Deal of the Day (October 8): The $25 Headlamp That Belongs in Every Blackout Kit

Prime Big Deal Days are over and the power-station hype has cooled — but winter storm season is just getting started. Every outage checklist says the same thing: when the lights go out, your hands need to be free. Phones die, candles are a fire risk, and fumbling with a flashlight while you reset a breaker is miserable. Today's pick: the Rechargeable LED Headlamp with Motion Sensor (COB) — $24.99.

Why this one

A COB (chip-on-board) headlamp throws a wide, even flood of light instead of a narrow hotspot — better for working on a panel, finding the breaker box, or walking a dark hallway. The motion sensor means you wave to turn it on and off without taking gloves off in the cold, and it's USB-rechargeable so it refills from any power bank or power station instead of eating through AA batteries. USA Today's outage-essentials list and this week's winter-prep videos both put a headlamp in the "buy first" tier, ahead of fancier gear.

Pair it with the battery kit and camping lantern from this week's new arrivals (coming soon) and you've covered the two things that matter most in a blackout: light and phone power.

The deal

We normally run a 15%-off Deal of the Day code, which would bring this headlamp to $21.24. Today's code (DEAL-1008) ran into a technical snag in our promotions dashboard, so there is no active deal code today — the deal price activates as soon as the code goes live. The everyday price of $24.99 stands, and free shipping plus our 30-day returns apply either way.

Meanwhile, our standing codes INSTA20 (20% off) and WELCOME10 (10% off) are both live at checkout — use them today for an even better price.

Honest specs note: only the specs printed on the listing are stated here. Runtime claims for headlamps vary by brightness mode — check the listing for mode-by-mode figures.