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  • 24 hour race lights
  • dmc
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    Just looking for some advise on what lights i should be looking at helmet mounted, bar mounted mixture ? what from peoples experience works best and what brands do people tend to use ? have a budget of about £400.

    thanks in advance
    DC

    Posted 14 years ago
    njee20
    Free Member

    USE Maxx-D and a Joystick, should be able to find both for around £400.

    Posted 14 years ago
    wwaswas
    Full Member

    As above and USE are at a lot of events to offer support too. The new Lumi's might be worth a look too.

    I wouldn't be happy to base my race on a £50 light from HK, tbh.

    Posted 14 years ago
    MrTall
    Free Member

    I still like my Ayups, great little package with excellent battery run times. My Joystick packs up after 2.5 hours but with the extra batteries you get in the full ayup kit i'd get at least 6-7hrs from both the bar and helmet mounted lights.

    Posted 14 years ago
    TandemJeremy
    Free Member

    I used two lights – a single spot LED helmet mounted. This was good on its own on easy bits – doubletrack climbs and a powerful multi led handlebar mounted for the faster bits.

    For strathpuffer I borrowed a nightrider off The Bike Chain – fantastic light at a fantastic price.

    I would be quite happy using the DX torches so long as I had backups.

    Are you going solo or in a team? How much runtime do you really need?

    Posted 14 years ago
    dickydutch
    Full Member

    Another vote for AyUps. Admittedly not the brightest now but for the package I reckon theyre pretty hard to beat. Shame you have to buy them from OZ now, but apparently customer service is still spot on.

    Posted 14 years ago
    glenncampbell
    Full Member

    +1 for njee20 and Exposure enduro + Joystick. Great combination, not too expensive. My mate has ayups and they are excellent value and perform very well though!

    Posted 14 years ago
    Shandy
    Free Member

    If you are starting from scratch the Ayups are brilliant. Two light units, 2 small batteries, 1 big battery. The smalls give you 3 hours on full, six hours on half power, the big gives you 6 hours on full, 12 hours on half. With three batteries you are unlikely to run out of power, and the Ayups light unit seem to have a very low failure rate. I also got a head torch strap with mine, they are great for hiking too.

    Posted 14 years ago
    Bigface0_0
    Free Member

    Hope vision 2 and 4…

    Posted 14 years ago
    Jezkidd
    Free Member

    Lumi led 3

    Posted 14 years ago
    Dave
    Free Member

    Lumi led3

    Posted 14 years ago
    mogrim
    Full Member

    I was just about to post on this very theme…

    Given a budget of around 100GBP, what would you get? It's for a marathon I'm doing, hopefully get in before the light fades too much, but need one just in case.

    Posted 14 years ago
    dmc
    Free Member

    Thanks for the feed back doing solo mayhem so need good burn times

    dc

    Posted 14 years ago
    JDB
    Free Member

    Another vote for Ayup, fantastic little package, great run time, more than enough power for night time endurance racing and they come in wicked colours. I also know that they are putting in a big Europe push, and will be spending the summer travelling around Europe and the UK promoting at all the major events, so don't be surprised if a new distributor is coming soon.

    Posted 14 years ago
    wwaswas
    Full Member

    that's the windows paperclip moonlighting, isn't it?

    Posted 14 years ago
    epicyclo
    Full Member

    AyUp +1

    Not the brightest light anymore, but the best overall package IMO.

    The light spread exceeds my ability to go fast so it's more than adequate.

    Posted 14 years ago
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