Explore the trails at night and scare your friends at 1:00 AM during your 100+ miler with this T-Rex headlamp.
It is also perfect for volunteering at an aid station, you will be the life of the food tent party!
Easily press jaw to turn on the light and unleash three realistic roars (and STOMPS)!
Once the dinosaur has finished roaring, the headlamp remains illuminated with a bright LED light powered by 3 AAA batteries (included!).
In case you trip and fall over that rock that you don’t see, there is a protective lens, that focuses light and keeps the LED from breaking.
The adjustable head strap fits both children and adults. Ages 6 and up. We are all big kids out there on our quest for food tents or trying to nab the next Fastest Known Time record.
This T-Rex makes you look and feel fast!
Nothing will stand in your way, not even the spider webs.
Details and specs
Details
- Bright white LED light
- Protective lens
- Handpainted
- 3 AAA batteries included
- Ages 6 and up
Specs
- Weight: 0.26lbs
- Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.9 x 2.7 inches
Reviews
4.5 stars on the Big Discoveries website – 112 ratings
4.7 starts on Amazon – 4,995 ratings
If my seal of approval doesn’t convince you to buy this DynoBryte headlamp, I don’t think anything will.
– You could also ask for it as a birthday present, like I did. Hopefully, they don’t judge you.
It’s $29.99. One of the cheapest purchases you’ll ever make doing this hella expensive sport.
I’ll see you out there!
[I’m not an ambassador or affiliated with Big Discoveries. I’m just an adult who was a 90’s kid.
I watched Jurassic Park as a kid and it scared me to death. Some of the scenes still scare me as an adult, but I love the movie, anyway.]
A special thanks to @aidstationfireball for sharing this gem of a find
I know you were joking.
My honest review. I went on a night run
I know this is meant to be more of a toy, but here we go. I’m a trail runner, serious at times, but I love having fun.
My first thought when putting on the headlamp… it needs to be able to tilt down just a little more. I like having an adjustable light on my head. This T-Rex needs to have a neck that bends down.
I don’t know how any lumens the light is. The light is bright enough for running on the road with some street lights. I could still see the road in between the street lights.
I could see the light reflecting off of stop signs and street name signs from half a block away. It reminded me of other cheap headlamps that I own.
However, I did step in holes that I normally wouldn’t step in because the light was pointed about one foot ahead of where I would have liked it to be, so this makes a difference.
During my short run to the trail head, there were people leaving a tiny local Hungarian Club.
I was aware that they were probably drinking, so I used caution. Down over a hill past that, two vehicles were pulled over in a sketchy gravel lot, which is overgrown with weeds.
A sketchy vehicle and dark trail
Continuing over to the trail area, I saw a vehicle go in that direction, it then disappeared.
At first, I considered not going over to the trail head at all, but as I got closer, I didn’t see any vehicles parked there.
I safely crossed the road and went towards the very dark trail entrance. NOPE!
It was misty and dark. The light wasn’t bright enough for me to muster up the courage to even go onto the trail. The trail appeared to be a black hole.
I have a fear of the dark. I only trail run at night if I have to. I’d rather have a buddy. T-Rex light is not that buddy.
Feeling freaked out
Thoughts of a homeless person who is further back on the trail came to mind. So did the mountain lion that I ran into last summer. I have trauma from that. Those two things fueled my reasons to turn around.
[If you are not familiar with my mountain lion story, it happened towards the end of my To Hell and Back Fastest Known Time (FKT) run.
Here are two articles I wrote about overcoming my fear, so I could return to trail running]
From Hells Hollow to Breakneck Falls and Back (part 1)
How I Reshaped My Relationship to My Life-Threatening Encounter with a Cougar (part 2)
I turned around, feeling freaked out that I couldn’t see if anyone or anything was lurking in the dark.
Best to go home
Rounding a corner to head home, I went past a mound of dirt covered in tall weeds and grass. A bunny bolted and scared the crap out of me.
Next, I passed a house with a party going on. Someone was walking their dog. I smelled weed.
Currently, it is illegal here in PA, unless it is medical marijuana. Then, back past the two vehicles in the sketchy lot.
I live in a nice area… just not on the nicest side of town.
Wrapping up my testing
Wrapping up my testing of the T-Rex headlamp, I visited an awesome Halloween display.
I try to not drive at night because I don’t see well in the dark. I don’t need glasses, I just can’t see at night the best.
My Black Diamond headlamp doesn’t help me much, it makes me feel similarly as the T-Rex light. Unconfident and scared.
Headlamps at races
At races, I start with a cheap headlamp, like T-Rex, and maybe have a hand held.
This gets me through for the first hour or three (depending on what time the race started). Plus, I’m with other people, I’m not scared.
After a full day of running, when night settles in, I need my Kogalla. I’m tired. The brightest light helps my brain to stay awake. I feel confident and less scared because it lights up so much.
If you would like to get the T-Rex headlamp, unless you’re a brave soul and have good eye sight at night, I don’t recommend it. It’s not for trail running at night, especially alone.
Don’t come at me, like, “well duh.” I genuinely had fun testing out this light. I also like feeling a little scared.
Recommend?
I DO recommend this light for running around a semi-lit town, if you don’t mind that it doesn’t fully tilt down.
Cars could see me. I was also wearing bright orange.
I also recommend this T-Rex light for volunteering at an aid station. 1,000%. That would be fun. It’s not too bright, but just bright enough. Make it roar!
Do you know what else this would be good for?
If you are camping out the night before a race. Use it to walk around in the dark to visit with friends or to use the porta-potty. Those things don’t have lights in there.
And for crewing your runner.
I hope that you found this review entertaining, but also honest. In my opinion, it’s not for trail running, but it could be good during a road run or for volunteering at an aid station.
You will be the life of the food tent party!
For myself, I still love this product. It is cute, awesome, and well made. It is well painted and the colors are vivid.
The light isn’t bad.
The sounds are fun. I like the roaring and stomping, they bring back memories of watching Jurassic Park.
The strap is easy to adjust. I adjusted it while wearing it.
It could be a fun conversation starter.
When I stop (if I stop) hiding this from my daughter (she’s 4 right now), she will love it. I might not get it back.
If you have a kid, I’m sure they would like it, too. The Big Discoveries website has other animal headlamps, too.
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