Nights drawing in..
richardjallen
Posts: 691
I've held off buying a front light through the summer as I didn't need one. Now the time has come.
Every light I've had has either fallen off and been run over or been nicked. I've had the Cateye EL500 but I was not all that impressed. Its bright for the first 10h then dims. The plastic gets brittle in winter months and breaks where it connects to the bracket. I had the EL400 as well. Not bad but not very bright.
I'm thinking for my work ride I'd like something robust and as bright as I can get in the £20-40 bracket. Because I leave it locked up outside I don't want to spend a lot on the light because it may get nicked. I was thinking of:
http://tinyurl.com/yv6alp
http://tinyurl.com/ytl8kf
But then there are a multitude of others around the 20-40 price mark. Such as BLT Ozone, Infini.
I may get another for my road bike. Because I don't leave it anywhere and I go out on country roads I would go more upmarket and look for lights between 100-150 mark. And again there are a multitude such as L&M Vega, DiNotte, BLT Triton, Exposure Joystick, Nite Rider MiNewt. I would prefer no battery pack but would forgo that for brightness.
Any recommendation's or lights to avoid out of those two price brackets?
Every light I've had has either fallen off and been run over or been nicked. I've had the Cateye EL500 but I was not all that impressed. Its bright for the first 10h then dims. The plastic gets brittle in winter months and breaks where it connects to the bracket. I had the EL400 as well. Not bad but not very bright.
I'm thinking for my work ride I'd like something robust and as bright as I can get in the £20-40 bracket. Because I leave it locked up outside I don't want to spend a lot on the light because it may get nicked. I was thinking of:
http://tinyurl.com/yv6alp
http://tinyurl.com/ytl8kf
But then there are a multitude of others around the 20-40 price mark. Such as BLT Ozone, Infini.
I may get another for my road bike. Because I don't leave it anywhere and I go out on country roads I would go more upmarket and look for lights between 100-150 mark. And again there are a multitude such as L&M Vega, DiNotte, BLT Triton, Exposure Joystick, Nite Rider MiNewt. I would prefer no battery pack but would forgo that for brightness.
Any recommendation's or lights to avoid out of those two price brackets?
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