[Closed] Lights.. whats everyone buying these days??

Depends on budget. Troutie and Luminous both make good quality lights in the UK and post on here regularly. There are several recent threads discussing this very topic - I know because I'm after lights too. Try a forum search.

I am going to be ordering a Bastid in a couple of weeks I reckon. Tesco torch on the noggin.

Carrots and a full moon. You'll be fine.

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/carrots.asp

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These are excellent... and great value! www.ledgendlights.co.uk

Most of the people in my group who are buying lights at the moment are going for lights from Four4th http://www.four4th.co.uk/ Partly because the lights are made locally, but also because the quality is excellent.

I got some old thing from On one last year it's compact, lots of light. ace

£50 a DX/Magicshine/Bastid

It works. It's just as good as most £250+ lights. No brainer really! 🙂

I like my Maxx Daddy...

DX

my original concerns about customer service/returns has been proven unfounded.
that just leaves the crappy sealing/waterproofing (£1 fix), poopy battery holder (£5 fix), and clicky switch that works back to front (?)

around 10 sets between my riding group.

I am saving up for a Maxx-D, already got a joystick but that will go on the helmet with the Maxx-D on the bars.

Just got a trout mini and it seems fantastic, absolutely tiny
and seems very bright:)

poopy battery holder (£5 fix),

Source please.

crappy sealing/waterproofing (£1 fix)

I plan on using some of that self amalgamating tape.....what do you use?

gamo:
Just got a trout mini and it seems fantastic, absolutely tiny
and seems very bright:)

Price?

i like my exposure lights. all self contained and have a great bracket system for connecting back to the bike.

What light for sub £100? Not going to get used that much so don't want to spend $$$

Jamie they are £250 with battery charger etc.
[url] http://troutie.com/?p=482 [/url]

What light for sub £100? Not going to get used that much so don't want to spend $$$

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30864

£50 - take a couple of weeks to deliver though

Oh didn't know trout had a new website...very swish.

the good news is that most 'night riding' lights now offer plenty of light and run-time.

i've found that a 500 lumen flood light on the handlebars + a 100 lumen spotlight headtorch is plenty enough for lots of fun - even on techy trails. i'd rather have 500 on my handlebars, + 100 on my helmet, than a single 2000 lumen light on my anywhere. it's cheaper my way too.

the sensitivity of our eyes is not linear - something with twice the lumen output doesn't look twice as bright - it only looks a little bit brighter.

500 lumens is fine, 1000 only a bit brighter, 2000 only a bit brighter again.

exposure lights are good and the batteries are built in, my Luu (nukeproof) light is good and cheap. i've had a quick play with hope lights, and they're good too. lots of other lights are available...

whatever you do, don't make your own, you'll still be dicking around with circuit boards and heat-sinks next june.

Jamie - ive been round this bouy before, very likely with you.

the battery holder is shite - in my opinion (source - me and everyone ive spoken to who has ordered one) its cheap crap, get what you pay for, put up and shut up or make something svelte and velcro-y

{EDIT: if ive jumped to the wrong conclusion as to what you were asking, source = lumicycle bag}

the waterproofing is aided by clingflim, leccy tape, placcy bag or any combination of sticky/stretchy waterproof stuff or alternatively dont bother and make use of the rather good returns policy from DX.

I bought a Magicshine off DX last year

and supplemented it with an additional lamp unit this year from www.magicshineuk.co.uk

Service was excellent form the the latter and definitely worth paying a bit extra and dealing with someone in the UK.

Got my DX battery in in an old bit of inner tube with zip ties either end, works a treat.

source = lumicycle bag

That's the correct conclusion 8)

*heads over to lumicycle website*

While we are talking about lights in August....am I right in thinking the SMO reflector is a further light throw but less floody and vice versa for the OP reflector?

Is the Magicshine/SSC P7 light waterproof ?

I have the battery back in a waterproof bag.

Bastid on the Bars and an MTE on my noggin…

Full power with both P7s when riding through the woods almost seems like too much light to me, whole lot with chargers etc was well under £90 I think, so can’t be beat in my book…

Bastid battery lives in a modified watertight, Storage bottle with some spare 18650s for the MTE and a couple of other spare bits if I need…

[url= http://www.lumicycle.com/product/132/bag/battery-bags-for-li-ion-batteries.html ]Lumicycle bags clicky[/url]

the perfect size for the DX battery is the one no longer available elite size.

[i]It's just as good as most £250+ lights[/i]

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Obviously not.

OP, what budget did you have in mind ?. What runtimes do you think you need ?.

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www.four4th.co.uk for me. Good value, nicely made, decent backup. And really nice and small as a helmet light.

Luminous - Member
It's just as good as most £250+ lights

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Obviously not.

How is it obviously not? I'd throughly agree with PP's comment on this.

AY-UP.
There are brighter lights around but these are more than adequate and for ease of fitting and battery life etc, I reckon theyre amongst the very best.

A Trout lumen liberator for me and a DX as a back up.

DD - That what my m8 thought until he saw my Magicshine in use, and found out how much it cost (I felt sorry for him...)

z1ppy - Member

Luminous - Member
It's just as good as most £250+ lights

Obviously not.

How is it obviously not? I'd throughly agree with PP's comment on this.

a totally unbiased opinion there from the luminous bloke.
might click your link anyway tho

..... the one no longer available......

Well there is a kick in the nuts.

some cheapo camera bags from Tesco`s and a velcro strap work ok for the bastid sized battery.

I've just got one of these to try, for commuting, 110 lumins front 4 lumens rear, USB charging so I can just plug it into the PC when I get to work.
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Like the look of the four4th lights. Owners - what beam set up (10 degree or 25 degree) and battery would you recommend?