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I've been using a Black Diamond Icon headlamp for years; paid about $70 for it. It's been reliable, well-built, but dim.

Looked around and found the Titan: http://gemini-lights.com/products/titan .

It's LED based, and has a 900 lumen output. Costs, including shipping, $120. Decided to go for it; significantly less cash than the JetLite, which has been reviewed in this forum. Arrived a few days ago.

The thing is well built. Machined from aluminum, it's a little on the heavy side, and requires a separate 4 cell rechargeable battery pack which fits in a pocket, and connects via an extension cord. It is incredibly bright - even on the low setting, you can't look directly into the beam from 6' away, it's too bright. It illuminates well enough up to about 50 yards.

Rated to give 4 hours runtime on "high".

It runs a little warm; but the headstrap mount keeps it far enough away from skin that it's not a big issue. The headstrap is really nice, much nicer than the Black Diamond. It's comfortable, and you can adjust it for a snug fit while maintaining comfort, and the thing does not slip around at all.

The mount itself uses an O-ring to hold the light to the mount; if I have any doubts as to longevity, they'd be focused here. On the other hand, you can pick up spare O-rings, so, I guess that's acceptable.

I don't like having the cord dangling down; when possible, I'll route that under a jacket.

The big downside: it's made in, and ships from, China. But it only took 3 days to get here via DHL international, so from a purely consumer point of view, it's fine.

Bump.

A month into owning this, used an average of 4x/week, usually about 30 minutes per hike.

The only functional downside is that it's very, very bright. If I want to look at somebody to converse, I have to turn it off.

The switch lights up with different color LEDs depending on charge level. Nice touch to remind me to plug it in.