I've run the Ridgeline through most of a wet Dartmoor autumn now, and it's earned a permanent spot in the door pocket. The flood beam is genuinely usable for close work, not just a token wide setting bolted onto a spotlight the way most budget headlamps treat it.
Battery life is the real story: a claimed 40 hours on low turned into a genuine 36 in practice, cold weather included, which is about as close to the marketing number as I've ever seen a torch actually deliver. The spot beam throws further than I expected too — enough to pick out a gate from most of a field away, which matters more than it sounds when you're trying to find the right stile in the dark.
Where it struggles
Charging is the weak point. It's USB-C, which is right, but the port cover is a thin rubber flap rather than a proper gasket, and after three months of being opened in the rain it's already looking tired at the hinge.
The rubber seal on the charging port is the one part I'd watch — it's already looking tired, and I wouldn't want to find out what happens to the electronics if it fails outright mid-walk.
The strap is comfortable over a beanie, which not every headlamp manages, and the tilt mechanism holds its angle without slowly drooping over an evening the way cheaper hinges do. Weight is unremarkable in a good way — I stopped noticing it was on my head within the first ten minutes most nights.
For under £30, it's hard to fault, seal aside. I'll update this post if the seal fails outright, but three months in, damp and cold included, it's the headlamp I now recommend first when anyone asks.