That's the beauty of this one. It has like 8 brightness levels and the first one is so dim it's too dark to read by. The highest will light up your entire yard in a 100' radius. (It's nuts, but it can't do that for more than 60 sec before it turns itself down.)

You never have to worry about what brightness level you left it at when you last turned it off (although it does remember it). You can instead long press the power button while it's off, and it will start stepping up through the first seven brightnesses startling with that "firefly" mode that wouldn't bother your eyes even in the middle of the night. And then it stays at the level where you release the button.

It's by far the best headlamp I've ever owned. Budget be damned, just buy it. You won't regret it. 😂

Oh, it also comes with a handlebar mount. It makes an excellent bicycle light.