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Everyone who bought one what have you gone for the 3 or 5 level mode?
Curious as to real world runtimes experienced.
Whoever is next inline for the demo Cutie send me your address & i will pop it in the post to you.
I'm next for the Spidereyes. You wait you b*stard squirrels (just kidding, I like squirrels).............
@bigbloke, I opted for the light with three settings but have ended up with a 5 settings one, unless I am doing it wrong.
Basically I push and hold down the on button and the light goes through 5 stages of brightness. Can anyone confirm this is correct. I assume the fith stage of brightness is the boost.
I run the light at the four level and when require boost I hold down the on button for a brief moment and the light cranks up a notch. Once finshed with boost I do the same again and the light goes back to what i think it level 4.
Anyone confirm this is corrcet method.
I am as yet to work out how to get the flashing mode as per the instructions
Mantastic......yes thats correct. To get flashing turn the unit off then push the button continuously for a few seconds the light will come on in the flashing mode which can also be cycled up and down in brightness.
I also assumed the light had 3 levels but it came with 5. I have the standard 2.6A battery.
You can also run them in the traditional bflex "duomode", where presses of the switch alternate between low & high current settings. It's how i have mine setup. With high current set to 2.8A & sensible use of low current setting i get about 2 hours runtime from a 2.6AH battery pack.
Oh bugger that means there will be a customer expecting five levels and only got three somewhere
for the five level. each click goes up a level to the top
press and hold and it goes back down. releasing when at the required level .
it is easy to reprogram for a triple setting. mail me if you want instructions on how .
I'd be interested in how to change between the 5 and 3 power level modes, and what the theoretical lumen outputs are for the 5 power levels.
Tried out for the first time last night, only initial impressions as was not normal ride in the woods, was out over some open hills so much of the light was being wasted shining into space. Seems very good on levels 3,4 and 5 but two things of note. Firstly it wouldn't stay in level 5 for long due to getting warm but to be fair I wan't riding particularly fast and it was about 15 degrees last night. Secondly I can't see what is immediately in front of my wheel (the first two to three feet) as well as with my old hope vision 4. In all other respects however it is much better, but only when you get to levels 4 and 5. Overall impressed so far.
I agree with the above, the first 2 settings (5 levels) are only really suitable as a commuter and dont offer any real impact on an off road trail which came as a little bit of a disappointment, level 3 is fine offroad , level 4 and 5 are superb.
Chris told me that setting 4 is about 1 amp draw (equivalent I think to the high setting in 3 level mode) so it seems like a huge jump to the 3 amps on boost (level 5). I can see why grahamb has set the boost to 2.8 amps as presumably this is only very slightly less bright but doesn't overheat quite so quickly meaning that it will stay in this highest setting for longer even when moving more slowly through the air (I was descending a steep wet grassy hill last night so wanted all the light I could get but wasn't going very fast.) Don't know how the setting can be changed in this way though - grahamb/troutie is it fairly easy to configure these settings at home (forgive my ignorance)?
OK its no secret the driver used is the Taskled H6flex
from www.taskled.com
the data sheet with all the configuration instructions is on there
it does involve lots of button presses and is easy to screw up .
messing with it will also mean possible warranty issues from the settings I send them out configured to .
mainly the thermal monitoring , switch that off at your own risk
dont confuse battery draw with led drive current .
when on the highest setting it will draw approx 2 amps from a 14.8 volt battery
I send them all out configured to 2.8 max led current as it is not possible to see the difference at 3 amps
and the battery drain is a bit better
the led drive on the 5 levels is
level 5 2800 ma
level 4 1593 ma
level 3 730 ma
level 2 220 ma
level 1 50 ma
now this doesn't mean the lumens halve with each step as that not how leds work
and I will get realtime lumen counts for each level sometime soon .
battery draw at the five levels is
level 5 1.9 amps
level 4 1 amp
level 3 .5 amps
level 2 .15 amps
level 1 .04 amps
so with this information you will be able to work out the theoretical run time for your particular amp hour battery
real runtime will vary due to temperature the colder the less runtime you can expect
@trout - thanks for that very useful info.
I'd just add to what I said previously that the light is extremely well put together and looks and feels just as good as my hope vision 4. I'm looking forward to using it around my usual ride in the woods in a few nights time.
Flashy, you got the spider eyes yet?
Andy,
Sorry I was on holiday. I think it may be in work, I'll have a play this week.
Email me your address. I'm guessing you are next in line
Cheers
it still with Toons, then me, then you............
Who's got the cutie at the moment?
Used the spiders eyes whilst out riding with toons on tuesday night, bloody awesome head light. Insanely bright!
Hi i sent the cutie over to bristol last week.
Glad you lot know whats happening cos i lost the plot ages ago 😯
I am having to ride with a normal light at the moment 😉
and only 3600 lumens
The-milkybar-kid,who to? Would like to give it a go if possible.
Hi his email is jameshart321 AT yahoo.co.uk
Cheers. Have mailed,but no reply yet.
Getting it this week.........can't wait:)
Which one ???
Hi Chris, the Cutie. Was going to mail you to say, so didn't end up with 2! Have emailed the guy who has it, he gonna send it on Tuesday. Thought as it was back,so to speak, it would be easier to get that one,as l know you've had difficulty releasing another demo 'cos people keep buying them!! Hope that's ok.
Cheers Ian
So refresh the cuties on its way to cooie
Wheres spidy then
Spider with James, then to me.................horay
Cooie,
can i put myself up next in the list for the Cutie after you please? My emails in my profile when you are done...
Yeah sure, l should hopefully get it later this week. I'll let you know when l've finished and send it on.
Ian.
cheers ian 🙂
Toons
Got the Spidereyes. Many thanks. Yea Gods that's bright.
Chris is this the cut down helmet version?? It's much smaller than I expected.
Cheers
Had a Lumi battery already so just bought the DD light unit with a modified plug.
Holy bejesus, it's bright....I was grinning like a loon everytime I put it on boost 8)
yeah this is a great light. On a ride a few night ago and compared it directly against a hope vision 4 and the old halogen flood/spot lumicycle combo. Much brighter and far longer throw than either of these other lights, and contrary to my earlier post, no signs of getting too hot on boost. I think it is so bright on boost that after a while you lose some of your night vision and you can think it's not going to level 5 because it looks like only level 4, but in fact it is still on 5, it's just that your vision has changed!
I went down a long fast descent a couple of nights ago and I realised when I'd got to the bottom that I'd done it at daylight speeds, i.e. I was able to see just as well as if it had been in the middle of the day. My only critiscm is that the beam shape is not a very wide flood, there is limited light at the very wide periphery but this only comes into play on very tight weaving slow singletrack such as in between trees in the local woods. Overall I am hugely impressed with the light including the build quality.
Flashy that the only version only one in the whole wide world .
it started off larger and heavier and I kept cutting bits off to lighten it .
thats why it is rough as a very rough thing from roughville
but you're going to put them in production soon??????!!!!?!?
This is a total winner for me, even before I've tried it
On that point, is there anyone else in the queue after me? Drop me a line via my email
Hi not sure whats going on but the Cutie has turned up back with me, cooie can you email me your address so i can post it on again.
How bizarre! James emailed me to say he had sent it 1st class on Monday, was wondering where it had got to.He was going off on holiday, so perhaps in the rush he got the addresses mixed up 😕 I've sent you my address to mail in your profile.
Cheers
Ian
Hi Ian its on its way have sent it special so will be there tomorrow by 1.
Nice one, cheers. Do you want a donation towards postage?
James posted me the Spidereyes, which I tried tonight along with a borrowed Dominator.
So Spidereyes on lid Dom on bars, what a laugh. The only draw back was the drizzle and wearing glasses.
They are truly astounding. Now the problem of working out which to actually buy.
I've just noticed Sir Trout's note saying this one's a one off, noooooooooooo it can't be, it's too much fun.......
I stopped at my mate's on the way home he lives on the third floor of a big Victorian house. I got him to come to the window to see what the hell was shining on his ceiling.............
Chris, I'll email you re stuff............
You really should of put a passport in this when it first got sent off, Got to be the most toured light in the world ..... it's a record breaker 😛
Anyone know the where abouts of the cutie? I'm after a trial. 🙂
Flashes, snd me a mail and I'll give you my address when you've finished playing with Spidereyes?
B.A.Nana, l've got the Cutie and it's going to anthonyb next. I'll be sending it on wed. Ian.