Airbike P7 Everlight SL1 670 Lumens Light - (User Review)
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I recently brought an Airbike Everlight P7 SL1 cycle light (670 max Lumens) and thought others might like a review?
I brought it for £120 from One Shop, must admit I was questioning myself in the current ecominc climate, should I be spending so much on a cycle light?
The light is quite well presented, look quite nice, I went for the Gold version as it suited my bike colour better. They also come in Red, black & blue. The instructions & wording on the box spells out it’s Korean. For example on the box it says ‘Get a wide view of abundant intensity of Radiation”. I think anyone making a product in EC tries to steer clear of the word Radiation!
If the instructions were presented to me as an English exam paper you would be marking them; could do much better! They are very basic, not exactly clear; of course tell you how to turn on the light, but no real tech stuff apart from the lumen output 375 on low & 670 on high!
I don’t understand what it means in the ‘Matters that require attention section’. It reads, “Please do not switch on more 10min at high mode, when stop position, LED will out.
Does it mean the LED will overheat and the safety thermo kicks in or will the LED just burn out? It’s quite unclear?
I charged the battery the night before, which took 4 ½ hours. You get a red light when charging, then it turns green when finished. Though again the instructions hint on charger, you should not leave it on green too long, as may overcharge and damage battery?
I used mine on a trial for the first time last night and I took the handlebar clamp and battery and light with me, just in case. The intension was to use it as a last resort if it got quite dark. The trail I was doing that day was lonesome & in middle of nowhere. Anyway during ride I lost track of time and was 15 miles away from my car at 5.30pm. Time to crack out the Everlight, so it was a severe test of the light, in circumstances, please don’t let me down!
I found the handlebar clamp could be better design. It’s not quick release. You have to put the clamp around the bars & wind in the long screw thread through the O-ring then into the thread at the bottom of the lamp. I wouldn’t want to be mounting this in bad darkness. I found that the lamp wobbles a little bit in the mount, it won’t come out, but gives the impression it’s going too, so give you a bit of complex for checking it. The switch at the back again seems ok, but you have to click on/off/on/off to get through the 4 settings of low, Med, High & SOS (flashing).
The light scope that it emits is very good. I was riding the Ridgeway Path which is in the middle of nowhere for 10 miles with it on Medium setting. I found this ample to ride terrain bridlepath at 11-16 mph and could see the potholes etc. I didn’t want to put it on high, as Airbike stated 3 hours on high. I was unsure how long it would take me to get back + I didn’t want a manufacture claim to fall far short on this occasion! The beam is a mixture I’d say between bullet and spread. It’s certainly picked up the wildlife eyes on the side, which was a bit weird, but had vast distance as well. I tested it on max when I got back to my car and the beam throws out a great light. I will test this against a Fenix later in month, which I might get as a contingency, just in case my battery fails on the Everlight. However, it would be purely backup, as you would only need the Everlight on.
All in all I am impressed with this light. If I didn’t have it with me when the darkness fell. I don’t know what I would have done, as my catseye light, just wouldn’t have cut it. I thought it was pricey, but then again looking around for same products, you could be paying +£200 for a Lumen light of this calibre. Naturally when summer comes around how will it cope with external heat, remains to be seen? Though if I can sort the slight light wobble, whilst riding (I might not of attached it properly), then I would give it 9/10 for price Vs lighting your way!
I recently brought an Airbike Everlight P7 SL1 cycle light (670 max Lumens) and thought others might like a review?
I brought it for £120 from One Shop, must admit I was questioning myself in the current ecominc climate, should I be spending so much on a cycle light?
The light is quite well presented, look quite nice, I went for the Gold version as it suited my bike colour better. They also come in Red, black & blue. The instructions & wording on the box spells out it’s Korean. For example on the box it says ‘Get a wide view of abundant intensity of Radiation”. I think anyone making a product in EC tries to steer clear of the word Radiation!
If the instructions were presented to me as an English exam paper you would be marking them; could do much better! They are very basic, not exactly clear; of course tell you how to turn on the light, but no real tech stuff apart from the lumen output 375 on low & 670 on high!
I don’t understand what it means in the ‘Matters that require attention section’. It reads, “Please do not switch on more 10min at high mode, when stop position, LED will out.
Does it mean the LED will overheat and the safety thermo kicks in or will the LED just burn out? It’s quite unclear?
I charged the battery the night before, which took 4 ½ hours. You get a red light when charging, then it turns green when finished. Though again the instructions hint on charger, you should not leave it on green too long, as may overcharge and damage battery?
I used mine on a trial for the first time last night and I took the handlebar clamp and battery and light with me, just in case. The intension was to use it as a last resort if it got quite dark. The trail I was doing that day was lonesome & in middle of nowhere. Anyway during ride I lost track of time and was 15 miles away from my car at 5.30pm. Time to crack out the Everlight, so it was a severe test of the light, in circumstances, please don’t let me down!
I found the handlebar clamp could be better design. It’s not quick release. You have to put the clamp around the bars & wind in the long screw thread through the O-ring then into the thread at the bottom of the lamp. I wouldn’t want to be mounting this in bad darkness. I found that the lamp wobbles a little bit in the mount, it won’t come out, but gives the impression it’s going too, so give you a bit of complex for checking it. The switch at the back again seems ok, but you have to click on/off/on/off to get through the 4 settings of low, Med, High & SOS (flashing).
The light scope that it emits is very good. I was riding the Ridgeway Path which is in the middle of nowhere for 10 miles with it on Medium setting. I found this ample to ride terrain bridlepath at 11-16 mph and could see the potholes etc. I didn’t want to put it on high, as Airbike stated 3 hours on high. I was unsure how long it would take me to get back + I didn’t want a manufacture claim to fall far short on this occasion! The beam is a mixture I’d say between bullet and spread. It’s certainly picked up the wildlife eyes on the side, which was a bit weird, but had vast distance as well. I tested it on max when I got back to my car and the beam throws out a great light. I will test this against a Fenix later in month, which I might get as a contingency, just in case my battery fails on the Everlight. However, it would be purely backup, as you would only need the Everlight on.
All in all I am impressed with this light. If I didn’t have it with me when the darkness fell. I don’t know what I would have done, as my catseye light, just wouldn’t have cut it. I thought it was pricey, but then again looking around for same products, you could be paying +£200 for a Lumen light of this calibre. Naturally when summer comes around how will it cope with external heat, remains to be seen? Though if I can sort the slight light wobble, whilst riding (I might not of attached it properly), then I would give it 9/10 for price Vs lighting your way!
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Been using mine for almost a week now and am very disappointed. The clamp is solid (and so it should be - feel the weight!), but a real hassle if you want to take your lamp off the bars - certainly not QR! The lead is too short to allow the light to be used as a helmet light, and although there is an awful lot of light leaving the lamp, it very quickly dissipates. No real distance even on high power, although you do get a fair bit of immediate (5m or so) flood. I got just over 3hrs out of high power last night, which is good.
Unsure whether to keep it as a backup to my L&M Arc, or put it on fleabay.
It's on about a par with my Hope 1 LED I'd say - but more expensive. And the ridiculous power mode switching lets it down further. I've even noticed that sometimes it skips a mode - going from eg low to flashing, missing out medium. So far this has seemed to happen on rainy nights...bit of a waterproofing issue perhaps? I'm not sure. It's not affected my riding but you wouldn't expect this to happen with a brand new unit.
A decent enough light for a first venture into night riding, and a good looking unit, but between this and the Hope, I'd go for the Hope every time. Even better - I'd get a couple of the Tesco LED torches instead. Riding with someone last night who was running two of these (total cost £20) and they massively outperformed this light.0 -
I've had mine out for one ride and was quite impressed.
It was perfectly adequate to ride a fast twisty singletrack downhill with stumps and logs as quickly as in the daytime - and I didn't really notice a lack of penetration - though I don't have any other experience of night riding. I found it gave a good spread of clean white light, letting me see an estimated 10m or so ahead.
Only had 20 mins in dark at end of an evening ride, but can't wait to get out again for a longer stint on some more trails I know well.
The clamp arrangement is rather basic, but it's solid and the light didn't move once I'd tightened it up so I won't complain about that. The switching is the biggest drawback for me, it's just a nuisance. I'll give it a chance to prove that it's sealed against the elements though.
For the £120 On One were charging when I purchased, I'm more than happy.0 -
I haven't tested other lights against this, as such yet. I will be getting a Fenix LD20, as back up and I'll compare fully then. There are certain things that let the light down for instance the bracket. I am not sure how much in time this will cheese me off, keep taking the thing off & on. I don't do that much night riding, so in time will tell.
Granted you can't mount this on a helmet, as lead way too short. I just wanted it as handlebar light & wasn't considering it any other way.
If worth £120 the jury out for me. I know that one shop put them up to £139 now. Though I am old school, paying £120 for a bike light. I think most LED lights are way over inflated on price anyway.
I'll feed back with amy other issues when discover them.0
