Front Light for Really Dark Nights _ Any Recommendations??

To get the best out of the
To get the best out of the fleabay crack lights please, please, please fit one of these lens diffusers:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wide-Angle-Lens-for-Magicshine-Lupine-and-Gemini-Bike-Lights-/261315451989?pt=UK_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item3cd79d5c55

It makes a massive difference to getting photons onto the road and presumably stops blinding oncoming road users as much. Although something like a B+M Cyo is much better and can also be battery powered at 7-7.5volts

Only thing with the Cat eye
Only thing with the Cat eye volt 300 – as far as I can see from the advertisements and specifications on several cycle supplier web sites.

Not in one instance does it claim either UK or European type approval.

If that is so, it is not road legal equipment and it is false to claim it is suitable for use on a road cycle.

CAT EYE – care to contradict me?

pj wrote:..stopping people

pj wrote:

..stopping people using *excessively* bright lights in and around town? the cree light sounds like a case in point.

Just to point out (if the cree example was pointed at me) riding out of exeter I didn’t even have the light on as it was pointless a flashing commuter light would suffice, the bright light was used on the very very dark (see the milky way type dark) lanes of Devon, it had three settings and I pretty much kept it on the lowest (this was primarily a test for proper MTB rides.

When the cars were approaching I did what anyone else in a car would do and dipped ‘the headlights’ a function available to all users, something you may wish to bring up up with the people you see blinding you around town.

Having said that I would rather be seen than dead, but certainly wouldn’t put another at risk by doing so.

Mostyn wrote:Will be

Mostyn wrote:

Will be interesting to find out what you think of that high powered Cree Light?

Well it’s pretty bright, I dropped off the back to get it fully in the dark (Devon country lanes) it lit the entire road up flooding the periphery really well and a good 100m up the road. Joining the back of the group again “Car Back” was shouted!

Are they 5000 Lumens? Are they F*** I don’t what a chinese lumen is but this is brighter that an Exposure Strada…but not *that* much brighter.

Time will tell how the battery NiCad not Li-ion and the build quality hold out.

But for under £29 Delivered to my door I’m really not complaining!

I’m off out to try out the
I’m off out to try out the 5000 Lumen (yes, seriously that’s what they claim) 2 xCREE XML U2 thing I bought from fleabay.

I wondering if they will:

A) Melt my Handlebars.
B) Fail after 15 Mins.
C) Get me pulled over by the filth.

Safe to say I’ll be keeping an Exposure light in my jersey just in case!

The iPad charger is probably
The iPad charger is probably the one type of USB charger that I’d be a bit careful of using with other devices, as they are now 12W (previously 10W) and thereby notably more powerful than the usual chargers that put out 5 or 6W. I’d check with Cateye’s distributor (Zyro) or keep the receipt safe in case you need to replace it within warranty.

Lezyne Powerdrive.
Lezyne Powerdrive. Rechargeable, well built and bright. It’s the lumen that counts at the end of the day. You want something in the region of £50 or more with a solid casing.

It’ll last for ever and do exactly what you want.

Not really sure about the first suggestion – if you get one of those chargeable lights what happens when you have to stop? Lights go out. Does it slow you down? Yes. Does it have a limited luminescence? Yes.

That maybe my prejudices above – I only really remember my friends dynamo which he had over 20 years ago.