Pulled the light apart the other day and the sealing is good. BUT where the cable exits the light body there is no rubber grommet, so im going to put a bit of silicone sealant around the hole to keep the moisture out.
I've also wrapped the battery in clingfilm, as advised by others.
Not 100% convinced that the o-ring bar clamp is solid enough, but if not Im planning to use an old mount off my Cateye EL700. May need to space out the clamp by 3mm to clear the cable, but should be easy enough to cobble something together.
Just had an e mail from the e bay store I bought one of these lights from asking me to return it for a full refund due to the risk of "potentially dangerous failure" that had been highlighted by the trading standards agency.
Anyone else had this?
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there was a thread earlier today benefit of buying from a uk seller, I guess - hong kong one would say nowt.
Had one for about a year - still running sweetly.
Bought one each for my 2 lads and they look and seem to work just as well.
£27 per winter is pretty good, more than that is a bonus.
One tight but happy Tyke.
Don't know whether to send it back or not, it seems to work ok and I was quite pleased with it until that e mail!
Not sure what a "potentially dangerous failure" could be, exploding battery perhaps?
ordered one from a uk ebay seller at 10pm mon night, arrived 9am wed morning - brilliant. the £28 light is brighter than the 3 year old dx bastid that is still going strong. the p7 has orange peel reflector beam pattern looks good - shame it's for 12 yr old son! off out to weather proof battery - killed original dx battery on 1st outing so don't want to repeat that!
The biggest risk would be the batteries over heating and catching fire whilst being charged (which has happened with Li-ions), so in an ideal world only charge them when you're around ie not at night when you're asleep. Alternately, I put my Li-ions in a metal biscuit box when charging them, so if they do go tits up, the damage is contained.
tpbiker - MemberI'm toying with the idea of this night riding lark. Will this 27 quid light allow me to go round the pentlands/GT in the middle of the night, or is it for commuting predominently?
Just in from a night ride on the downhill bikes at innerleithen- mate was using 2 of those P7 lights from the original post. It's a lot more light than I started nightriding on, upgrading to a single P7 was a big deal!
So yeah, they'll be fine, unless they burn your house down, which they most probably won't.
