I brought one of these:

Mini U2 light

From Ebay seller “Chinavally”

I thought it would make a nice helmet light direct mounted, and I could use/modify the clamp to work with the Solastorm I have.

Anyway, it turned up, and as a light its nice, tiny, probably crap battery but seems ok so far.

But the Bar clamp is not as shown, not quick release, cheap, sharp , brittle plastic, so I wasn’t happy about that.
I`ve opened a case through ebay.

But does anyone recognise the light ? or know where its available with a better clamp arrangement (Or even the one shown)

Cheers
Dom

oh I was just gunna say, that mount look ace…

I want that mount!

whats wrong with a bit of sticky velcro and a re-usable zip tie?

more importantly – whats teh light like? floody or spotty?

Its like Half a solastorm to be honest 😀

The mount was why I ordered the light 🙁

Two Fish Lock Block is what you need for that. lock block.

BLT (remember them?) used to do that mount with their Super Doppler front light.

Great looking light. Would make a great head light

I have one aswell it fits in a exposure helmet mount perfect so it will be ok in there bar mounts aswell.

Wow, just clicked the link. Its a nice unit but its not worth more than an SS X2 surely?

I bought one from a different ebay seller and it came with the pictured clamp (it also only cost 13 quid).

A crackin’ little light. Nice & compact with three light levels and a decent run time. It takes up almost no space on the bars. The clamp is fairly robust, but the wire ‘clasp’ bit can slide off the bit it clamps onto if tightened up too much.

Yeh mine came from a uk seller £19.99 with p&p

Slugwash, do you have a link to the one you bought? Fancy one as a lid light

this seems to be the same light, but with a different (though still decent looking) mount. Quite tempted by something that small at that price.

Yeh that’s the guy I got it from he is putting the price up soon so don’t hang about if you want one at that price

Just ordered one at £14.99 and 3 minutes later he put the price up by £3.

I got one before the price rise – worth a try at that price

I just ordered one- been looking for something simple like that. Worthy of a punt for £20 incl postage

Now 99.99 from same seller

Probably listed at £99 to try and boost his other auction:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1600-lumen-Mini-Bike-Bicycle-Cycle-Light-Cree-XML-XM-L-U2-LED-Rechargeable-/221327177385?pt=UK_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item338820b6a9

He puts the price high when he only has 1/2 left just to keep it going on ebay it will go down left he has more turn up.

Just buy a £2 light from asda and use the mount from that.

I paid £16 and it comes with the (crap) clamp as per aracers link.
It’s a decent enough light and it will be mounted in my new helmet as a really light, low profile headlamp. I just wanted the original clamp for use with the solastorm light head 😉

I wouldnt pay £36 for that knowing now how cheap it was. Looks ok as a cheap helmet light though?

I like the look of these, will keep an eye out for when they come down in price

Received the light but yet to take it out on the trails. Light itself isn’t too bad for what I paid. Doesn’t seem too waterproof, though. Mount is made out of very brittle, cheap plastic.

I’ve had a few updates from the ebay seller, finally resulting in them finding one of the original clamps to send me, so I’ll keep you posted. 😀

Mine arrived today – it doesn’t work! Let’s hope the seller sorts it out!

So far so average then…

Looks cool. How’s the charger?

If anyone wants mine it’s only been used 3 times but have just got a diablo, I will let it go for £19 posted or £30 posted with a brand new exposure helmet mount email in profile cheers.

Blast, could have saved £3 off of what I paid for it if I’d seen your post. 🙂

My X2 arrived without the rubber O rings. I emailed the seller and he asked me to take pics of the missig items.

*smacks head*

http://dx.com/p/xl-023-cree-xm-l-u2-350lm-3-mode-memory-white-bicycle-light-grey-black-2-x-18650-218807

Is this (roughly) the same thing? If so, with the same chip and voltage, why is there such a huge difference in claimed lumen? I’m sure there is somebody on here who understands the tech on here. Trout?

Also, looking at the other lights the leads are the same, what happens if you just plug in one of the much more common 4 cell packs with ?double the voltage?

Circuitry-800mA

Because its not driven very hard, and also, DX have a forum where people really give them hell if they keep putting stupid fake lumen figures up that their suppliers give them.

An XM-L can be driven at 3000mA, but you need some good cooling to stop it frying itself.

Your voltage question should be quite obvious 😉

Your voltage question should be quite obvious

Of this I am certain. Please assume i’m an idiot.
Not work at all, overheat or explode?

Thanks for the info above.

Something not good that is probably irreversible!