Anyone know how this is different to the Baby Trout?
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Trout light helmet
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Or has anyone any pics?
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Helmet light is the baby troutlet .
I have a box full of cases and stuff I just have not assembled any yetthey can be mounted on top of the lid with just a strap or at the front with a nice little cnced mounts
of will fit a bar mount too .
Singletrack have had one since the Puffer race and they did promise a review but dont know what has happened to that
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Thanks, what is the lumen (theoretical) output?
Is this the same as the 'Baby Trout' listed on your web site, or another light?
And, where does the battery locate - remotely or on the helmet?
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that depends on which leds go in
if all xpgs the max would be 1404 lumen this would be a floody beam
for a spotty beam then I would use xpes so the lumens would be
1008or an allrounder would be 2 of each so a max of 1200 lumens
it is the same as on the website I just have not got round to updating .
battery is a 4 cell smudge job so in the camelbak may be a tad heavy for the lid .
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Hmmm... wonder if Smudger could rustle up a suitable helmet battery - that would be the deal clincher..?
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It can be done with a 2 cell battery in fact I lent one to the photographer and reporter who did the bike radar interview .
only problem was she used it on hi all the time and depleted the battery in 50 minutes .
it would have lasted a lot longer using med and low power and hi for the fast bits .
If I had detuned it a little she would have got 1 hour 30 mins on hi
or 4 hours on medium .
so a good length ride would have been achievable with a 2 cell on the back of the lid .Smudge is looking into a Lithium polymer set up
How heavy is acceptable for the battery pack as one of smudges 4 cells is 203 grammes ideally a 3 cell pack would be the best for the Troutlet so that would be 150 grammes plus 100 grammes for the light head
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working on a 3 cell battery as we speak
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I've never used a lid battery and haven't gone that far in to know weights.
The popular Ay-Ups seem to get the OK, and look OK from what I've seen of them - balancing the weight of the light. I don't know the weights of those batteries...
I suppose with the lumen output of the Troutlet, it's not a deal breaker having a back pack lead. TBH I would prefer duration over a lid battery. 50 mins does seem a little short
How long will your 3 cell last Smudge? (Mick told me on Thursday's Wyre ride you liked his Clent tour - my local riding)
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Hi bonesetter,
Amazing ride round Clent Mick 100% ace guy and probs 80% fitter 
Faffy & I need to keep in touch with you guys as fairly local rides to us and we didnt realise Clent had so much to offer!!
As for the 3 cell, will need to chat to Troutie, but cant see any problems meeting up for evening Clent rides to sort out problems
Keep in touch though, via Mick or the weekly emails?
Smudge
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Will do & hopefully meet up soon - there's dust on them hills at the mo. Was out today on Racing Ralphs - uber fast
Looking at my Troutie LL, I'm tempted to just go for one of those on my lid too
Or is that just silly? - probably
Nigel
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Trout don't bother with weight
Just run a longer cable and keep the batterie in the bag/jacketPosted 2 years ago # -
Hmmm
"Smudge is looking into a Lithium polymer set up"
Now this could be the deal breaker for the Ayup Adventure V4
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"Smudge is looking into a Lithium polymer set up"
Is nothing secret on here
It would be so much easier if there was a 'standard connector' that all bike light Co's stuck too.Posted 2 years ago # -
Is nothing secret on here
My lips are sealed Posted 2 years ago # -
sp, would have thought the ayups were in a way lower league that Trouties lights, seen 20 + sets running and they all have a piss poor output. Only seen one trout light and it was way ahead.
Also feel that ayup have say on their collective backsides and not been bothered to up their light's outputs in keeping with everybody elsePosted 2 years ago # -
Sorry Smudge Didnt realise it was classified on the Li Po`s
I have in the past tried the 4 cell on the back of the lid and it was too heavy made the helmet rock a bit more than usual
this is my set up on the camelbak has been great for 2 years now though the light on the helmet has changed nearly every ride depending on what I have built up
I got this nice little Lowepro camera case it was £10 at the time but is ace for the job and quick on and off the bag
Lib on the helmet is OK but it does need a bit of faffing to get the position right as it does not work with the helmet mount .
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sp, would have thought the ayups were in a way lower league that Trouties lights, seen 20 + sets running and they all have a piss poor output. Only seen one trout light and it was way ahead.
Also feel that ayup have say on their collective backsides and not been bothered to up their light's outputs in keeping with everybody elseAs far as brightness goes from what I know Trout lights are a lot brighter than Ayups. However having been fortunate to have been loaned some Ayups I did find the the 600 lumen's (I think this what they claimed) fine for the purpose and coupled with the very long battery burn times and low overall weight. So if something fulfils this criteria then they will be a contender for my cash
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I would say 1200 lumens is needed if running a LL bar mounted.
I say this as when using my iBlaast! lid mounted it just doesn't cut it with the Troutie on the bar at 2.2K lumens! In fact it looks positively weak next to it.
My Nightlightning iB is a 2nd gen with an output of I am guessing of ~750 (theoretical 900)
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while you're monitoring the thread Smudge
whats going on with the OS quick release mount you promised my GF after she bought one of your lights ?
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if all xpgs the max would be 1404 lumen this would be a floody beam
for a spotty beam then I would use xpes so the lumens would be
1008or an allrounder would be 2 of each so a max of 1200 lumens
Am i reading this right ?
Doe's the helmet mount come with sunglasses to protect against the glare ?
How much is this unit ?Sorry I've not been following the Trout light threads that closely
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Trout- Light will be reviewed- Once it's been used enough ;]
Matt
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Cool Cheers Matt be dark soon
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