I am after a budget light set up as the title suggests.

I have the hankering to leave work, head up in the Pentland Hills for a cheeky cycle, bivy spot, wild coffee in the morning before heading home the next day.

As I finish work at 10pm, lights will be needed.

What’s the current best deal on lights / what light is the flavour of the month?

I want to spend <£100 and as little as possible really but maintaining a good lumens/£ ratio.

Any suggestions?

For under £100 get yourself on Fleaby, get two Hope Vison 1s, one for bars and one for helmet and a supply of rechargable AAs. I raced 24hrs twice with this set-up, paid about £60 each (new) for my lights.

Give smudge a call he has some bastid clone types with the latest XMLs on board not sure how much he wants for them though
http://www.mtbbatteries.co.uk

It’s the deal extreme 900 lumens jobbies init?

Search for MJ808, MJ808E, MJ816.

One is enough to ride properly at night, two is damn near daylight!

yeah DX ones but you’ll wait a good while for delivery so you’ll have to go to a re-seller if you want it soon

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Magicshine-MJ-808-Bike-Light-900-Lumens-BRAND-NEW-/250815939128?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item3a65cb8238#ht_1215wt_1139

Then get a P7 torch for your hat

Man the rush to get lights has started early this year… another recommendation for Smudge here

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/hawking-900-front-lights-1

+1 for the Magicshine (or variation of), much brighter/better beam than a Hope Vision 1 (ime). The Hope is good for commuting and would make a great helmet light if it wasn’t so heavy (still ok though). I sold mine on eBay for about £10 less than the cost of a new one…

Magicshine is hard to beat for the price. I bought the newer machined alu housing Spokeshirt version but it’s very similar in terms of light output.

These look good for the money but I’d want to check that the title and the description actually match before buying – £41 for an XML light and battery pack/charger is cheap and chips

http://www.bestofferbuy.com/cree-xml-t6-led-3mode-1300lumen-bicycle-light4-18650-p-70634.html

I built my own from a wasbi can , 9w LED mr16 bulb from ebay and 12v CCTV battery. Runs for about 12 hrs, just as bright as my mates Exposure Enduro. and cost about £40. The batteries are cheap so i have a couple.
heres the link to the bits on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MR16-LED-BULBS-CREE-3W-30-9W-50W-3YEARS-WARRANTY-/150488295690?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Lighting_Lamps_Lighting_SM&var=&hash=item68c6c8b576#ht_2921wt_914

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-9800mA-Rechargeable-Battery-Portable-4-CCTV-camera-/170630395481?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item27ba5d3659#ht_3104wt_907

you will need a few bits from maplin and a Glue gun.

I’ve got a Hope HID that works great ‘as is’ and would be good for an LED conversion in the future to give a good quality LED lightset. Email in profile if you’re itnerested.

I have a stock single XML light kits. (Not made by magicshine)
I’m on my mobile at the minute but if you search for mtbbatteries on facebook most of the info is on there. I have not had chance to do a webpage for the main website.

Any questions please email me direct as due to family commitments not online much at the minute.

Thanks

Smudge