Petzl Core Rechargable battery comparison with AAAs for Headtorch Zipka Tikka etc

I like headtorches a bit too much, my current favourite is the Petzl Zipka (available with headband as the Tikka), but as the Petzl Core Rechargable battery is more expensive than this headtorch, I was never sure if it was worth the money.
Having compared these, the Core is slightly brighter than fresh AAA's, but after an hour retains 50% brightness, compared with 30% for AAA's, and you can plug in and recharge easily, rather than either starting with used AAA or changing them before they have run out.
For me I think this makes the Core a good upgrade, however for only about £10 more than Zipka+Core you can get the Reactik rechargable which is brighter, and has the light sensitive mode so that complicates things a bit more ;)

[@paul7000]

This Is brilliant. I wish producers did tests like that

[@joeclay9745]

Thanks for video. Very interesting.

[@ricardog4459]

Thanks for the review, 1 question, how long does this rechargeable core battery lasts? I think regular batteries can last 5 hours NP before the lamp is dead

[@ricardog4459]

@Mark Dane thanks. I actually bought it. I never use the max setting, but in medium setting it lasts around 6h, in low setting no idea, like forever lol. Only downside is that it takes a long time to recharge, with a fast charger maybe 3h. Cheers

[@RichRich1955]

I use 1000mah nimh and at 100 lumens change them at 2hrs run time so that's frequent.

[@johnkenny694]

Think of the money you will save on AAA batteries using the core Rechargable .AAA Rechargable batteries are not a option. why? They take 8 hrs to charge and go dim after about a hour. So i use a Petzl Actik and 2 spare core batteries with a 20000mAh power bank for recharging and that puts a end to any light fucking problems i might encounter!!.

[@GabrielKozsar]

NIMH AAAs are usually 800-850mAh at most and 1.2V , as far as I know. I am not sure if they are configured in parallel or series but probably in series to get the 3.6V for the LED forward Voltage. NIMHs have terrible/low discharge rate , long charge time and low capacity and lower Voltage than alkaline (1.5V). Lithium is the way to go for high drain/discharge situations LiPO weighs less, more capacity , higher Voltage , low temperatures can be a issue , can be charged from powerbank or solar and no more junk batteries. The Petzl Swift battery has around 300 cycles lifetime according to their website. . That means 300 x (3xAAA alk. batteries) = tell me it is not worth it

[@trimounixavier9148]

Aerocell batteries are perfect if you want leak......

[@tyronewalker5764]

Duracell, Energizer or forget it!😐