Product Spotlight - Endeavour XL

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4/21/2019
With its Endeavour and Endeavour XL headlights, Orascoptic offers the solution—a portable, lightweight beacon to illuminate the critical details that can otherwise be overlooked by the naked eye.

Dr. Elizabeth Fleming, a Phoenix, AZ–based dentist who is passionate about the link between her patients’ oral and overall health, tried the Endeavour because she was tired of wrestling with her overhead light when it was in the wrong position for visualizing a treatment area.

She wanted to work more quickly and confi dently, and all that adjustment seemed to be holding her back. Fleming was already a fan of Orascoptic’s loupes, which she had used for years, but decided to try out Endeavour. “It was a natural progression to order a headlight specifically for my loupes from Orascoptic,” she said.
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Dr. Fleming's favorite features of the headlight are its light weight and focused beam. Weighing less than half an ounce, the Endeavour and Endeavour XL headlights do not weigh down the dentist’s loupes or cause them to slide down while working. The precise 2.5-inch spotlight at 12-inch focused beam evenly illuminates the field of view, and it can be toggled between 3 light intensity levels—34, 53, and 68 lumens for the Endeavour, and 53, 68, and 85 lumens for the Endeavour XL—using capacitive touch controls.

“It is lightweight, has mobility to direct the focused beam at the necessary angle for maximum visualization, and has an orange cover that easily flips over the light when curing composites,” Dr. Fleming said.

Constant-current technology ensures that light output will not diminish as battery life wanes. The estimated battery life is 8 to 18 hours for the Endeavor and 10 to 24 hours for the Endeavor XL, depending on the light setting.

The system can be used while the battery is recharging. “I find that when using my headlight, I no longer need my overhead light. I can see in small, dark places much better now. I will never go back to ‘the dark ages’—treating patients without a headlight,” said Dr. Fleming.