I have a quad, and have had it reliably in service for many years. It's nice, has decent options for different intensities, still fairly light by conventional standards (extremely light compared to older headlamps), it has a nice long battery life and an indicator LED to tell you when it's time for new batteries. I could't recommend one highly enough.


Personally, I understand the value of downsizing and shedding weight where appropriate, but core safety gear that is already very light and minimal are the last things I would advocate taking the axe to, especially if the gain is maybe an ounce or two. That's a massive increase to risk versus very little reward.