light suggestion for nite xc riding

icedmind

as topic
im currently looking at niterider nimewt X2, niteflux photon4, light n motion stella, hope's single and others from hope
anyone try those before? and are they good enough to go fast night ride in woods?
if not then any other suggestion?
im looking for abt 4 hrs max runtime and cheapish light(thats y they are not in hid range)

stevieboy

Can't speak highly enough of Hope twins or the new Quad but avoid the single it is rubbish.

As for the others, not really had any experience.

My twin with standard battery has seen me through night rides and dusk til dawn races with no issues

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother.

baccodaddy

just bought hope singles x2 with one on the bar and one on the helmet was able to ride 90% of daylight speed downhill. for value for money the two lights at £160 gives you 480 lumens which is pretty good .only down side is light is heavy on helmet but i,m using it for night time trials so only have to put up with it for 30 mins .if your looking at 2 hours i wouldn,t bother.

stevieboy

you can say that again!!

BTW I was only referring to the Hope Single as a single unit, as a pair I can imagine they'd be good

At the moment merlin are doing the hope twin for £134

GOLDGPR

Try here as an alternative to the hopes.....

http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/forums/vie ... t=12574953

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toasty

See, loads of people recommend the singles

I'd definitely recommend the Fenix L2D as a helmet light, absolutely fantastic, using standard batteries, lots of modes, weighs ~50g, 180 lumens and costs £30 odd on ebay.

ride_whenever

also ay-ups are worth a look

icedmind

Toasty wrote:

See, loads of people recommend the singles

I'd definitely recommend the Fenix L2D as a helmet light, absolutely fantastic, using standard batteries, lots of modes, weighs ~50g, 180 lumens and costs £30 odd on ebay.

thats really a deal on my healmet
im still loking for one atm as just need to be cheap like abt 100 quid for good quaility that will get me out of wods at nite

Chaka Ping

stevieboy wrote:

At the moment merlin are doing the hope twin for £134

Just had a look and it seems they're selling the ooutgoing Hope twin light at that price - the new 2009 one is a fair bit more.

Anyone know what the improvements on the new model are?

The Spiderman

New Hope LED 2 model is 480 lumens v 300 lumens.

Dilker

I am using Lumicycle lights... quality lights. I got mine when they were only doing the Halogen systems... I run two lamps and 10 and a 30. I can't speak highly enough of them. They always get a high rating from the mags.

http://www.lumicycle.com/Product/product2.aspx?product=SYSLIION2&dep=104

Dazzza

Lumi's are good lights, mine will be up on ebay soon

Im giving a torch a go, yes you read that right.

It has a c bin seoul p7 emitter, maximum is meant to be 900 lumen but id say it will be more like 6-700 lumen but still a lot of light for just a torch, got one coming from deal extreme for £22 and got 4 cr18650 li-ion cells and a smart charger for £20 on ebay.

Bike lights are an abhorrent rip off tbh.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12623

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dFcjQWeAh ... re=related

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TKGwtnZAS ... re=related

It's a 10w led so comparable to a 40w halogen id imagine, the beam pattern is meant to lend itself well to biking.

Chaka Ping

The Spiderman wrote:

New Hope LED 2 model is 480 lumens v 300 lumens.

Cheers!

I think I'll hang on until the winter, the new Hopes might slip in price a bit once the old ones have all sold.