Bought another rear light...

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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Light & Motion claim their 180vis is the brightest rear light - is that correct?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    meanredspider wrote:
    Light & Motion claim their 180vis is the brightest rear light - is that correct?

    No.

    It probably used to be.
    http://road.cc/content/review/30623-hop ... rear-light
    Road CC wrote:
    We’re talking 84 lumensi]for the Hope[/i. For comparison, the Light and Motion Vis 180 that we tested a while back is 35 lumens,
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Cycled in this morning with the District 3 on BRIGHT.

    My mate cycling behind was wearing a red softshell top and he was acting as a secondary light - he was positively glowing in the pool the D3 threw out.

    I spent some time angling it so it lit the bike and the road without dazzling but even so... God it's a bright light.

    (got a comment about how bright the Vision 2 is as well - Rob thought it was a car coming towards him when we met up)
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    Rolf F wrote:
    OT but I added another headlight last night. I already had one RSP Asteri front on (supposedly 200 lumens) so I put the other on. Turned the room lights off and tested them. When I had them both on flashing, it actually made me feel nauseous - rather like being drunk in a head spinny way. Be interested to see if I can cope with both flashing on the road.

    Also added a Smart half watt rear to the 1 watt that was already there (though it turns out that the former needs new batteries...)

    those Asteri's look good

    just found a pair of them for £44

    http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-2114 ... ights.aspx
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Got an Astrum but the bracket broke - so can only use on my training bike (found a bracket that it fitted). Got two Magicshine 818's that are very very bright. :twisted:
  • bobinski
    bobinski Posts: 570
    Just a warning to anyone contemplating the flare/ flash lights, i have had 2 silicone brackets tear apart on fitting to the bike. Bit surprising really. The silicone only wraps around the frame and onto the bracket so no sharp bits on which they can tear really. And i do cut my finger nails regularly...
    The silicone bands are not cheap to replace either and i may find an alternative replacement, something permanent perhaps to hold the brackets. No complaints about the lights though. Absolutely fab :)
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    mudcow007 wrote:
    those Asteri's look good

    just found a pair of them for £44

    http://www.parkersofbolton.co.uk/p-2114 ... ights.aspx

    I like them - I think that's about how much I paid last year. Two together is OK up to about 25mph irrc on unlit roads, they are small and neat and the batteries last a good time. And if one runs out, the remaining one is still good enough to see by.

    The only real issue on unlit roads is rain drops diffusing the beam.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    essex-commuter wrote:
    I've just taken delivery of an RSP Astrum ....
    ....

    ...and tonight I lost it :(

    Got home to find the clip still attached to the bracket but the light had snapped off...must have been a bright flashing object laying in the road somewhere behind me for some magpie to pick up.
    essex-commuter wrote:
    The plastic casing seem harder (as in feels more brittle) than the Niterider .

    Mmm, seems that was true.

    Great light, will I replace it with the same...probably not. Anyone want a spare RSP bracket?
  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    itboffin wrote:
    My nite rider cherry bomb rear light snapped off at the seatpost mount when I hit a pothole on Waterloo bridge this evening, FFS does anyone make a bright rear light that doesnt eat batteries can be quickly and easily mounted to any place :twisted:

    I bought a exposure flare from Wiggle but it then turned out to be out of stock until forever.

    I've lost to many cateye rears to even count, they seem to wear out the mountings over time and scratch the plastic cases.

    Exposure RedEye using the additional single-cell piggyback battery from the rest of the Exposure kit. Yes, it's expensive, but no, it just won't break.
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  • petemadoc
    petemadoc Posts: 2,331
    Anyone got any feedback on the Smart Lunar R2?

    LISMRTR2-2x12-RED_P1.jpg

    May get 2 of these puppies, one for each stay.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    PeteMadoc wrote:
    Anyone got any feedback on the Smart Lunar R2?

    LISMRTR2-2x12-RED_P1.jpg

    May get 2 of these puppies, one for each stay.

    Can't you put them on the seat post? I have two R1s on my seat post where they are fine (protected by the Crud). I don't think I'd trust a Smart on a seat stay!
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  • petemadoc
    petemadoc Posts: 2,331
    I've got an R1 on the seatpost already. I was hoping these R2's would be more waterproof and with one on each stay it would make me look like a moped in the dark.

    Edit: and I quote the product description "tough construction which can withstand even the most
    extreme weather conditions."
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    That's Smart for 'keep it on the seatpost gents'!

    Surely you'd look more like a moped with one big light on the seatpost - twin rear lights can only make you look like car that's a long way away!
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    My RSP has separated itself a couple of times too. Its now got a rubber band around it to hold it together when I go over the bumpy bits.
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    I had an astrum but the little internal lugs snapped after about a week (hitting a bump I think) and the back half fell off in the road so I took it back.

    Also my stupidly large thigh contacted the stick out screw bit on the side of the mount, very wary of wearing a hole in me assos.

    Great light, crap construction.

    Also, why wouldn't you want one of the bulbs to flash and the other go steady, not one of the illumination options sadly.

    Exposure flash and flare now, spectacular, just about to buy another flash for the front.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    From a driver's persepective, the R2 is very good, I passed a rider with one a while ago and was impressed.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    after my RSP Astrium commited suicide, i bought a R1 & R2 both are fitted on my seat post. I have the R1 on steady an R2 on disco mode

    i have had a few comments from other cyclists to say that they are pretty bright from behind

    on the front i still have my Moon X Power 300 an i have my Chinese 1600 lumen "light sabre" for when it gets pitch black.
    Keeping it classy since '83
  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    As Moon has been mentioned, I'll tip the sealed Moon Shield 60 as a bright, compact and waterproof rear light. £35-45, depending on where you shop. USB-rechargeable on USB, so ideal for plugging into a PC at either end of commute.
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  • BigBlackShed
    BigBlackShed Posts: 60
    My LBS is a Hope Tech shop. Furnished me with some Hope Pornography, errr catalogues, yesterday.

    Now on the want-list: Hope R4 & District Red Light.

    Expensive, but visable from the moon.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    BigBlackShed wrote:
    My LBS is a Hope Tech shop. Furnished me with some Hope Pornography, errr catalogues, yesterday.

    Now on the want-list: Hope R4 & District Red Light.

    Expensive, but visable from the moon.


    I was there first with that wish list - go get your own :)
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    meanredspider wrote:
    I have Blackburn Mars 3.0 on both commuters - very happy with them

    http://www.parker-international.co.uk/5 ... gn=pid5536

    I've got a Mars 4 at the back and am now on my 3rd, the other two went back under the lifetime warranty - one simply didn't work and the other died after one super-rainy day

    Seriously not impressed, would move over to another light if I didn't have to buy more than one frikin' bracket :(
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  • BigBlackShed
    BigBlackShed Posts: 60
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    BigBlackShed wrote:
    My LBS is a Hope Tech shop. Furnished me with some Hope Pornography, errr catalogues, yesterday.

    Now on the want-list: Hope R4 & District Red Light.

    Expensive, but visable from the moon.


    I was there first with that wish list - go get your own :)

    I started with a very nice Kona Dr Dew as a commuter / hack-around-town. Now with upgrade-itus, "all" that's left to change is the bars, stem and seatpost. The rest is Race Face and Hope. I "have" to have the lights. It would be rude not to complete the Hope theme.

    *Does anyone else think this will win the argument with The Wife. £400 on lights. :shock: :? :? :?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I've gone for the 'cheapskate' option of MJ-818 and MJ-872. Probably just as bright. The quality is very good too, though admittedly it's probably not quite as good as Hope.
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I've just bought the Smart R2 after looking at lots of decent reviews on Wiggle - so hopefully theyve sorted the water problems out. And half price from Planet X too. Loving the disco mode it seems to have on it. I'll not get any epileptics on my tail. Well not for long.
  • Torvid
    Torvid Posts: 449
    bails87 wrote:
    I've gone for the 'cheapskate' option of MJ-818 and MJ-872. Probably just as bright. The quality is very good too, though admittedly it's probably not quite as good as Hope.

    Are you using the splitter kit for you 818?
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Yep.

    (and to pre empt the next question :P) While it's still light in the morning I've been using the rear on flash or (constant when foggy), with the front on low power just when I'm in traffic (or all the time when foggy). On the way home I've put the rear on constant mode and the front on either low power or the next one up (plenty to illuminate an unlit country lane) and I've most of the time, when I get home the battery indicator in the switch is blue, which I think is 50%-75% of charge remaining. That's a 50-55 minute commute each way. I've got it down to oragnge once or twice, which is 25%-50% power. But I usually have a spare battery with me anyway.
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  • Torvid
    Torvid Posts: 449
    Great, thanks, makes my christmas light upgrade alot less complicated now.
    Commuter: Forme Vision Red/Black FCN 4
    Weekender: White/Black - Cube Agree GTC pro FCN 3
  • vorsprung
    vorsprung Posts: 1,953
    Used one of these for this years audaxing
    Also bought one for Mrs V's Super Galaxy

    Mine lasted about 3 months, several events. Then during PBP the bracket sheered off. It just snapped near the light.
    Light still works, the on the bike part is still there. But not sure how to fix the bracket.

    Mrs Vs didn't last so long. The light fitting bracket is still on the bike. It may well have suffered the same fate but Mrs V didn't notice

    Final score, cheap, bright, strong water proof case but bracket not suitable for UK / France roads.
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