Countryside lighting query

Shinto

Hi guys, I'm new here to the forum, looking for a bit of information if anyone can help:

I commute for 15 miles to my fiances and to work nearly everyday and cycle as a hobby, obviously the nights are getting quite dark early on so I'm in need of some decent lights, ones capable of lighting countryside roads. I have a budget of around £40 for the set, what would you recommend I go for? I have the bog standard supermarket lights but i feel now I really need to invest in something that keeps me safer on the roads and country lanes.

Thank you.

Initialised

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SolarStorm-X3 ... 258ce6b22b

I have one of these on the front, it is good enough for riding unlit tree covered paths in the dark and typically runs for 2.5 hours between charges.

I can't comment on the rear light as I don't have that model so maybe spend the change on some extra rear lights and reflective tape:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... e&_sacat=0

Underscore

I bought one of the cheap Chinese lights (1200lm) and fitted a diffuser from these guys (though, with hindsight, I might have just bought the whole light-set from them):



This spreads the beam which gives better visibility and (hopefully) less dazzle to other road users. I certainly find it fine for my 20-25 miles commute of which <5 miles is urban with street lights.

On the back a run a pair of Smart half-watt lights, one flashing and one solid.

HTH,

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Kieran_Burns

I've similar with a magicshine 808e and the diffuser really helps with spreading the beam

oxoman

What ever lights you get make sure you have a back up, i use a Moon Xp300 as a main light after my ebay cree xml1600 light failed one night with another as back up. The old cree one is relegated to offroad only but again i have a second set as back up just in case. 2 Smart Lunar R2 lights on the rear

The Rookie

I would go with the PlanetX moon shield 60 copy on the rear, really bright, makes the R2 look feable.

Shinto

Brilliant thank you so much everyone, decided to go with the Solarstorm set up so will give that a whirl