Black Diamond

Icon Rechargeable Battery

Battery pack broke and needed to replace

I purchased an Ikon battery and headlamp about 1 year ago. Shortly after, the battery pack cracked and the battery pack cover fell off and was lost due to breaking, Thus, I had to purchase a replacement pack. For this reason I am giving a poor rating.

Trouble charging and holding a charge

No matter how long I leave this battery on the charger it does not completely charge, nor does it hold a charge for seemingly any longer than the smaller batteries used in small lamps. Update: I pulled this battery out of the bottom of a bin and charged it up. It shows that it is charged and tests fine. Unfortunately when I went to use it a couple days later the battery was dead. I had the switch locked and did not leave the lamp on.

Awesome addition for the headlamp

It’s great to have an option to have a good rechargeable battery for a headlamp plus you can plug-in a USB to recharge your phone

Upgrade from stock Icon 700

This rechargeable battery pack is a large upgrade over the stock included battery case for the icon 700 headlamp. It is lighter and feels better when wearing the headlamp than the battery case along with the inclusion of the rear facing red-light which increases the usefulness of the Icon 700 headlamp for more activities where rear visibility is needed. I would not hesitate to purchase this battery pack again, the only thing I would change is to purchase it sooner.

Incredible performance, just really dislike

Incredible performance, just really dislike that the high power rear facing light automatically comes on solid green when using as a charging bank. Seems like a waste of energy during an emergency charge situation, not to mention I found it super annoying when trying to top off my GPS (phone) while sleeping on a route.

Bought twice

I now have 2 headlamps w/ this battery. I've used the first one for a few years work daily, and it's given me superb service. Just runs and runs between recharges. Then I got a second light for other purposes and expect the same durability and service. I must add though that finding this on the web sight the second time was impossible til I did a Google search that connected me to the page. I don't know why the website is so mystifying, it must have been rebuilt. I thought they maybe got rid of these great accessories, and super glad to have found it. Love this w/ the Icon 700 headlamp.

Icon Rechargeable Battery

Works nicely with headlamp, as a backup. Highly recommended herein. Charge time checked with Solar Panel and works fine.

Not good in the cold

Familiarity:

I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions

I bought that rechargeable battery not looking at the specs and expecting it to perform great in cold ( < 32F) temp but the first time that I tried it snowshoeing, the icon 700 light was weak and when the temperature reached about 27 F, the light simply was almost gone. The specs are stating that the battery is good from 32F to 104F so it makes sense but this battery is useless for me in the cold. This is on top of the other problems mentioned in other reviews (rear strobe light not working when the battery is connected to the lamp etc). Anyway, this is a failed product. I will revert to the AA pack.

Icon Battery Problems

I need to call customer support and find our why a new battery with a huge capacity dies after less than 2 hours. When I am using the factory battery pack that came with the headlamp, I get 6 hours on 4 AA's. This high capacity rechargeable pack has no capacity. Like I said, I need to call before I commit to this review. I am 110% positive they will help me resolve my issue. I will update.

It's a nice rechargeable battery

It's a nice rechargeable battery pack for the headlamp. Definitely saves having to continously buy batteries. Its also nice to help charge up your cell phone in cases of emergency. The only thing that sucks is that, the power charging port is a micro. Just wish it was a c-port.