Thank Goodness for Redundancy
SamWise72
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Of lighting systems, I mean. My standard setup is a Magicshine front light, and a Dinotte rear. I have a 2AA Cree torch as backup, and the on my helmet a single AA light (running a higher current Li-Ion battery instead), and a cheapo blinky on the back. Yesterday, I had to leave my Magicshine at home, pending cable repairs (it's a first-gen light). My outward journey was in daylight, so it was only getting on the bike outside Westminster City Hall that I realised the mount for the torch was on a different bike. Then, on arrival at Waterloo, I managed to lose the battery carrier on my Dinotte when disconnecting it (along with 4 brand new high quality rechargeable AAs). Thank goodness for my helmet lights, which got me home! Have lots of lights, people.
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Similar thing happened to me on Tuesday. Was dropping the car off for it's MoT with a garage in the next village. About to cycle home on the tourer when I found my flasher had flat batteries, I've not used it in months and suspect it may have been accidentally left on. Luckily I had my Maglite with headband.
By the way, if anyone has an old Maglite lying around you can get a modern LED upgrade for them cheaply. Mine is about ten times brighter than before.http://www.strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible Price.
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unixnerd wrote:By the way, if anyone has an old Maglite lying around you can get a modern LED upgrade for them cheaply. Mine is about ten times brighter than before.
Ooh linky linky please - I've got several of those kicking around.
...sigh, OK I'll google it before someone sends me to LMGTFY"Impressive break"
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Attica wrote:unixnerd wrote:By the way, if anyone has an old Maglite lying around you can get a modern LED upgrade for them cheaply. Mine is about ten times brighter than before.
Ooh linky linky please - I've got several of those kicking around.
...sigh, OK I'll google it before someone sends me to LMGTFY
You look it up old chap then send me the link plse
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itboffin wrote:Attica wrote:unixnerd wrote:By the way, if anyone has an old Maglite lying around you can get a modern LED upgrade for them cheaply. Mine is about ten times brighter than before.
Ooh linky linky please - I've got several of those kicking around.
...sigh, OK I'll google it before someone sends me to LMGTFY
You look it up old chap then send me the link plse
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"Impressive break"
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Ta I'd already found them my google-fu is strong
Can i be arsed to upgrade ...?Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Ooh linky linky please - I've got several of those kicking around.
This is the one I bought, after a bit of research it was by far the most effective.
http://www.thetorchsite.co.uk/TerraLUX_TLE-5EX.html
That's for the 2xAA Maglite but he does other versions too. He claims 140 lumens and I can easily believe that, if not more. Off road I run the latest MJ0836 Magicshine on the bars and the Maglite on my head strap, really effective combination. Batteries last at least 2 hours before a recharge.http://www.strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible Price.
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unixnerd wrote:By the way, if anyone has an old Maglite lying around you can get a modern LED upgrade for them cheaply. Mine is about ten times brighter than before.
I knew it was possible but I'd forgotten. Thanks for reminding me and for the others on the thread for posting links. I see some maglite upgrades in my near future.
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