PETZL Actik vs Coast HL7

The PETZL Actik makes for an outstanding Headlamp at its $45 price point. The Coast HL7, however, while a good product overall, doesn't really manage to stand out from its competition.

The PETZL Actik has done really well in a number of roundups conducted by sources that perform reliable hands-on testing, like besthiking.net, Switchback Travel, and 220triathlon.com - it ended up getting the "Ranked 1 out of 5" title from besthiking.net, "Ranked 1 out of 13" from Switchback Travel, and "Ranked 1 out of 9" from 220triathlon.com. That's high praise coming from reliable sources.

Taking a look at the Coast HL7, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - OutdoorGearLab and Switchback Travel - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

As for a direct PETZL Actik vs. Coast HL7 comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like OutdoorGearLab. It turns out that all such sources consider the Coast HL7 to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the PETZL Actik most impressed reviewers at OutdoorGearLab - they gave it a score of 9, whereas the Coast HL7 got rated best by OutdoorGearLab - 10.

Lastly, we compared their review averages and found that the PETZL Actik did much better than the majority of its competitors, with an average review score of 9.0 out of 10, compared to the 6.0 overall average of Headlamps in general, whereas the Coast HL7 hasn't managed to perform quite as well, with an average rating of 10.0.