A lightweight, tough and high-powered headlamp that you can rely on for all types of recreational and industrial tasks. USB-C Rechargeable, Waterproof.
Smart sensors will dim the light if they detect something is too close to it, preventing overheating and accidental bag burns.
1400 lumen brightness over 130 meters
Built-in high capacity 3400mAh battery
Visible 4 level power indicator
Dual outputs: white light, red light, SOS and Beacon modes
Easy dual button interface with safety lockout
USB-C rechargeable, 2 hours to fully charge
IP68 Waterproof, 2m impact resistant
Super fast USB-C 2HR recharge. Maximum uptime, minimum downtime.
DUAL OUTPUT HEADLAMP - Brighter, smaller, and longer running! The NU43 headlamp is the big brother of the highly rated NU33. With upgraded brightness and hinge system, you can switch freely between five brightness settings to the red LED and protect your night vision or use it as a long-lasting signal light.
2 HOUR USB-C FAST CHARGING - Built-in high capacity rechargeable battery gets you 10 hours runtime on 600 lumens and 29 hours on 100 lumens. An integrated USB-C port fast charges to full in only 2 hours. A power indicator tells you when it's time to charge while lockout mode prevents accidental activation.
RUGGED AND TOUGH - IP68 waterproofing with a USB port seal keeps water and dust out for a complete seal. The newly designed headband is skin-friendly and has large bright reflective strips to guarantee visibility and protection.
The lightweight NU43 takes the center stage as Nitecore's new high end all-rounder headlamp for night running, outdoor adventures, or camping.
Brighter, more efficient, easier to use, and FASTER charging!
When designing this new headlamp, Nitecore was trying to solve 2 problems that users were complaining about. How do you get longer runtimes and brighter output without adding weight?
On the market today, the only way to break the 1000 lumen mark in a headlamp was to use the bigger 18650 batteries, and with 1000 lumens you need a way to get rid of the heat that's why many 18650 headlamps are all aluminum, and that's where the weight comes from.
So users always had to content with brightness vs weight vs runtime. More weight = brighter and longer running. Less weight = less bright and short runtime.
That changes today with advancements in manufacturing methods. They were able to combine high-strength plastic as the main body of the headlamp but keep the front aluminum for impact resistance and heat dissipation.
This cuts 30% of the weight, removing the need for a center headband for increased comfort. Not only that, with advancements in charging tech, they also cut the charging time from 5 hours to 2 hours. Just these 2 things alone they managed to cut weight and charging time, yet extend runtime and boost the max brightness to a blinding 1400 lumens.
This puts the NU43 in a class of its own, a potent mix of performance, advanced materials, and weightlessness. If you're looking for an upgrade to your old built-in battery headlamp, this is it.
OUTPUT AND RUNTIME
MODE
LUMENS
RUNTIME
DISTANCE
INTENSITY
Turbo
1400
-
130m
3,800cd
High
600
10h
77m
1,500cd
Mid
300
15h
53m
700cd
Low
100
29h
30m
230cd
Ultralow
8
165h
8m
17cd
Red Constant
10
66h
5m
7cd
Red Slow Flashing
10
90h
-
-
Beacon / SOS
1400
-
-
-
*CERTIFIED ANSI/PLATO FL1 2019 Standard
ANSI/PLATO FL 1 2019 Standard is a set of flashlight performance guidelines that confirms the light you're buying has been tested to spec, and you're not buying into false performance claims.
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What Happens After You Order
You’ll get an instant order confirmation email with your receipt.
We’ll pack your order the next working day and send you a tracking number once it’s on the way.
From the moment you order to the moment it reaches your hands, we’re here to keep you updated and supported.
When will I receive my gear?
Singapore: Delivered to your doorstep in 4–6 working days.
International: Arrive within 10–14 working days.
Returns and warranty
Every product comes with a 1 to 3-year replacement warranty (depending on the item).
If anything isn’t working right, just let us know. We’ll make it right.
FREE Gift with Purchase: Limited Edition Ember Shard Whistle
Spend $99 or more today, and we'll automatically include a limited-edition Glow-in-the-Dark Ember Shard Whistle when packing your order.
Charge it quickly under sunlight or your flashlight, and enjoy its subtle glow throughout the night—perfect for marking gear, emergency kits, or attaching to your bag.
Limited quantities. These will be swapped (at our discretion) to other gift items if shards are unavailable.
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 67 reviews.
I just want to gush over this head lamp. It is reliable, bright, versatile, and has a long battery life, charged with USB-C. The auto dimmer doesn't do much for me, as I usually use the lamp on "low" any way.I've used it camping, both light weight and full on glamping. It replaced the head lamps I used when I had my boat. It was instrumental when I took down and set up my big canvas tent by myself at night in pouring rain. It often lives in my cargo pocket or the corner of my cot when I'm camping.When I'm not camping, it lives in my car, ready to be adjusted and attached to my riding helmet so I can turn out the horse I ride in my evening lessons. The head band expands to fit securely on the helmet and the head adjusts to provide light where I need it.I used to swear by my mini mag lights. Then I loved my Energizer head lamps when I had my boat. This one is now my go to favorite to date. I can't imagine very much that I'd want a flashlight to do that this one doesn't. Maybe blue light in stead of red? I don't know. This one is pretty awesome.I've had this now for almost exactly three years. I'm writing this review now because I'm finally looking at replaing the head band and head band bracket. They are both still usable, but definitely show signs of three years of frequent, heavy use. It should also say something that I'm repairing this light, not replacing it.HIGHLY recommended.
Love this Nitecore Headlamp!A friend who spends much more time outdoors (in different environments and elements) then I do has a pair that she’s had for several years and recommended them when I was looking to upgrade from different lamp.Ironically, the night I received them we had a brief power outage from a storm and I was able to try them out with the small charge the headlamp had. Very intuitive right off and very solid. I’ve charged them several times since only to top off an existing charge. Easy to charge anywhere including my car or power bank. I always carry them with me when I travel. They seem tough and they’re comfortable!Would recommend!
I really like this headlamp. It is powerful, lightweight, has a nice beam, and good features.I fish at night regularly, so a headlamp is a "must have" for me. For several years I have used a Coast headlamp, and it has served me well. The only reason I ordered a new one, is because the coast started giving me trouble charging.First off, the Nitecore is much lighter than the Coast, which is all metal. Metal frames are more durable I'm sure, but for me the lighter weight plastic is much more comfortable to wear. The nice wide headband also helps.Other headlamps I have owned defaulted to "medium" mode, which is much too bright for some situations. I would have to cover the lamp with my hand while I clicked through modes to get to low.The Nitcore can go directly to red, then "ultra low" white, which are perfect for discreetly tying on a new lure, or making sure that stick is not a snake, without lighting up half the lake.If you do want to light up half the lake, it can certainly do that too. It defaults to "low" with the main power button, then "medium" ,"high" then double click quicly for "turbo." (You have to double click pretty fast, or it just cycles through other modes, same for SOS mode)The brightness and throw are very impressive. It is a nice functional blend of spot and flood. It's no searchlight or spotlight, but it does a great job illuminating a nice wide area, out to a pretty good distance. Even though the lumen specs are similar, it feels much brighter than my coast headlamp. The coast can focus to "spot" mode, and throw light a little further, but the Nitcore beam is much stronger and wider, going almost the same distance.It does a great job lighting up a trail. The beam is so wide and bright, that you feel very safe looking down a dark trail in the woods. You don't have to turn your head back and forth, because the whole area from the ground to the trees is lit up nicely.Durability will have to be decided over some time. My Coast held up to quite a bit of abuse over the years, and hopefully the Nitecore does also. So far I am very happy with the purchase.
Very helpful and experience seller ..always recommend me the best and most suitable light for my usage...this headlight have a awesome 600Lumen which can last me 10hrs!!! In the jungle...Best buy ever..👍👍👍👍
First nitecore i own is hc30 and i was amazed by it and bought few other nitecore headlight..with the nu43 every headlight i bought become 1.. easy light n versatile..
One of my favorite pieces of camping gear. All of the settings are so well considered. I love being able to check the battery. I love the ultra low setting. I love the ultra high setting. I use this when I'm camping and when I'm walking my cat at night or if I just want to poke my head out and see if there's coyotes or any other wildlife around. The glare reflecting off of their eyes comes back from probably 100 m Even if the visibility for me personally isn't great at that distance, I can still tell if there's animals around.
This is my new favorite headlamp. I almost want to buy a second just in case they discontinue this one. It's 3 standard brightness levels for the white light are each very bright and the battery light is very good. The standard "low" brightness level is is probably brighter than the "high" brightness level of a headlamp you might buy at REI and the "high" brightness level is much brighter than any REI headlamp I've seen. It also offers a "turbo" brightness level which is only intended to be used for short durations (because it uses up a lot of power). This is perfect from my perspective. At night on a trail you occasionally run into a situation where the trail appears to end and you need to search around to see where it picks up again. In this scenario, it pays to be able to temporarily kick the headlamp into "turbo" mode by double clicking the brightness button and looking around. The brightness more than doubles in turbo mode and is very bright, comfortably allowing. you to see 30+ feet away and making finding the trail easier. Double clicking the brightness button again reverts back to whatever brightness level was previously active.My common usage pattern charge the headlamp in advance, go on the hike and use the "low" brightness settings as my default (which is roughly equivalent to the "high" brightness level of an REI headlamp). If I lose the trail for some reason, double click the brightness button to activate Turbo mode which jumps the brightness from ~300-400 to 1400 lumens (which is a LOT brighter). Find the trail then double click the brightness button again to switch back to the low brightness setting and continue on my hike. Going on a long day hike recently I left around midnight and got back to my car around 3pm. Hiking through the night following this pattern (i.e. using it continuously for about 7 hours) used up about half of the lamp's power.This headlamp also offers a red light which does what you'd expect. There is also an ultra low white light option. The ultra low white light option basically offers an alternative to the red light for scenarios where you don't want to ruin your night vision. In practice I just prefer using the red light, though the ultra low white light uses much less power than all the other lighting options.The one thing I was worried about when getting this headlamp was the so-called "proximity sensor" it advertises that supposedly will automatically dim the light. To put simply, I don't want a feature light that. I don't want my headlamp to randomly dim if it "thinks" something is in front of it. Before I bought this device, I was imagining waving my hand in front of my face might cause the light to flicker or rain to mess with it or a hat I'm wearing to mess with it or any number of other things. Maybe I'm climbing up a rock at night and suddenly the light goes out. Anyway, I'm happy to report that this "feature" has never gotten in my way (I've had this headlamp for more than a year now). I'm actually not aware of it ever triggering so far as I'm aware. So if you'don't worry, you can ignore this "feature".When I was looking for a headlamp I wanted it to be rechargeable. I wanted it to be super bright while also not using so much power that it needed a separate battery pack on the "back" of the headstrap (like some have). I didn't want it to be so heavy that it needed a 3rd strap over the top of the head like some headlamps have. I didn't want it to have useless additional "features" that I'd just need to click through when using the headlamp. For example I wanted it to have a red light but I DON'T want it to have blue or green lights, since they're useless and are just annoying to click through. Having used many headlamps, I've come to the conclusion that I don't want a "wide" style light beam option, since that option inevitably is less bright (for the same power draw) and a standard focused beam light option and I find I never actually use the "wide" angle options offered by some headlamps (so offering that option just means there are more annoying light options that I need to click through). Etc. This headlamp ticks all the boxes. It only has the features I want, and doesn't have the features I don't want. It has great battery light. It's as bright as I could have hoped for. It's got a solid, premium feeling metal build quality to it. It's not too heavy on the head. Etc. I'm not aware of a better headlamp at any price point.
Prompt and relevant advice from the Nitecore team, bought the headlamps within 30 min of some back and forth question-and-answer. Highly recommended to chat them if in doubt.
I have the 1st model that was made which was smaller and lighter in weight. This model offers a brighter light, it is a bit heavier and larger. When packing for an outing, my space is limited and I need to keep weight to a minimum. I like the bright fluorescent color on the head band in case of dropping to the ground. The head band also has minor rubber coating on the inside of the band to prevent the band from slipping up or down. I REALLY like the roll over cover for the usb charging port. Great idea.
Battery lasts a long time and easily usb-c recharge. Brightness modes are nice, super bright and has a proximity sensor that steps down brightness if you get too close to something that could potentially burn. Band has a nice rubbery texturing that keeps it from sliding around
Phenomenal headlight. The only issue is remembering which button does what right away. Once you figure that out its a great light! Perfect for camping!
I really like this lamp but one thing I wish it could or I could do is replace the battery. Its clearly using an 18650 cell but you can not get to it. It lasts a long time and has a nice white color. It gets a little warm if left on high but seems dissipate the heat well.
This is a high quality headlamp that puts out lots of light and the battery lasts for a long time. The headband is good quality and is easy to take off to clean. I will say that I was a little underwhelmed by the output compared to the cheaper NU33, while on paper it should be twice as bright in person side by side they felt very similar. The NU43 also seemed to have much more of a flood light pattern with no discernable hotspot to help with distance lighting.
I really like the size, weight, and brightness. The head band is wider than most, which is great. Higher priced lights should think about the width of the headband. Comfort and stability are just as important as brightness. The battery holds the charge well and the run time seems to be close to the advertised time specified. Only time will tell how it holds up.
I use this for running very early in the morning. I've worn it for at least 1000 miles. It doesn't bounce around. Changing between the brightness levels and beam direction is easy, even with mittens on. I would have liked the head strap to be a little easier to adjust, but I won't knock any stars off for that. I charge about weekly after about 4-6 hours of use. (don't consider this exact).
Been using regularly for over a year now. Military. Works great, very bright, easily rechargeable, durable, makes seeing very easy in whatever situation I need it for.
