This year?
some cheap as chips Weng-Du manufactured slave laboured landfill, or Artisan crafted UK made units at 4 times the price?
I'm sticking with my Lupine one.
tiny light unit at the front of the helmet and small battery mounted at the back, light, balanced and doesn't stick up too far in the woods.
Still using my Smudge light.
Solarstorm light off ebay for 17.99 works well for me.
Joystick here, cheap Chinese thing on the bars
Smudge Lumenator on the bars, solarstorm X2 on the lid.
No complaints here.
Trout liberator on the bars, solarstorm with smudge battery on the helmet. Which reminds me I need to order a new battery for my trout light.
Solarstorm x2 here. Still using mine from 18 months ago and a UK artisan one would be nearer 8x the price, not 4. I will be replacing the battery this year after it died doing some exploring over the summer.
With this no helmet light has made much difference except looking for things in my bag.
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Nitefighter BT21 on my helmet, Nitefighter BT70 on the bars.
Yup that's itcheap as chips Weng-Du manufactured slave laboured landfill
Magicshine somethingorother the one that's like a thermonuclear explosion in an egg cup
how can you ride with a bar light? doesnt it point the wrong way alot of the time?
those solarstorm jobbies - can you unplug teh lead from teh back or is it hard wired? i nightride randomly so i like to have a light fitted to the commute lid permanently but hate cables when i dont need them.
If I was to buy lights this year I'd probably end up with something from CandBseen as for the sake of a tenner I'd rather avoid the ebay lottery.
I like light, small and bright. Gloworm X1 for me with an X2 on the bars
[i] can you unplug teh lead from teh back or is it hard wired[/i]
No, cable is hard wired.
[i]how can you ride with a bar light? doesnt it point the wrong way alot of the time?[/i]
It sort of does, but it mostly doesn't matter, it's hard to describe really, but it's a lot easier than you expect. The only reason I can't is that there's no where to mount my battery on my ohh-so-swoopy carbon fantasabike!! (ooh get me 😆 )
Lupine Piko last year, but I've got a Joystick now as well, so might bar mount the Piko
can you unplug teh lead from teh back or is it hard wiredNo, cable is hard wired.
cheers, will stick with my homebrew trout/teapot special headlamp then! might get an upgraded battery though for this year. 5yrs old and still working.
cant do bar lights - waaay to strobe like
gloworm X1 & 2-cell battery mounted on the back of the helmet.
lasts about 2 hours which is more than enough for evening blasts.
I have one of those el cheapo chinese things, got it when they first came out on the slow boat from china, cost about £50
Just had a quick look on eBay and they are insanely priced now, £23 gets you a pair with batteries and mounts!
Might have to pick up an extra for helmet, my dad is after one too so a twin pack is a winner.
Last years' mk8 joystick really does not need replacement as it is superb.
Big light on the bar for me (thats a Solarstorm with improved battery)
exposure 6 pack on the bar and toro on the lid. my night rides work out at 4 hours or so, and i don't like leads. last big light expenses before these were ~ 7 years ago, so if these last that long i'm happy.
£120 Magicshine on one side of the bars, £15 Chinese copy on other side.
As bright as each other and after 3 years the Shinymajic copy has yet to burn down my house whilst charging.
£8 Tesco (2 x AA, 3W) Maglite copy cable-tied into a vent on a helmet for 'looking away from the trail' duties.