Black Diamond stuff is pretty good when it works but I think I've killed 3 or 4 of them by now. All of a sudden they just die but at least Black Diamond has awesome warranty service. I have the Revolt as well and really love the fact it is USB rechargeable so I tend to use this light a lot. Great light output and I'm pretty happy on the battery life if you use it on low setting.

Also have 2 Pretzel Tikka's. Or I should say I killed one in the course of 2 weeks and the other one is definitely on its way out. Great battery life; 3 months in Europe/Morocco and still on the first set of cheap batteries. Light output is good enough camp but unsuitable for riding. Won't purchase again.

I find that I don't use my lights much. I tend to want to use it for a few seconds here or there, like to look in a pot to see how cooking is going. Because I use it so little I found that with a headlamp I tended to not bother to dig it out for the few seconds of use at a time and wound up just doing without.

For me the answer was to wear an egear pico led light on a cord around my neck. It is really tiny, weighs 1/4 ounce, is reasonably bright, and has decent battery life. I think they claim 10 or 15 hours of battery life. For me that means that I finished a coast to coast trip with the same battery and them went on a two week backpacking trip still on the same batteries. Since it is only $5-10 depending on where you buy it, and weighs only 1/4 ounce, I just carry two rather than carry spare batteries. That said i don't think I have ever needed the back up one on any trip.

I find that for most stuff like cooking or other close tasks I can lean over the work so the light shines where i need it with the Pico just hanging from the cord around my neck.

Back when I did use a headlamp I liked my Petzl Tika Plus pretty well. I had a Black Diamond (I forget the model) for a while that failed and wasn't as nice even while it still worked.

good points, reminded me that when we camp, we try to have all that stuff buttoned up before dark anyway. early to bed, early to rise :-)

I forgot to mention... I liked the Petzl better, but at one time I had a Princeton Tec that was OK and held up well.

While I haven't toured with them I have also used cheapie no name lights around home and also car camping with decent success. I think my daughter bought a dozen or so of them possibly in a bulk pack. Maybe from Costco, I forget.

Quite nice for riding on the trail at night, you can see where you point your head.

& if your main headlight dies, you'll have something to see the rd with. was kicking myself recently when I was left in the dark w 3 miles to go

We've never put headlights on our touring bikes. We use Night Rider lights on our everyday bikes, but seldom ride after dark when touring. We used our headlamps for the few times we needed to ride in the dark to be visible, and they do provide a little illumination for riding.

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Another brand to consider
 

I've been really impressed with Coast brand flashlights and headlamps. All their lights come with a lifetime warranty. They're not well known so I thought I'd put in a plug for them.
https://coastportland.com/headlamps/

Their smaller lights aren't set up for rechargable usb though. Their cheapest light that's rechargable has three settings from 530 lumens to 65 lumens and it's $105. The 4 setting 400 lumen headlight I am curently using came in a $28 two pack at Costco and takes 3 AAA bateries.

I don't carry a headlamp with me. I don't see the purpose. I carry an empty 40 ounce PB jar with me for a piss bottle so I don't have to get up overnight. I generally camped out a fairly well lit area anyways since I'm always camped out around town somewhere. It's just extra added weight and something else to go wrong.

I will use my leyzone macro in camp. And put it on the bike next morning. Takes 1 sec.