BioLite Dash 450 review: a headlamp for runners, ramblers, campers and climbers (but especially runners) The @biolite Dash 450 is the direct descendant of the 425 and I have been looking forward to seeing what it offers, besides (obviously) an extra 25 lumens of light. Visually, the Dash 450 looks exactly the same as the 425. But that’s not a criticism. I love this design – which features a small and very low-profile light unit positioned on the front of a comfortable headband, with a rechargeable battery pack on the back.. The red rear light (excellent for safety) can be set to constant or strobe. For the main front light, you can select from five modes: white spot (a 325-lumen narrow light for casting a beam a long distance), white flood (a 125-lumen widely dispersed light for illuminating your immediate surrounds), white spot plus flood combination (for both distance and proximity, and maximum range and brightness), white strobe (good for signalling) and red flood (for reading a map or finding something without completely blowing your night vision or waking everyone else in the tent/dorm up). I have been testing the BioLite Dash 450 headlamp for the last couple of months, while night running, hiking after dark and during a couple of spring camping escapades. While it’s great in all of those scenarios, for me this is the perfect running head torch. The low-profile design of the light unit, and the way it’s housed, makes this an extremely stable headlamp that doesn’t budge, bounce, bobble or wobble even when you’re running very technical trails and jumping over obstacles, which suits me perfectly (because that’s my favorite kind of running). The single-button operating system is easy to use, and the ability to dim the bulb gives you the power to extend your adventure a lot further. And for all this, the price tag remains impressively low. Words and photos: @patrickkinsella for Advnture Read the full review by visiting our bio link.