Just got back..

fcumok

From my first night ride Very impressed with the Tesco torches, I was going to get some P7s but now not so sure that I need them.

Also my first 'proper' ride since I came out of hospital and not feeling too bad. Good night all round. Night riding is the future 8)

adun1408

How good were the tesco torches, i've been looking at the p7 as well but am a bit wary of ordering from honk kong.

RealMan

adun1408 wrote:

but am a bit wary of ordering from honk kong.

fcumok

A lot better than I thought they would be. The beam is a quite focused, I used 3 in total which seemed ok, can be a bit interesting at speed but nothing too much to worry me.

Definitely a good introduction to riding at night.

LoUiS1985

i thought i heard tesco had stopped doing them torches now...??
was looking at getting some soon for some night riding

andy46

what tesco torches are these? can i get them at any branch :?:

Northwind

Honestly, if you want a decent amount light you don't want the Tescos, that was a bit of internet hype gone nuts. And yeah, I fell for the hype But you need 3 torches to get any sort of decent light, and the beam's still very tight. And you need to carry 10 million batteries too since each needs 2 and they don't last all that long. Once you get into buying loads of AA rechargables, etc, you've spent most of the price of a P7, a charger and 4 batteries from Dealextreme.

Not that you need a lot of light to night ride- you can have a lot of fun riding with very low light. But you've got to be brave or good to go fast!