BioLite
BioLite Range 300 (300 lumens)
- Brightness: 5/10 How much light it gives at full power, for finding your way in the dark.
- Runtime: 5/10 How long one charge or set of batteries lasts at a level you can walk and cook by.
- Weight: 8/10 How much it adds to your pack and your head.
Lightweight backpacking and wild camping where every gram counts
- Brightness
- 300 lumens (maker's figure)
- Runtime
- 4 h at 300 lumens
- Weight
- 52 g
- Power
- Rechargeable
- Water rating
- IPX7
Where to buy
Alpinetrek £40.80 In stock. Delivery £4.49. Reduced price in blue: the page shows £42.95 struck through, so this is a sale price. Wild Fig is £42.95 and in stock. Grey is out of stock. Free delivery from £85, £4.49 under £85.
View at shop: AlpinetrekGO Outdoors £43 In stock. Delivery £3.99. 1p above the £42.99 UK RRP. Free standard delivery on orders £80+. Wild Fig.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Brightness
From maker's figures 5/10How much light it gives at full power, for finding your way in the dark. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Maker's figure, 300 lumens on High with no test standard stated: the 300–499 band (maker's figure).
Runtime
From maker's figures 5/10How long one charge or set of batteries lasts at a level you can walk and cook by. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
BioLite gives 4 hours on High (300 lumens), the 4–5.9 h band. The Low mode (1.5 lumens, 100 hours) is under 80 lumens, so it doesn't count. Live for the Outdoors lists 3.5 hours, the 2–3.9 h band; The Trek's tester got a bit over 4 hours.
Weight
From maker's figures 8/10How much it adds to your pack and your head. 8: Clearly better than most.
BioLite's product page lists 52 g and its Range guide page 50 g, both in the 50–89 g band. Reviewers weighed 51 g (Live for the Outdoors) and 55 g (The Great Outdoors).
What reviewers say (out of 10)
Ratings marked * are from reviews and are not part of the trip score. They are reviewers' scores, not our own measurements. How we score
Comfort*
Reviewers' average 9/10How comfy and steady it sits on your head.
4 reviews on comfort, e.g. "It’s easy to adjust and doesn’t bounce around or feel front-heavy.".
Ease of use*
Reviewers' average 7/10How easy the buttons, modes and lock are, with gloves too.
3 reviews on ease of use, e.g. "Operation is very intuitive, since there’s only one rubberised button, sensibly positioned on top of the unit.".
In short
Good for
- Lightweight backpacking and wild camping where every gram counts
- Short night walks, camp chores and a back-up light in the pack
- Wet-weather trips: IP67, so it survives rain and a dunk
Strengths
- 52 g with the battery: Live for the Outdoors calls it one of the lightest full-featured head torches
- Soft one-piece band with no bounce
- IP67: submersible to 1 m for 30 minutes
- Fast USB-C charging: 0–80% in 30 minutes, and 8 minutes adds an hour at full power
- Single button with stepless dimming, brightness memory, strobe and a lock mode
Weaknesses
- 4 hours at full power by BioLite's figure, and Live for the Outdoors lists 3.5 hours
- No red light, which matters in a shared shelter
- The beam is a single white LED with a modest 75 m reach
- The 817 mAh battery is built in: no AAA fallback or swappable cell on a long trip
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.
ShowHide sources (5)
- BioLite: Range 300 product page and tech specs (EU shop; the US page gives the same figures)
- Live for the Outdoors: BioLite Range 300 head torch review
- The Great Outdoors: BioLite Range 300 review (James Roddie; first printed in the January 2026 issue, online 12 February 2026)
- The Trek: BioLite Range 300 headlamp review (Jim Rahtz; unit received for review)
- Joint Forces News, Gormley's Gear: BioLite Range 300 USB-C Headlamp (Mike Gormley; used on an extended trip away; the page does not say whether the unit was supplied)