Take your training runs into the night
With a total weight of just 53g including headband, battery and rear light you'll struggle to find anything that matches the Silva Smini for lightweight functionality. Ideal for daily training runs or as a backup torch for longer races, it's a seriously capable headlamp with a max light output of 250 lumen, plus two reduced power modes and a red light for preserving night vision. The double-beam system combines a long-reach spot and close-range flood light, helping to maintain visual comfort and prevent tunnel vision. In terms of charge, it's your standard USB-C rechargeable battery with a 4-step charge level indicator and a lock function so it doesn't accidentally come on in your running vest. At max lumens you'll get an hour and a half out of it, but that goes up to 2.5 hours on 100-lumen medium mode and a whopping 20 hours if you're just using it on low output for reading in your tent. It goes without saying that it's water-resistant, with a comfortable 15mm head band and a rear safety light with red and blinky modes.
- Lightweight head torch
- 250 lumen max light output
- Lightweight and comfortable
- Integrated USB-C rechargeable battery (Li-Po 700 mAh) with charge cable included (3hr charge time)
- Silva Intelligent Light two-beam system combines long reach spotlight and close floodlight
- Red light to preserve night vision
- Rear light offers red safety light and blink modes
- 4-step battery level indicator
- Water resistant to IPX5 standard
- 15mm headband with single buckle adjustment (65% recycled polyester, 35% latex)
- 2-year warranty
Mode Lumen Distance Burn Time Max 250 80 m 1.5 hr Med 100 50 m 2.5 hr Min 10 17 m 20 hr Light distance max 80 m Light distance med 50 m Light distance min 17 m Lumen max 250 Lumen med 100 Lumen min 10 Warranty 2 years Weight incl battery 53 g - Recycled Materials: made from made of recycled polyester
Its a bit of a clich to say, this brand needs no introduction, but sometimes it really doesnt. If you ever did scouts, guides or cadets, got epic blisters on a D of E expedition or went on an outward bounds residential, chances are you did it with a Silva compass in the pocket of your boil-in-the-bag cagoule.
Like so many world-changing inventions, the Silva compass began as a problem that needed solving. Back in the day, your standard compass wobbled all over the shop, making it tricky and time-consuming to get a decent reading. That is, until 1933, when four Swedes invented a liquid-filled compass. The resistance from the fluid slowed and stabilised the needle, meaning you could nail a reliable bearing in seconds. Navigation was never the same again.
But iconic as the compasses are, theyre only one part of the Silva story. They were one of the first companies to make reliable electric head torches for the outdoors, and theyve also branched out into optics, trekking kit and other navigational gear. Tried and tested for the better part of a century, Silvas precision instruments have literally been the difference between life and death for generations of outdoor adventurers and as brand pedigree goes, thats pretty much impossible to beat.
