Black Diamond
Distance 1500
1500 lm boost, swappable magnetic battery pack, IP67
The Distance 1500 is Black Diamond's brightest running headlamp: 800 lumens on its max setting and 1500 lumens with PowerTap, a red, green and blue front light, an interchangeable magnetic battery pack with a red rear flasher, a digital lock and an IP67 housing at 213 g.
Key specifications
- Overall score
- 4.4 out of 10,Mid-rangeHow we score
- Light output, brightest setting
- 800 lm
- Beam distance
- 95 m
- Burn time, brightest setting
- 1.7 h
- Power
- Removable rechargeable battery
- Weight
- 213 g
- Dust and water rating
- IP67
Full specification
Light
- Light output, brightest setting
- 800 lm
- Boost mode
- Yes
- Boost light output
- 1,500 lm
- Beam distance
- 95 m
- Light output, lowest setting
- 15 lm
- Figures to ANSI/PLATO FL 1
- Yes
Burn time
- Burn time, brightest setting
- 1.7 h
- Burn time, lowest setting
- 40 h
Power and charging
- Power
- Removable rechargeable battery
- USB-C charging
- Yes
Features
- Red light
- Yes
- Automatic brightness
- No
- Lock
- Yes
Weight and protection
- Weight
- 213 g
- Dust and water rating
- IP67
Variants
1 variant
BD6206948001ALL1Octane- UK model code
BD6206948001ALL1- RRP
- £180
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