Black Diamond Spot 350 vs Vitchelo V800

Feeling pretty excited to see what the Spot 350 could do, I start hitting the top button and "toggle" through the settings:

The red LED setting is very bright compared to its peer headlamps and the fact that it has an independent switch for on/off is amazing -- I never understood why manufacturers would put a red LED option to preserve your night vision yet force you to toggle through the white light settings before you could get to the red setting. It has a high quality head band fabricated from elastic and nylon vs. the frizzy cotton or cheap nylon that appears to be so popular with the competition. I gave it four stars simply because the access to the battery compartment is a compression fitting vs

I recently purchased this because I lost my old Black Diamond COSMO headlight. Overall, I am really pleased with this one. Black Diamond's update to their headlight series has made them much easier to use. The second button, plus the Power Tap and battery meter are great additions

I want something better than a crappy $5. The nicest one I ever had was REI and I think it was like almost $100, but that was a gift. I really can't justify spending more than $40 or something, especially because these are easy to lose and while the more expensive ones are definitely better, like, how much better can they actually be? Here's what I like about this one: I like that there are separate buttons for red and white light. Some headlamps make you go through white lights before you get to red, which makes no sense, especially if you're using red to keep from messing up your night vision