Petzl Tikka® Headlamp

Compact and user-friendly, the Petzl Tikka® headlamp offers 350 lumens of brightness with its red lighting. Originally launched 20 years ago as Petzl's first LED lamp, it is a must-have for night hikes, overnight camping, reading in your tent, or traveling. With a single button and a compact design, the Tikka® is easy to use and fits in your jacket pocket or backpack. Its phosphorescent reflector makes it visible in the dark, while the red lighting prevents blinding those around you. TIKKA® comes with 3 standard batteries and is also compatible with the CORE rechargeable battery, designed with the HYBRID CONCEPT.

Features

• Compact and lightweight: weighs just 94 g
  

• Homogeneous and comfortable proximity lighting:
  
  
  • Offers a wide and evenly distributed beam, making it easy to see objects nearby or at one's feet.
  • Provides three white lighting modes: MAX BURN TIME, STANDARD (an optimal balance between brightness and battery life), and MAX POWER.
  • Includes steady red lighting to preserve night vision without dazzling others, along with a strobe function to help indicate one’s position, particularly useful in emergency scenarios.

• Simple and intuitive to operate:
  
  
  • Equipped with a single button for swift and straightforward selection of light intensity or colour.
  • Features a tilting plate that allows effortless adjustment of the beam angle, up or down.
  • Displays battery charge level whenever the lamp is switched on or off.
  • Contains a phosphorescent reflector, making it easier to locate the lamp in darkness.
  • Incorporates a LOCK function to prevent accidental activation during transport or storage.
  • Comes with a detachable, washable headband, designed symmetrically for hassle-free adjustments.
  • Includes a storage pouch that conveniently converts the headlamp into a lantern.
  • Built with HYBRID CONCEPT technology: supplied with three AAA/LR03 batteries, and also compatible with the CORE rechargeable battery (sold separately); automatically recognises the power source and adjusts performance accordingly.
  • Compatible with the HELMET ADAPT and BIKE ADAPT 2 mounts, enabling secure attachment to various helmet models or to a bicycle.
    
    

WARNING: This lamp is not certified for use on public roads. In areas governed by traffic regulations, Petzl lights are not a replacement for officially approved lighting systems.

Lighting Performance

Lighting performance with 3 AAA / LR03 batteries

Lighting performance with rechargeable CORE rechargeable battery

Technology

Technical Notice

• Download the PDF : technical-notice-TIKKA-TIKKA-CORE-1 - 1.92 MB
• Download the PDF : technical-information-ANSI - 0.07 MB
• Download the PDF : HEADLAMPS - ACCESSORY COMPATIBILITY - 0.55 MB

Declaration Of Conformity

• Download the PDF : UE-Declaration-E061AAXX&E067AAXX-TIKKA-TIKKA-CORE - 0.67 MB

Tips for maintaining your equipment

• Download the PDF - 2.04 MB

Technical Content

How is Lighting Performance Measured with the ANSI/PLATO FL1 Protocol?

Example of a light output curve for a STANDARD LIGHTING headlamp.

Information on LED Lighting

As a headlamp manufacturer concerned for the safety of its customers, Petzl has chosen to present information in its product instructions about the risks to the eyes associated with LED lighting. For this, the company uses the EN 62471: 2008 standard, photobiological safety of lamps and devices using lamps, though it is not mandatory. This standard classifies lamps according to risk groups.

Led Lighting And Blue Light

Most of today's headlamps are made with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). Currently, the most profitable way to make white LEDs is to combine a blue-wavelength diode with a yellow luminophore.

As seen in the diagram below, LEDs emit primarily blue light (wavelength 450-495 nm). 

Emission spectrum of a Petzl headlamp

In case of direct, repeated exposure at high power, blue light can harm the eyes: retinal damage, aggravation of macular degeneration, blinding. These risks are especially significant for children because of their higher sensitivity to blue light.

This is why as a headlamp manufacturer, Petzl has a duty to inform its customers of the existence of these risks, even if they are minimal for normal use of Petzl headlamps.

Risk Groups

The EN 62471: 2008 standard on the photobiological safety of lamps provides a methodology for measuring and classifying the risks due to blue light emission. 

The risk groups are as follows:

• Risk group 0: no risk.
  
• Risk group 1: low risk. The product presents no risk related to exposure limits under normal usage conditions.
  
• Risk group 2: moderate risk. The reflex to look away from the lamp suffices to reduce the risk.
  
• Risk group 3: high risk. The product can present a risk even with a momentary or short exposure.
  
  

Depending on the risk group. the manufacturer must make a label and/or a specific informational notice.

It is important to underline that the risk level is partly related to the distance between the light source and the eye. Thus, moving away from the light source reduces the risk level. The risk level is also related to the duration of exposure.

Brightness and beam shape are other factors influencing the risk level. Note that Petzl determines the risk level of its lamps by testing the worst-case scenario: a focused beam at maximum brightness.

Moreover, the risk group is currently evaluated at 20 cm from the lamp, which is relatively close compared to a common accidental exposure.

How Does Petzl Communicate In Its Instructions?

Here is an example of an informational insert on photobiological risk given in the Instructions for Use for Petzl headlamps:

Petzl communicates about the maximum risk associated with its lamps, specifying the distances at which this risk level is reduced. For this example, the lamp is classified in risk group 2. The lamp moves to risk group 1 when it is at a distance of 1.3 m from the user's eyes.

You should know that most headlamps currently on the market are classified in a risk group greater than or equal to 1.  However, few manufacturers communicate about this risk.

Recommendations 

Regardless of a lamp's risk level, we recommend: 

• Never look directly at a lit headlamp
• Avoid aiming a headlamp beam into another person's eyes
• Do not leave a child alone with a headlamp, as children's eyes are especially sensitive to blue light

For more information, see the ANSES report: Health effects of lighting systems using light-emitting diodes (LEDs).

Hybrid Concept: The Choice of Standard Batteries or Core Rechargeable Battery for Your Headlamp

The HYBRID CONCEPT construction allows Petzl HYBRID headlamps to run on either the CORE rechargeable battery or three AAA/LR03 batteries, without an adapter. A practical and flexible solution that allows the user to take advantage of each of these energy sources, depending on use.

To help you choose between standard batteries or CORE battery, here are the different impacts of using one or the other energy source on the operation of your lamp:

Brightness

When you turn on the lamp, the brightness is about the same with standard batteries or the CORE battery. The brightness difference at switch-on is around maximum 10 %.

However, there is a performance difference when the lamp is in use:

Burn Time

The rated burn time for the CORE rechargeable battery is less than with standard batteries due to a different discharge mode.

Self-Discharge

Self-discharge is very low for the CORE rechargeable battery; it is negligible for a standard battery.

Usage in cold conditions

Standard batteries, like the CORE rechargeable battery, are sensitive to cold below 0° C. Between 0° and -20° C, burn time can be reduced by up to 50 %.

Watertightness and IP Rating

A Headlamp's Watertightness is Ensured by its IP Rating

This rating classifies the level of protection offered by equipment against ingress by solids (e.g. dust) and liquids (e.g. water, oil).

Two Standards Govern the IP Rating

The IEC 60529 standard involves all electronic products, including headlamps. It defines the levels of protection against solids and liquids and describes the tests to be done depending on the product's IP rating.

The IP rating consists of two digits:

• The first digit indicates protection against solids.
  
• The second digit indicates protection against liquids. More commonly called watertightness.
  
  

Note: When a criterion has not been tested, the number is replaced by X (e.g., IPX6 indicates that the product has not been tested for solids).

ANSI/PLATO FL 1 standard defines an additional concept by giving test acceptance criteria for the IPX4, IPX7 and IPX8 ratings.

To define a headlamp IP rating, a manufacturer can rely solely on the IEC 60529 standard by defining its own test acceptance criteria, or use the acceptance criteria given in the ANSI/PLATO FL 1 standard.

What Watertightness Tests are Done on Petzl Headlamps?

To claim an IP rating on its headlamps, Petzl chose to do its testing internally. Petzl follows the test protocol defined in the IEC 60529 standard and the test acceptance criteria from the ANSI/PLATO FL1 standard.

Petzl has a test laboratory (oscillating tube, water tank and watertightness chamber) that allows the necessary tests to be done in order to determine the watertightness of a lamp.

What are the IP Ratings of Petzl Headlamps?

• All of our headlamps are at least IPX4 (weather resistant): a rating suitable for most headlamp use in rain, snow or a humid environment.
• The e+LITE® lamp is IPX7 (watertight to -1 meters for 30 minutes in fresh water).
• The DUO S lamp is IP67 (watertight to -1 meters for 30 minutes in fresh water and dust tight).

Beam Quality

Aside from the various beam patterns, it is important to check their uniformity. Whatever the pattern, the beam of a Petzl headlamp is always uniform and therefore comfortable. Moreover, to ensure optimal lighting, the optics of our headlamps are designed with extreme precision and equipped with the highest-quality components.

The quality of the beam is totally dependent on that of the LEDs and of the optics' design. The latter is complex and requires the knowledge of an optical engineer. Petzl chose long ago to integrate these skills into its research and development teams, and also to work closely with external laboratories.

Beam Pattern

Beam pattern is a key factor in lamp selection. Be sure to select a beam pattern that works well for your chosen application. A flood beam is not suitable for distance vision in the mountains. In the same way, a focused beam won't work well for proximity vision or reading a map. This is why this factor is a key design element, among others, in the Petzl headlamp line. Thus, the lamps feature different beam patterns, in order to best suit the diverse needs of our users. These range from a flood beam for proximity vision, to a focused beam to see at a distance or probe a specific location.

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