THEE Best Headlamp. Ever. I'm Pretty Sure. (AND A GIVEAWAY!)

A former student of mine now works for a company that makes this:

It's the I-VIEW headlamp. It's for doing anything where you might need a headlamp: working on your car, doing housework in a dark location, biking when it's dark, etc. I've had a headlamp for about 10 years that I mainly use when doing some bike maintanance and when camping, but this I-VIEW light doesn't even compare to my other headlamp.

The I-VIEW is rechargeable and has a CRAZY wide beam of light. You won't believe this.

With my "normal" headlamp, I need to pivot it around to make sure it's pointing where I need it to be. It's a bit of a pain, especially when doing something up close and other things at arm's length - I'm constantly adjusting the pivot point on my "regular" headlamp.

With this I-VIEW, there's no pivot point on the headband because there doesn't need to be - the beam of light is SOOOO wide that you literally can't move your eyes to a place where the beam of light isn't covering!

HERE'S A COMPARISON. Here's a shot (from my iPhone) in our pitch black basement from my point-of-view as I'm wearing my old "normal" headlamp:

Tiny glowing spot in the middle by our soda fridge and upright freezer
(would be plenty bright when doing up close work).

And here's the same point-of-view when I'm wearing the I-VIEW:

Boom. Light EVERYWHERE. (And yes, those are my 2 cases of soda from my recent trip to
MN Largest Candy Store, and my new PVC roller for my legs.)

These were only resized in Photoshop - I did not adjust anything else. (And I didn't do any exposure adjusting when taking the photo.) This is how awesome the I-VIEW is! Here's actually a panoramic iPhone shot to show how wide the coverage is:

The cabinet on the far left faces the white wall on the far right, so it's nearly
180 degrees of coverage. (I took this while not pivoting my head.)

When wearing the I-VIEW, it's nearly IMPOSSIBLE to see the edge of the light. The headlamp lights practically everything within your possible field of view. It's fantastic. It's unlike any headlamp I've ever seen. Seriously, it's awesome.

It would be great as an additional light while biking (or even just your main light) because, well, just LOOK at that bright photo of my basement above. Imagine lighting the ENTIRE bike path with a wide beam of light like that. And it could be good for nighttime running too. It's a bit big for that, but it's lightweight and (as I mentioned) it doesn't pivot, so there's nothing to have to readjust if it bounces out of alignment.

Here are 4 points they make about this headlamp on their website:

Superior Illumination
Set to low or high for a bright 80 to 160 lumens of LED light.

Hands-free On/Off
Wave your hand in front of the lamp to turn it on or off. Even when wearing gloves.

6 Hours of Operation
And up to 3 hours at the highest setting, with only 4 hours to recharge fully.

Lasting Comfort
So you can focus on the work. Remarkably light at a little over 4 oz. I-VIEW is also dust and water-proof.

There's 1 button on either side of the I-VIEW (2 buttons total). The 1 on the left is your basic "click once for BRIGHT, click again for LESS BRIGHT, and click again for OFF" button. The 1 on the right is a great function that's listed as the second point above: click that button, and then you simply wave your hand in front of the light to turn it off and on. If you're doing something greasy but then have to turn off the light to talk to someone (because you don't want to blind them), then just wave your hand in front of the light. That's a GREAT IDEA.


THE PEOPLE AT I-VIEW ARE LETTING ME GIVE AWAY ONE OF THEIR HEADLAMPS! IT'S EASY TO ENTER:

Just leave a comment on this blog post. Yep. It's that easy. I'll pick a random winner from the comments on this post.

If you want to earn an EXTRA entry (totally optional), "like" the Steve in a Speedo page on Facebook and leave a comment on the post about this giveaway. If you've already liked my page, you can still comment on that Facebook post for an extra entry.

Say, for example, I get 50 comments here on this blog post and 20 comments on Facebook, I'll pick a number from 1-70 to pick a winner (calling the 50 blog comments #1-50 and the 20 Facebook comments #51-70). So you can be entered twice to better your odds! I'll pick a winner sometime mid to late next week (maybe the 19th or the 21st).

Pseudo-legal stuff:
- Contest only open to residents of the US. Sorry Canada.
- You may comment now on this post (and on the post on the Steve in a Speedo page on Facebook if you want to) through Wednesday, November 18th.
- The winner will be chosen at random by a random number generator (random.org). If you’ve earned multiple entries, you will get multiple numbers, thus bettering your chances at winning.
- Check back to see if you won! (I'll post the winner on my Facebook page too, but I don't want you to miss it.)
- If the winner does not contact me within 3 days after being announced, I'll be forced to draw a new winner. So check back and KEEP checking back in case the winner is lame!
- And as always, I was simply given a I-VIEW headlamp to review; they didn't ask me to say anything or sway my review in any way. These semi-coherent thoughts are all my own.

So comment on THIS POST NOW to be entered! And LIKE and comment on the entry about this giveaway on the Steve in a Speedo page on Facebook to earn a 2nd entry! Do it now! (Before the end of the day on Nov 18.)

Thanks for the sweet headlamp, I-VIEW!