Originally Posted by
dh024
Or yet another way to do it is to get some self-adhesive velcro tape and use that to attach the headlamp to the helmet (e.g., on a visor). Then, if you want to use the headlamp with the headband, you can detach it from the helmet and re-attach the headband. Just be sure to put the "loop" side of the velcro on the headlamp.
I also had a friend who did something similar by gluing rare earth magnets to his headlamp and helmet.
Good points but I only use a helmet mounted headlamp in winter. Other seasons I am not on the bike during dark hours enough to bother using a second light.
Bike touring I rely solely on the bike mounted headlamp while riding, the headlamp that I use on my head is only used in the campsite.
I have a dedicated winter helmet with a winter liner. Quite frankly that is the only helmet that I have ever attached a headlamp. And I only did that because it was so hard to see my combination lock to open the lock a few times after dark.