I spend the first few dingy months and the last dark quarter of each year testing the very best head torches and the finest flashlights on the market, and the advancement in technical capability across both categories over the last couple of years has been incredible. Lights are lasting longer, shining brighter and throwing beams ever further, but if I’m completely honest, the headlamp that has blown me away more than any other this year is one that, at first glance, looks pretty cheap and cheerful: the Dash 450 from brilliant Brooklyn-based brand BioLite.
