http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:35:01 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-679196 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:08:39 +0000 simonfbarnes 679196@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I don&#39;t ride off-road at night very much in a season, so I&#39;m still on Lumicycle Halogens. It is incredibly reassuring just to be able to buy spares from nice people at short notice</blockquote></p> <p>I do ride off-road at night a lot in a season, so I have LEDs. It is incredibly reassuring not to have to to buy spares from anyone :o) [and not to have battery that weights a ton and self destructs*]</p> <p>*crossed fingers on LiPo meltdown though <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-679163 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:58:08 +0000 BigDummy 679163@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I don&#39;t ride off-road at night very much in a season, so I&#39;m still on Lumicycle Halogens. It is incredibly reassuring just to be able to buy spares from nice people at short notice. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-679116 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:43:22 +0000 mrchrispy 679116@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve found the fit inducing flash mode on my little dinnotte is a little too much for cars....much better on the middle setting. I save the pulse flashing for when I get behind drivers that have annoyed me. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-677891 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:51:48 +0000 AndyP 677891@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>bright lighting doesn&#39;t necessarily mean blinding a car. You have to use some kind of intelligence when you fit the light to your bike/helmet. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-677878 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:48:26 +0000 richc 677878@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>no such thing as overkill on-road</blockquote></p> <p>Dunno about that, blinding car never seemed like a good idea to me. As thats a lot of metal the are in (semi) control of. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light/page/2#post-677771 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:20:48 +0000 AndyP 677771@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em>At the moment, I also spend more time on the road, so Trout&#39;s &#39;Close Encounters&#39; set-up, might just be overkill. </em><br /> no such thing as overkill on-road. off-road&#39;s a different story... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677670 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:47:20 +0000 mavisto 677670@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Would love one of Trout&#39;s but when I&#39;m not sure how much night riding I&#39;m going to do, I think it might have be the DX to begin with.</p> <p>At the moment, I also spend more time on the road, so Trout&#39;s &#39;Close Encounters&#39; set-up, might just be overkill. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677642 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:39:05 +0000 jim 677642@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>eg. how are people getting on with Ay-up warranties for example now they are Aussie based only.</blockquote></p> <p>My mains adapter for the charger failed, I emailed them about it and they sent me a new one, so no problems here so far. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677486 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:28:17 +0000 Jamie 677486@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>johnners:</p> <p>I wonder how? Could it be related to the 6 emails in 48 hours I&#39;ve had about this from the PlanetX/On-One conglomerate?</p> <p></blockquote></p> <p>*chuckles* </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677462 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:10:50 +0000 Zone 677462@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>How does this compare against the Nuke proof 900 light?</p> <p><a href="http://www.shedfire.com/2009/09/08/nuke-proof-reactor-lights/" rel="nofollow">http://www.shedfire.com/2009/09/08/nuke-proof-reactor-lights/</a></p> <p> <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_question.gif" title=":?:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677442 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:55:24 +0000 AndyP 677442@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em>I have never heard of any issues with on one not honouring their obligations </em><br /> agreed. Bought one of the SL1s as a backup light when they were on pre-order t&#39;other year, had some problems with it - returned to On-One, replacement with me next day.<br /> Unfortunately that was shite too, but got a rather fantastic SL2 sent to me instead. Bravo chaps. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677437 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:52:10 +0000 johnners 677437@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Gosh, you guy&#39;s found out about this quickly</blockquote></p> <p>I wonder how? Could it be related to the 6 emails in 48 hours I&#39;ve had about this from the PlanetX/On-One conglomerate? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677433 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:50:16 +0000 thisisnotaspoon 677433@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I bouhgt 1000 lumens over a year ago for £50, blinded myself, and wen&#39;t back to a 250 spot. Only use 500 when I fel guilty for buying them.</p> <p>Hopefully they&#39;ll last a few more years then I&#39;ll treat myself to something troutie&#39;esqu that looks like a car headlamp on my head to get the same brightness over a wider area <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677376 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:37:31 +0000 devs 677376@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Shame about Niteflux. I still think the Photon Max is the best helmet light I have seen BUT mine died and after 7 weeks of no news I just got the retailer to give me a refund.<br /> LUU light looks nice but as others have said, you could get nearly 3 DX lights for the same price and it&#39;s the same 900 lumen P7 after all. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677141 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:21:35 +0000 CountZero 677141@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve got two P7 lights, one with replacable batteries, neither cost more than £50. For this money I&#39;m buying a light with 2000 lumens, thank you. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-677075 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:06:00 +0000 Stevoisonone 677075@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Yoda - The P7 LED has 4x LED chips manufactured onto LED &quot;emitter&quot; package. The Big LED players Cree &amp; Osram are also doing this, however the makers of the P7 LED chip have been doing this for a few years. Having 1x LED chip means that Luu could use the genius system of replaceable lenses etc, making this LED very versatile... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-676038 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:28 +0000 daveplanetx 676038@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Of course well send one to Trout , though I believe hes already had a poke around at the LUU light in a slighty rebranded / modified version . </p> <p>Anyway Trout , mail me your details and I will gladly pop you the one Stevo has been testing in the post .</p> <p>I know Paul Smith has been testing one of the Luu lights and it should be coming up in what mtb soon , he seemed pretty impressed when I bumped into him at Eurobike , and Paul definitely knows his lights . </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675994 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:46:37 +0000 DaveGr 675994@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Oh, and I wonder if they&#39;ll give Trout one to dissect as the STW independent light reviewer ..... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675989 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:45:17 +0000 DaveGr 675989@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Looks like some interesting features.<br /> - interchangeable lens to give flood or spot<br /> - runs off Li-ion but also has a back up AA battery pack which looks like it&#39;ll give an hour extra run time as an emergency back up</p> <p>Seems an OK price @ £140 for the basic light but will be interesting to see the beam shots as it looks like one lens in front of the 4 LED&#39;s</p> <p>some <a href="http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/?p=3019">techie stuff</a> on the On One web site. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675988 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:45:13 +0000 Mr Agreeable 675988@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>With Niteflux the normal warranty chain has gone thoroughly kaput as their UK distributor has also gone AWOL. I had a problem with a lead on my Niteflux halogens and the shop just swapped it with another set they had, they didn&#39;t even bother sending it back. I would expect that if Oldgit really kicked up a fuss he could get his money back from the shop, but has his reasons for not doing this. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675981 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:43:31 +0000 trout 675981@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>If it is owt like the light from another high profile co it should be OK </p> <p>looks good in the pics and the aa pack is a neat idea </p> <p>not sure about the plastic jacket for the heat though will that be for strength when you add the weight of the aa pack and what is the clip on top for</p> <p>would nt mind a look at one </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675963 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:37:38 +0000 KINGTUT 675963@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I have never heard of any issues with on one not honouring their obligations </blockquote></p> <p>Just to make it clear I&#39;m not having a dig at on-one they have always been tip top with me, I have the same thought with a lot of these lights eg. how are people getting on with Ay-up warranties for example now they are Aussie based only. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675954 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:35:13 +0000 montylikesbeer 675954@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think the spring clippy thing is to release the unit to enable the inter changeable lenses to be swapped over and thus keep a good IP rating.</p> <p>Nah not for me, bring on my trout light!!!!!!!</p> <p>Edit:</p> <p>The clip has nothing to do with the lens me thinks from having a look as the web site </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675949 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:34:06 +0000 KINGTUT 675949@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I&#39;ll try again. Your warranty is with the selling stuff guy, not the making stuff guy.</blockquote></p> <p>And I&#39;ll try again..</p> <p>Warranties ain&#39;t worth shit If they can&#39;t be backed up by the manufacturer, a refund isn&#39;t always ideal. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675946 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:33:05 +0000 TandemJeremy 675946@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>As mr Agreeable says - if it stops working in a short time and cannot be repaired or replaced then you get your money back from the retailer ( possibly minus an amount for the use you have had)</p> <p>I have never heard of any issues with on one not honouring their obligations </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675942 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:32:05 +0000 vinnyeh 675942@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>the eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed LUU are producing lights for one other high profile company but our direct sell model means our pricing is around 40% less, so that means one thing </blockquote></p> <p>typical self effacing on-one marketing...</p> <p>The market at the £200 price point is very comeptitive this year.<br /> There&#39;s not going to be much need to go to the likes of Hope/Exposure/Lumi/Lupine is there? </p> <p>Are lights still a growth market really? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675935 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:30:08 +0000 Mr Agreeable 675935@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Mr A what makes you think it isn&#39;t made by child labour?</blockquote></p> <p>It looks a bit bulky for their ickle manacled hands. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675931 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:29:11 +0000 Mr Agreeable 675931@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ll try again. Your warranty is with the selling stuff guy, not the making stuff guy. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675926 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:28:17 +0000 grumm 675926@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Mr A what makes you think it isn&#39;t made by child labour? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675922 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:27:49 +0000 Stevoisonone 675922@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Gosh, you guy&#39;s found out about this quickly <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> They are starting to sell<br /> <a href="http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Luu_LED_Lighting.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Luu_LED_Lighting.html</a><br /> We have tested these Luu LEDs for a while... We have ridden with them and have been impressed with the multi-function features...<br /> Some samples have gone to the Mag&#39;s...but if you want to ask questions we have a tech/news slot<br /> <a href="http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/?p=3019" rel="nofollow">http://www.on-one-shop.co.uk/?p=3019</a><br /> Cheers Stevo </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675917 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:25:31 +0000 KINGTUT 675917@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>As TJ always points out, your warranty is with the vendor, not the manufacturer.</blockquote></p> <p>Indeed it is, so what happens when it goes wrong?</p> <p>As with a lot of on-one deals these may be a job lot purchase, which is fine but lights have a bastard tendency to stop working so for that kind of money I&#39;d want a shit hot back up (that&#39;s why I personally chose Exposure).</p> <p>From what I can tell LUU lights are in there infancy, as there is little on the web about them.</p> <p><a href="http://www.luu-lighting.com/">LUU Lights</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675916 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:25:28 +0000 oldgit 675916@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>KINGTUT<br /> Exactly, that&#39;s where I am now with my Niteflux Photon Max LEDs. They seem to be going over in Oz, but seemed to have pulled out of old blighty leaving me high and dry not to mention in the dark!<br /> Luckilly I still have my Joystick that&#39;s still running and has had a harder life, and my LBS leant me some Hope lights so I can keep on riding.</p> <p>Nitefux, please return my mails......... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675896 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:17:53 +0000 Mr Agreeable 675896@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>As TJ always points out, your warranty is with the vendor, not the manufacturer.</p> <p>£140 for a 900-lumen light that isn&#39;t made by child labour sounds pretty good to me. At full price they have a lot more competition though. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675890 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:15:59 +0000 catnash 675890@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Artist, Yeah, just needed to finish my car loan so they went. Hey I&#39;ve sent my e150 to Neil at TF Tuned for a yearly service so money doesnt stay in my account...</p> <p>From what I read of these about 280 for a pair, I want one on top and one on the bars. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675871 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:09:57 +0000 KINGTUT 675871@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote> richc - Member</p> <p>on-one warranty is pretty good, so I wouldn&#39;t worry about that. </blockquote></p> <p>Agreed it is, but these are not manufactured by on-one or a well known company (like Exposure or Lumi for example) where will people stand a few months down the line if they fail to work, how will the light be fixed or even replaced (I&#39;m guessing these are a job lot purchase). </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675857 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:06:49 +0000 richc 675857@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>on-one warranty is pretty good, so I wouldn&#39;t worry about that. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675855 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:06:32 +0000 Jamie 675855@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Last year I bought one of the SL2s for £100 pre order as i night ride infrequently. Looks like this year this may serve a similar purpose as would rather have a Trout light but it will be £200+ with charger etc.</p> <p>...or just go for DX torches. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675848 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:04:29 +0000 KINGTUT 675848@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The first question that springs to mind is warranty back up, they&#39;re not exactly a throwaway price. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675843 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:04:14 +0000 TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR 675843@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>I had lumicycle system 3&#39;s last year, want them again </blockquote></p> <p>Do you sell your lights in the Summer cat? <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/on-one-900-lumen-light#post-675841 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:00 +0000 lowey 675841@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I cant really see why anyone would buy that over the DX light. </p> <p>If it were me I&#39;d either get a DX or save and get one of trouties masterpieces. </p>