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This is the Black Line version of Nebo's Mycro 500 Plus, finished in matte black with minimal branding.
Everything below applies to a lamp weighing 85 grams including its strap, which is the figure that makes the rest of it usable. The specification is unchanged, and the thing worth understanding before buying is how seven lighting modes are made workable from a single side mounted button on a lamp weighing 85 grams.
There is a spotlight and a COB floodlight, and they do genuinely different jobs. The spot handles distance: Turbo gives 500 lumens to 90 metres in 30 second intervals, High holds 200 lumens to 60 metres for an hour, Medium runs 100 lumens to 42 metres for 2 hours, and Low provides 30 lumens to 23 metres for 3 hours.
The COB flood handles everything within arm's reach, at 200 lumens over 24 metres for 25 minutes on high, or 50 lumens for an hour on low. A COB red mode gives 25 lumens for 35 minutes.
Seven modes from one button would normally mean a long cycle and a lot of pressing. What makes it tolerable is that the two sources are separated in the sequence rather than interleaved, so you are choosing a light type first and a level second rather than scrolling past six irrelevant options to reach the one you want.
Red light preserves dark adaptation, which takes twenty minutes to build and a moment of white light to destroy. On a handheld torch that matters. On a headlamp it matters considerably more, because the lamp is pointed at whatever you look at, including other people, and a headlamp cycling up through white to reach red will blind everyone facing you on the way.
Direct-to-Red goes straight there. In a tent, a hide, an observatory, a shared camp or a night shift where somebody else is trying to keep their eyes adjusted, that is the difference between a usable lamp and an unpopular one.
A detachable clip with adjustable tilt lets the unit come off the head strap and mount on the brim of a cap, a jacket pocket or a bag strap. That suits anyone who dislikes a band around their head, anyone already wearing a hat, and anyone who wants the light lower than eye level to cut down on shadows across close work.
Matte black with minimal branding is aimed at professional trades, workshops and inspection work, where equipment covered in logos is either unwelcome or simply unwanted. A matte surface also avoids reflecting the beam back at you off the lamp housing when working close to a bright surface.
The 500 lumen Turbo setting is quoted in 30 second intervals rather than as a runtime, and that is the honest way to specify it. Five hundred lumens from a lamp this size produces heat faster than an 85 gram housing can shed it, so Turbo is a burst for identifying something at 90 metres rather than a mode to work in. High, at 200 lumens for an hour, is the real top setting.
The optics, the emitters, the battery, the clip, the strap and every published output figure are identical to the standard Mycro 500 Plus. The difference is the finish and nothing else, which makes this a straightforward choice: pay the difference if the matte black and the absent branding matter to you, and buy the standard version if they do not.
Smart Power Control balances output against remaining charge. Protection is IPX4 with impact resistant construction. Charging is USB-C with a battery charging indicator, and an adjustable one size head strap and cable are supplied. The unit weighs 85 grams including the strap and measures 73 by 31 by 26 millimetres.
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