Klein Tools 56048 Rechargeable Headlamp with Fabric Strap, 400 Lumens, All-Day Runtime

Both. The 56048 comes with an adjustable woven fabric strap with silicone grip that holds it on a bare head, a cap, or over a hard hat shell. The bracket also clips directly into Klein hard hats that have the bracket system built in, so you can skip the strap entirely on those helmets. The light pops out of the bracket for charging without taking the bracket off the hat.

Depends which mode you leave it in. All-On/Boost at 400 lumens runs 4 hours, Spot/High at 200 lumens runs 12 hours, and Flood/Low at 100 lumens runs 22 hours. For a normal 8 to 10 hour day in a panel room or crawl space, the 200 lumen spot mode covers the shift without a top-up. Boost is for short bursts. A colored LED battery gauge on the lamp tells you how much is left before you commit to a long pull.

That is the auto-off light sensor working as intended. The lamp senses bright ambient light and switches off after 3 minutes to save battery, which is handy when you walk out of an attic and forget it is on. If you work somewhere the sensor misreads (bright shop lighting, outdoors in daylight where you still want the beam), hold the power button for 10 seconds to disable the feature.

It charges through a micro-USB port on the lamp body, and Klein includes the cable in the box. There is no removable battery to swap; the 3.7V lithium-ion cell is internal, so plan on charging the unit itself off a USB port, wall adapter, or truck charger. Pull the light out of the bracket and the hard hat stays where it is.

The housing is ABS with a 6 foot (1.8 m) drop-test rating, and it is rated dust and water resistant. At 3.2 oz (91 g) for the lamp it is light enough that a hard hat does not get front-heavy over a shift. It is a jobsite lamp, not a shop lamp.

The 56048 sits on a pivoting mount that swings the beam through up to a 64 degree lighting angle, so you can aim down into a junction box or a floor cavity with your head level. The lamp body itself is slim at 2.25 in (5.7 cm) high, 3.13 in (7.9 cm) wide and 1.38 in (3.5 cm) long, so it does not stand far off the hat brim.

Storage tolerance is wider than charging tolerance, so watch the difference. The 56048 stores from 14 to 131 degrees F (-10 to 55 C), but operating and charging are only rated 32 to 113 degrees F (0 to 45 C). Below freezing it will survive sitting in the truck, but bring it inside or into a warm cab before you plug it in or expect full output.

Three modes, and they trade throw against runtime. Flood/Low at 100 lumens spreads light close in and runs 22 hours, which is what you want at arm's length inside a panel or a device box. Spot/High at 200 lumens throws down a run of conduit or across an attic and gives 12 hours. All-On/Boost combines both at 400 lumens for 4 hours, for when you need to see the far wall.

Yes, Klein lists the 56060 as the accessory for the 56048, so you can refresh the strap rather than replace the whole lamp. That matters for fleets where a dozen of these are issued out and the straps take the abuse before the electronics do.

The 56048 is listed to BC, CE, NR Can, REACH and RoHS. That covers the environmental and EU marking items most institutional and government purchase orders ask for on a battery-powered tool.