What's this light like?

lost_in_thought

Any thoughts?

http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... goryID=104

ride_whenever

Standard cateye junk bracket.

However one of my favourite cheap lights, not hugely bright but a really good spread so you can use it on pitch black narrow routes fine. Probably not bright enough for fast night-time hijinks though!

MrChuck

That was my main light a few years ago- I don't think they make them anymore. Pretty outlcassed by the current generation of LEDs though so while I was very happy with it at the time you could do quite a lot better these days, probably even for £20.

Also IIRC it didn't have a flash setting, if that matters to you.

snooks

It looks quite big and silver.....next question

PBo

Got it.

Quite chunky.

Fine for city "be seen" light, not a serious "see by" light.

As mentioned, doesn't flash.

If you care about such things, one of the few BS approved lights out there.

jonginge

I had one of those for a couple of years. I quite liked it. The bracket was the weak point and it eventually failed. A car then ran over it

greg66_tri_v2.0

snooks wrote:

It looks quite big and silver.....next question

And produces white light. Definitely no good if you want a red light. I'm quite certain of this.

snooks

Greg66 wrote:

snooks wrote:

It looks quite big and silver.....next question

And produces white light. Definitely no good if you want a red light. I'm quite certain of this.

You could give out red glasses, not orange ones mind, to everyone behind you......

Or you could wait until after Christmas and stick a red strawberry cream quality street wrapper over the front (or should that no be back?) and that will turn the white light red

lost_in_thought

PBo wrote:

Got it.

Quite chunky.

Fine for city "be seen" light, not a serious "see by" light.

As mentioned, doesn't flash.

If you care about such things, one of the few BS approved lights out there.

Ahhhh ok, I was thinking of it as more of a 'see by' light.

Never mind eh. Cheap, though, innit!

PBo

lost_in_thought wrote:

PBo wrote:

Got it.

Quite chunky.

Fine for city "be seen" light, not a serious "see by" light.

As mentioned, doesn't flash.

If you care about such things, one of the few BS approved lights out there.

Ahhhh ok, I was thinking of it as more of a 'see by' light.

Never mind eh. Cheap, though, innit!

It's not the worst "see by" IMHO by a long shot - but not great....

cyclopsbiker

takes 4 AA batteries = heavy!! that was the reason I changed from my old cateye to a knog...but then I only need to be seen and no "see by"....and I have an exposure joystick on my lid

EKE_38BPM

I used the EL220 on the Dunwich Dynamo, obviously to see by. It worked fine. I could see even at the darkest point of the night and under cloud cover whilst decending a country lane at 30+.

I would image the EL300 to be a new and improved version. Hopefully they've improved the bracket when compared with the EL220.

I would say that at that price its good value for money.

itboffin

EKE_38BPM wrote:

I used the EL220 on the Dunwich Dynamo, obviously to see by. It worked fine. I could see even at the darkest point of the night and under cloud cover whilst decending a country lane at 30+.

I would image the EL300 to be a new and improved version. Hopefully they've improved the bracket when compared with the EL220.

I would say that at that price its good value for money.

Wow :shock: I can't see a thing with mine nor with the EL520

Could be my eyes tho

EKE_38BPM

This might be handy.

itboffin

or this

roger_merriman

I really like my fenix Light it is a see by light, and there is slightly lower power version now at £30 which sounds like quite a good deal.

http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/led_torches/fenix-e21.html

should give enough power for night riding, and does seem to be noticed by traffic,

and it's a darn handy torch as well, needs a £7 pound velcro mount as well.

downsides well they chew though batteries and only have a 2ish hr run time.

vorsprung

MrChuck wrote:

That was my main light a few years ago- I don't think they make them anymore. Pretty outlcassed by the current generation of LEDs though so while I was very happy with it at the time you could do quite a lot better these days, probably even for £20.

Also IIRC it didn't have a flash setting, if that matters to you.

This is an accurate assessment

I have one in the the garage in working order that you can have for the price of postage

I had to recently buy mrs v a commuter bike light as she has got a job at a bikeable distance and aims to ride most days

I got one of these for her

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/b--m ... er-ixon-iq

The Hope lights are also nice

gtvlusso

Got me one of these - works fine on unlit cyclepath:

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A1664

Not sure on battery life yet as I have only just got it.....

rolf_f

gtvlusso wrote:

Got me one of these - works fine on unlit cyclepath:

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=A1664

Not sure on battery life yet as I have only just got it.....

50 lumens for unlit cycle paths? Sounds a bit scary though I think Lux is supposed to be a better measure. I got an RSP Asteri for £42 from Merlin which is supposedly 200 lumens and is pretty good to see by and is nicely compact and well made (metal case etc). It's rechargable so no extra costs there but the battery is replaceable. Much neater than a torch installation too and the battery life is pretty good as well.

bartimaeus

lost_in_thought wrote:

I was thinking of it as more of a 'see by' light.

Have a look at What Lights in MTB. You can get 18650 powered P7 and XPG torches pretty cheap - and they are VERY bright.