ebay bike lights?

scooter15

any one have experience with these, like cree ones 2 for 8 quid or somthing. look ok to be fair. im in the market for a decent light. £30 max is what i can afford just now if you have any good recomendations

nicklouse

Looked at the massive thread in the buying advice section? Best section to ask and find buying advice.

scooter15

will have a look cheers, still finding my way about ken

keef66

Search for posts on the subject by D.I.Y. He's very knowledgeable on the latest Cree based torches direct from China, also advice about batteries and chargers, and clever / cheap ways of mounting the torches on the bars using bits of old inner tube.

I'm assuming you want them for off-road riding...

diy

2 to 4 of these:
http://www.lightmalls.com/ultrafire-wf-501b-smo-3-7-4-2v-cree-xp-l-v5-1a-1800lm-5-mode-led-flashlight-1x18650-battery

or this one which is almost as good:
http://www.lightmalls.com/ultrafire-wf-501b-cree-xm-l2-5-modes-led-flashlight-torch-1-18650

an 18650 USB power pack for a charger - ebay has 100s

an old Original equipment laptop battery from Dell or Lenovo for a good source of batteries ebay has 100s
then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjtwE41PX1g

an old Inner tube for a mount
then watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtAdD7-bux0

jamie77

I bought some Cree ones a couple of years ago & still growing strong, but not on the bike i use for work now Be careful as there are some crap on there :oops:

The Northern Monkey

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19725823#p19725823]jamie77[/url] wrote:

I bought some Cree ones a couple of years ago & still growing strong, but not on the bike i use for work now Be careful as there are some crap on there :oops:

What are you growing with them?

jamie77

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19726007#p19726007]The Northern Monkey[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19725823#p19725823]jamie77[/url] wrote:

I bought some Cree ones a couple of years ago & still growing strong, but not on the bike i use for work now Be careful as there are some crap on there :oops:

What are you growing with them?

Whoops.!!

bold seagull

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19725470#p19725470]scooter15[/url] wrote:

any one have experience with these, like cree ones 2 for 8 quid or somthing. look ok to be fair. im in the market for a decent light. £30 max is what i can afford just now if you have any good recomendations

I go out with someone who has the Cree Solarstorm U2 lights and they are a serious bit of lighting, comparable with another guy who had a £150 piece of kit on his bike. As long as you don't mind stowing the battery somewhere (he puts it in his spare bottle cage, it seems a great bit of kit for around £15.

bob6397

I've got a Solarstorm X2 (which I put on my helmet) and an X3 (which I put on my handlebars) - both run for a similar amount of time, generally 4-5 hours depending on the outside temp (batteries like to be warm).. I happily go out any time of the night with them on. I tend to have the X3 on all the time and just switch the X2 on for trickier sections.. When I might be moving the handlebars around a lot etc..

I have cable-tied the battery holder bag to my frame, where the top tube meets the seatube inside the triangle (hardtail) - It's secure, and cable-tieing the bad lets me change the battery easily as well.. I also cable-tied the cable for the light underneath the top tube as well..

For the price (£15, £20), they are amazing...

bob6397