Lights for unlit roads.

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  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Those ay ups look good for the price, £184 for helmet, bar mounted and rear. I assume the rear is very bright? How does it compare against 1/2W smart LED? Also if it's too bright maybe get pulled over (like having car fog lights on at all times) :wink:
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    I think it's brighter than a 1/2W, personally. On the rear of the bike I have the Ay Up on constant, Skully on flash and a Blackburn Mars 3 on flash on my rucksack. When it gets pitch black i'll add a Smart 1/2W to the mix too.
  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    alfablue wrote:
    You need

    batteries £6.79

    Charger £9.49

    and either

    this mount £3.29, or

    this mount £2.99

    Cool thanks. Time to break out the credit card once I get to pay day
    2010 Trek 1.5 Road - swissstop green, conti GP4000S
    2004 Marin Muirwoods Hybrid
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 206
    I love my exposure joystick. Oh and I'm divorced btw :wink:
  • dmch2
    dmch2 Posts: 731
    My bike specific one arrived today:
    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.25149

    Very bright, nice broad beam pattern, easy to mount the light itself. Will try it out later in the week.

    It has a separate battery pack that i'm not sure how to mount, think i'll just buy a strip of velcro to go round the stem and through the plastic eyelet. Unless anyone has a better idea?
    2010 Trek 1.5 Road - swissstop green, conti GP4000S
    2004 Marin Muirwoods Hybrid
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    My DX Magicshine 25149 died 4 miles into ride home tonight in the dark, still had 13 miles to go. Indicator light on the light showed faint red connector and jiggling it helped not a jot. Got my way home with borrowed light and it looks as if it's the charger (possibly it's connector) that is iffy so not charging the light. I've managed to get the thing working occasionally and with some juice in the battery the light functions fine. So, I might take the charger to bits and/or cut the connector up to see what the heck the fault is. May source the CRC Nuke charger that I've seen recommended if I can't sort out the issue..
    Darn these blasted things, I *so* don't want to spend £150 on the equivelant lights to gain better reliability but I'm heading that way soon ...

    Just another negative I'm afraid for these "bargain" lights - lovely and bright, often various components don't seem to last.
  • Hoopdriver
    Hoopdriver Posts: 2,023
    I've used Lupine lights for years and they run like fine Swiss watches - cost like them too, but for built quality, brightness, beam spread, light temperature (colour) and sheer reliability they are worth every penny if you ride a lot at night.
    http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Darn these blasted things, I *so* don't want to spend £150 on the equivelant lights to gain better reliability but I'm heading that way soon ...

    yup done that, learnt the hard way in buying several cheaper sets. Then eventually splashed out for Hope Vision 4.
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    andyrr wrote:
    Darn these blasted things, I *so* don't want to spend £150 on the equivelant lights to gain better reliability but I'm heading that way soon ...

    Just another negative I'm afraid for these "bargain" lights - lovely and bright, often various components don't seem to last.
    Bottom line is; you get what you pay for.

    As mentioned, I've got a Hope Vision 2, it's about 3 years old now and works faultlessly. I looked into going down the low cost route, but the solution seemed somewhat Heath Robinson. My recommendation would be to spend a little more money and get a unit that has been designed for biking. You'll get a quality head unit, decent run time, water proofing without having to grease the threads and a beam spread pattern designed for use on a bike.
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  • Not Another Hill
    Not Another Hill Posts: 382
    Hope vision 1. 3 hours on max. 4 x AA rechargeables. Extremely well made. Top quality. Got it last winter. I do my training rides over unlit moorland roads round Huddersfield and find this light great. Couldn't recommend it highly enough especially at the price. (You will need 2700 - 2800 batteries and charger as well).
  • stokepa31
    stokepa31 Posts: 560
    I run a pair of P7 lensers and they rock. have had one roll off the kitchen worktop and fall onto the hard tile floor with no ill effects.

    got mine from glowgadgets which is a uk company. not as cheap as some but great quality

    http://www.glowgadgets.co.uk/osc9005/le ... 9d5320dfce
    Burning Fat Not Rubber

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    Genesis IO ID
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  • MikeWW
    MikeWW Posts: 723
    Got the Ay Ups
    3 hours battery life with the small unit and 6 with the larger one. Been using them for the last 2 years on and off road-faultless
    www.lichfieldccc.org.uk
  • fastbatard
    fastbatard Posts: 137
    After reading this
    http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp
    I have just ordered this
    http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=8;n ... d=39;pgc=0
    Comes in at just over 80 euros (approx £70) including batteries, charger and extra clamp for oversize bars. I'll report back when I've tried it out.

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