Most Valuable Gear: Mammut T-Trail Headlamp

Shine a bright light for the right price!

Mammut T-Trail HeadlampNeed a headlamp? Need one for a great price? Look no further! Boasting 4 Definition.LEDs that will shine an 80 lumen, wide angle floodlight for up to 30 meters and keep at it on high-power for 20 hours, Mammut's T-Trail headlamp is a streamlined, no-fuss headlamp that doesn't skimp on quality. The T-Trail's utility, ease-of-use, and rugged construction are all reasons that we have given it our Most Valuable Gear Award!

3 reasons why we love the Mammut T-Trail Headlamp:

1. It's ultralight.

Coming in at just 72 grams (including the batteries!) the T-Trail will feel like a luminescent feather on your head. This lends itself very well to all sorts of weight-watching outdoor pursuits, like backpacking, climbing, and trail running. We're of the opinion that nothing is worse than being uncomfortably aware of a heavy headlamp bouncing around on your head. With its barely-there weight and uber-adjustable headband, that sad, sorry state of affairs won't be anywhere close to your reality when you're wearing the T-Trail!

2. It's a great value.

At less than $20, the T-Trail is a fantastically robust headlamp for the price! Buy it as your primary headlamp for hiking, bouldering, or camping, or buy it as a spare to keep around for walking your dog, stashing in an emergency kit, or keeping in your car's glove compartment. With an IPX6 rating, the T-Trail is water-tight; and though it isn't submersible, it will withstand the most torrential downpours and dust storms that you could ever feasibly find yourself in. The 4 Definition.LEDs that the T-Trail is packing in its sleek little housing are highly versatile. Keep them on high-power, and you'll see up to 30 meters ahead for 20 hours; perfect for taking in your surroundings when the night falls and you need to see as much detail as possible. Keep the T-Trail on medium power, and you'll be able to see 20 meters ahead for 40 hours at a time--perfect for making it back to camp when the sun has set at the swimming hole. At low power, you'll see 10 meters in front of you, and the batteries will last for an astounding 80 hours! A well-built ratcheting mechanism within the housing allows for 45 degrees of beam adjustment to see exactly what is on the ground in front of you.

3. It will never turn on in your pack.

Not only does the T-Trail feature the aforementioned water-tightness, 3 brightnesses and a myriad of angles for it's fantastic floodlight-ing LEDs, as well as its all-around rugged construction, there's more! Mammut has built within the T-Trail an intuitive locking mechanism to prevent it from turning on in your pack--you must double-click the power button to turn on the headlamp. Now, that may sound a little, well, simple to boast about, but in that very simplicity lies its genius: No more holding down the power button for 30 seconds to lock the headlamp before putting it away; no more convoluted button combinations to unlock it--just a simple double-click, as if you were double-clicking a mouse, every time. And it will never turn on in your pack. Guaranteed.

Buy the Mammut T-Trail Headlamp right here!