SafeRide 80 Batteries

ic.

I'm slowly getting the impression my saferide 80 isn't lasting as long out on rides. It used to be good for a couple of hours on mostly full power

Can anyone recommend the best batteries to install?

bendertherobot

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000WDSFPM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

When I first put them in they didn't work at all. Then charged them. Worked fine. I only ever charged them in the light. They did last longer.

ic.

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19749293#p19749293]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000WDSFPM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

When I first put them in they didn't work at all. Then charged them. Worked fine. I only ever charged them in the light. They did last longer.

Thanks bender. Thinking about it, when I bought yours for a mate you mentioned you'd swapped out the batteries. Are these the ones you used then?

bendertherobot

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19749295#p19749295]IC.[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19749293#p19749293]bendertherobot[/url] wrote:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000WDSFPM?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00

When I first put them in they didn't work at all. Then charged them. Worked fine. I only ever charged them in the light. They did last longer.

Thanks bender. Thinking about it, when I bought yours for a mate you mentioned you'd swapped out the batteries. Are these the ones you used then?

Yep. And should be still inside I think.

timothyw

One consideration at this time of year is that the colder it is the less power nimh batteries put out - this is true to some extent with all batteries but particularly true with NiMh unfortunately.

Depending on your usage patterns you might want to look at getting low self-discharge aka 'pre-charged' or 'hybrio' or 'eneloop' batteries such as these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-Capacity-Pre-Charged-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B00HZV9TGS/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1448462413

These hold their charge better than standard NiMh rechargeables (such as those linked above) so if you're only using the light occasionally they're a better bet.

With that said, at this time of year I'm charging my saferide every other day so there's no benefit to be had there! I'm just glad it has the usb charge socket.