Product Description

Available in Desert and Forest Camouflage color schemes, the lightweight and compact Petzl Tactikka XP is designed for backcountry hiking and hunting. Equipped with a powerful single LED bulb, three lighting levels, a boost mode and colored wide angle lenses, the high-performing Tactikka XP is ready for adventure. A 1-Watt LED bulb produces a maximum brightness of 40 Lumens. Three standard settings allow you to regulate the length of the beam from 59 feet to a maximum of 114.8 feet. By adjusting the length of the beam, you can maximize efficiency, increasing burn time from 60 hours to 120 hours. For those moments when you need just a bit more power, a convenient Boost mode casts a 164 foot beam for 20 seconds. An additional setting produces a strobe light for emergency signaling. A hinge on the housing of the Tikka XP enables you to aim the beam where you need it most. You can also adjust the beam from a flood beam for sharp, proximity lighting to a spot beam setting for maximum distance. In addition to the standard clear lens, the Tactikka XP includes red, green and blue filtering lenses. These lenses make the beam less conspicuous and are more conducive to maintaining night vision. The Tactikka XP is powered by three Alkaline AAA batteries (included). With batteries, the Tactikka XP weighs a mere 3.35 ounces. A battery level indicator light warns you when batteries are 70% depleted and again when batteries are 90% depleted. A comfortable, elastic headband allows the Tactikka XP to adjust to fit varied head sizes and even includes an integrated carrier for one of the colored lens options. Water-resistant and suitable for all-weather use, the Petzl Tactikka XP is available in Desert and Forest Camouflage color schemes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3133 in Home Improvement
• Color: Camouflage
• Brand: Petzl
• Model: E89 PC
• Number of items: 1

Features

• High performance headlamp with colored wide angle lenses
• Discreet proximity lighting to preserve night vision: interchangeable red, green, blue and transparent wide-angle lenses
• Boost mode shines 50 meters and 40 lumens
• Compact and light weight: 95 grams including batteries
• Battery level indicator light warns when batteries are 70% and 90% discharged

From the Manufacturer
The Petzl TACTIKKA XP has won numerous awards from Hunting and fishing journals for its superior performance and numerous features. Winner of Gray's Best and Field and Stream 2006 Best of the Best this light is perfect for setting up deer stands or hiking in the woods. Very light weight and compact, this light throws a beam of light t up to 50 meters away. Whether you are hiking, climbing, hunting, fishing or working in the attic of your house, the Tactikka XP has the features you need. Three different levels of light, plus a flashing function are available by simply pushing one button on top of the light. Running on three AAA batteries, the Tactikka XP will last up to 120 hours. This light comes with three colored lenses (red, blue, green) to preserve your night vision. This is a critical feature when you don't want to spook game. When working in close proximity there is a convenient filter that slides over the LED to create a diffused flood light. The sliding lens allows you to go from flood to spot instantly and without having to turn off the light or cycle through settings. A battery level indicator warns the user when the batteries are 70% and 90% discharged. The Boost mode is only found from Petzl and with a push of a button the light shines up to 50 meters and provides 40 lumens of light. The Boost function is perfect for situations where more light is needed for a short period of time, like trying to figure out what is shaking that bush in the distance! The Petzl Tactikka XP comes with a comfortable camo-colored elastic headband and carrier for second lens on the headband.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding product
As an electronics tech who has spent the better part of seven years working nights, I have gone through many different flashlights. This is the best one yet. I don't recommend flashlights to my co-workers because I always believe they may be able to find something better than what I have if they do some searching. This light is the exception! It is not the brightest I have ever used, but it is very bright. The long battery life more than makes up for the brightness. The only lights I have used that were brighter than this one were from two particular manufacturers and the batteries on each of those lasted less than a half hour continuosly. This light runs for eight hours with little noticable dimming and then does it all over again the next day. If you rely heavily on a hands free flashlight, this is the best one out there.

Outstanding headlamp
This really is an outstanding headlamp. It is exceedingly bright, and outshines and outlasts my other headlamps (both LED and incandescent).
It comes with minimal instructions, and while you really don't need them, there are a few things that took me a second or thirty to figure out.

1) The battery indicator LED -- it will start flashing a few seconds after you turn the headlamp on. I thought mine didn't work at first because I didn't wait long enough with the lamp on.
2) There is a nice little clip on the strap that will hold one extra lens - to remove the lens, you'll probably need to use your thumbnail to push it out from the back until it clicks, then you can use the slide tab to pull it out the rest of the way.
3) Multiple light modes -- when you initially turn the light on, you can hit the switch multiple times to change light modes. If you wait too long, the light will turn off the next time you hit the button, rather than switch to the next mode -- this is, in fact, good, so that if you want to kill the light quickly once you've been using it, you don't have to cycle through the other modes until it goes off.

Finally, the desert color is very nice -- it's sort of in between khaki and olive drab.

Bright
Wow, this is a fantastic headlamp, in fact I still have sunspots flashing across my retinas from playing with this earlier. The Tactikka XP is probably the brightest headlamp I have discovered for this size package. Structurally, the unit appears to be identical to the Tikka XP Headlamp, yet is in a nice khaki drab color. The headlamp is very robust, simple to operate, and seemingly very water resistant.