Black Diamond Wiz vs Black Diamond Iota

The Black Diamond Wiz is a great choice for people with a $20 budget. The Black Diamond Iota, however, is merely decent when compared to its direct competitors.

The Black Diamond Wiz has managed to impress reviewers from some of the most highly trusted sources on the internet, including OutdoorGearLab and Wirecutter (NYTimes). It performed great in their in-depth hands-on roundups - it was awarded the "Best for Kids" title by OutdoorGearLab and "Also great" by Wirecutter (NYTimes) in their respective Headlamp roundups. That's high praise, especially when coming from such high-quality sources.

As for the Black Diamond Iota - OutdoorGearLab, a source that conducts reliable hands-on testing, has featured it in its Black Diamond Iota Review roundup. However, it didn't make it to any of the top spots.

We also performed a thorough Black Diamond Wiz vs. Black Diamond Iota review score analysis - it turns out that all of the sources that have tested both Headlamps, including OutdoorGearLab, preferred the Black Diamond Wiz over the Black Diamond Iota.

Out of all the sources that reviewed them, the Black Diamond Wiz turned out to be most loved by OutdoorGearLab, which gave it a score of 10, whereas the Black Diamond Iota got its highest, 8, rating from reviewers at OutdoorGearLab.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Black Diamond Iota, with its 8.0 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average Headlamp score being 6.0 - whereas the Black Diamond Wiz performed worse, with an average of merely 10.0.