!
Silva MinoGeneral task headlamp.
3xAAA
Up to 90 hours runtime, two beam patterns
A quite bonkers design, not much can be said other than: 'gosh, what's that?'. Or words to that effect.
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Silva Trail Runner4xAA
80 lumens, 1x high power LED + two 5mm LED facing down
60 Euro
Seems quite a sensible design for the intended purpose, might be quite a good idea for occasional underground use.
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Silva X-Trail140 lumens, 5 modes
4xAA or a li-ion pack (Plus model)
As above, with the added bonus of a rechargeable pack
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Silva Ranger and Ranger Pro1xAA
IPX7
6 modes (with red light)
75g
~35 Euro
Appear to be 'entry level' headlamps, although possibly only in 'Gucci' outdoors emporiums.
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What these will replace I don't know, but it would look as if the L-Series may be culled to make some space. The X Trail looks similarly specced to the L1, but there's no telling if it's got the same beam set-up as the Trail Runner.
Certainly a lamp which has a strong beam facing forwards
and a downlight looks interesting and slightly makes one wonder why it hasn't been thought of before.
Hello again darkness, my old friend...