Lighting

Another newbie question here I suspect.....
I'm needing a front light to see by (rather than be seen by) and I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Any paticular product reccomendations, and what should I be looking for? I've found a bike light on ebay with a luminense of 11000 (lumens I'm assuming) is that a reasonable figure, or is it a bit carp?
I'm needing a front light to see by (rather than be seen by) and I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Any paticular product reccomendations, and what should I be looking for? I've found a bike light on ebay with a luminense of 11000 (lumens I'm assuming) is that a reasonable figure, or is it a bit carp?
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Have a look at the What Lights sticky in MTB Buying advice for all the 'lights to see by' advice you'll ever need
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I'm a city commuter and my route is completely lit by street lamps so i don't need to spend too much but would like to make sure I spend wisely and buy something that's not going to stop working after the first downpour.
Oh, and it needs to run on AAA batteries as I've got loads of spare rechargeable ones lying around.
Then get a TwoFish handlebar clamp (eBay?).
And Robert's your mother's brother. Blows CatEye stuff out of the water for a fraction of the price (if only I'd known that when I started cycle commuting
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It's really, really bright, and at £26 a hell of a lot cheaper than many of the bike-specific ones. Oh, and it has other uses off the bike too! Bargain-tastic!
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It'll probably be 11000 mcd.
So whats an MCD? and is 11000 reasonably bright?
Dont have a linky to hand. Sorry
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/53-LED-Bright-Bik ... 2305b9c873[/url]
+1 i have one their torches rated at 200 lumens i got through ebay, if i had seen it here works out abut £10
Hmm, putting myself at risk of being corrected by those with more technical knowledge here, but the SI unit of luminance is the candela per square metre, so that would suggest 11000 cd/m2. Looking this up here http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/glossary/luminance.html I found that that is roughly equivalent to a standard T8 fluorescent tube, so not quite the searchlight that it might have been, but not bad for a fiver. What's the power source?
EDIT: Just found the answer: 3 AAA batteries, so even less likely to be super-bright without draining the batteries in a matter of minutes, but should be good for being seen.
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im sure it was blue skies this morning??
Edit: read fail, thought the title of this post was "lightening."..
That is true, but the light patch (when projected) may only be an inch square and you need to be looking right into it to see that 'brightness', lol - nice concentration, but no area.
The units can be quite confusing sometimes!
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Good light on max 220 lumens I think but tbh even on low it is adequate to light unlit roads
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I have one of these - fantastic output for the size, and over a broad angle too.
20 quid for all that power, cannot go wrong.
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They are great off road helemt mounted and tilted down on medium or low power I used them on my old commutre in Birmingham and it worked great too with a twofish lock thingy mount.
Spelling fail - "lightning".
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