pulsing front light: wants one!

MattFT

Hi guys,

On my ride home last night I saw someone with a front light that seemed to pulse rather than flash. i.e. instead of full on/full off, it seemd to have a standard brightness, then flash to maximum brightness every half a second or so. Very very noticable and solved the problem between flash getting you noticed, but steady being better for car driver distance perception. Anyone have any idea which lights have this mode?

Thanks!

Matt

woodford2barbican

could be a dinnotte 200 - mine does that.

davis

Lots of the Exposure lights do that. The Strada, Toro, and the Maxx certainly do.

MattFT

blimey, expensive gear then! You get what you pay for I guess.

Stuey01

Yeah, my exposure Strada has it. Tell me, from being on the receiving end of it, was it too distracting? I haven't used it as I don't want to cause an accident! been using the steady dipped mode in town.

Mr Plum

The Smart Bspoke 1W does that. Great light.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/smart-bspoke-1w ... n=products

Blue Meanie

I always had my rears on 'chase', and then I ran behind a cyclist on on/off full blink!
Really depends on road conditions, Urban i'd recommend chase, Back Roads is blink for the intensity.
For the front; I use a P7 for simple brightness and have a 'back-up' for strobe effect when cruising street lit areas. On the the really dark sections of Rural roads, I can't but help turning the headlight off and cycling home by the night sky, Jupiter has been so bright recently

Justatheory

+1 for the Smart Bspoke.

fenboy369

I've got an Exposure 6-pack and it has a commute setting, low power light always on and flashes at high power every three quaters of a second or so. Its awesome.
I've also got a Smart/B-spoke 1Watt front light that has a strobe/pulse setting. Thats good.

MattFT

Stuey01 wrote:

Yeah, my exposure Strada has it. Tell me, from being on the receiving end of it, was it too distracting? I haven't used it as I don't want to cause an accident! been using the steady dipped mode in town.

Nope, not too distracting. People with a huge cree flashlight on strobe setting is distracting. The pulse just draws your eye to it.

MattFT

Looks like a smart 1W or an exposure light cannon. Thanks all!

Stuey01

MattFT wrote:

Stuey01 wrote:

Yeah, my exposure Strada has it. Tell me, from being on the receiving end of it, was it too distracting? I haven't used it as I don't want to cause an accident! been using the steady dipped mode in town.

Nope, not too distracting. People with a huge cree flashlight on strobe setting is distracting. The pulse just draws your eye to it.

Ta.
used it this morning and had no annoyed light flashes from cars. Will try again tonight when it's properly dark and guage the reaction to that.

Thebigbee

I just bought a Smart 1W B- Spoke from Wiggle for £13.25 delivered to replace a Smart Polaris. 3 modes low, high and strobe.

Tested out the strobe in a pitch black room and made me feel a bit sick. Hopefully it won't distract me or drivers - will test it out later.

Quite a bit brighter than the polaris and seems to have good spread.

Ian.B

Thebigbee wrote:

I just bought a Smart 1W B- Spoke from Wiggle for £13.25 delivered to replace a Smart Polaris. 3 modes low, high and strobe.

Tested out the strobe in a pitch black room and made me feel a bit sick. Hopefully it won't distract me or drivers - will test it out later.

Quite a bit brighter than the polaris and seems to have good spread.

I've just ordered one of those to replace my cateye (the plastic catch holding it onto the bracket broke and it came flying off along Embankment) - they've only got 2 left so hurry if you want one

mybreakfastconsisted

Mr Plum wrote:

The Smart Bspoke 1W does that. Great light.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/smart-bspoke-1w ... n=products

Says discontinued?

jimmcdonnell

The Exposure Flash & Flare do it - both superb, tiny, rechargable or disposable batteries, easy to fit and remove in seconds, plenty bright enough to see by and be seen. And a relative bargain at about £35 each.