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  • Can you get a good front light for night riding for under £50?
  • tomoleary
    Free Member

    Im just getting back into biking and want to get a light so i can go night riding with a few mates. They have all brought £200 hope lights, but i cant afford anything near that price. Have you guys got any suggests for good lights for around or under £50
    Thanks a lot

    althepal
    Full Member

    Search for the words, DX, bastid, and torch on here.
    Sift through all the threads and buy one you like.
    Or, if you don’t want a two week wait, and like having a UK warranty, just get one from smudge off of here for £67.

    mtbtomo
    Free Member

    Some of the 900lumen (alledgedly) torches on dealextreme are bright enough to get out night riding.

    For about £30 you can a torch, batteries and charger.

    Something like this

    Ultrafire

    I use one on my helmet but have used it on its own and its ok.

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    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Yep there appear to be loads of options.

    Bagstard
    Free Member

    I just got one of the alleged 1200 lumen trustfire torches for £25.80 posted, it arrived in three days from purchase. Bear in mind you will also need batteries and charger, but I already had those for my 900 lumen bastid. The 900 plus a smaller bar mounted light has been enough for me, but the 900 + the 1200 will be better.

    Sum
    Free Member

    I’ve got one of the 1200 lm lights from Dealextreme for £28. The battery pack isn’t quite as waterproof as claimed though, so the usual precautions will need to be taken. Or the MJ-808 although it may push you just over your £50 budget.

    Gribs
    Full Member

    The dealextreme one above is much better than using a torch and batteries, plus it’s cheaper. Ideally you’d want two though as they’re not that well built.

    jota180
    Free Member

    I’d go for one of those £28 ones from DX + a torch for your hat

    tomoleary
    Free Member

    thanks for all the suggests, ill get looking into all of them

    weeksy
    Full Member

    Some of the 900lumen (alledgedly) torches on dealextreme are bright enough to get out night riding.

    For about £30 you can a torch, batteries and charger.

    Something like this

    Ultrafire

    I use one on my helmet but have used it on its own and its ok.

    I did an 80 miler overnight ride on the SDW using just one of these… it’s perfectly fine IMO.

    trailflow
    Free Member

    There’s a London based seller on ebay
    1600lm

    2400lm

    Macavity
    Free Member

    The current Trail Running magazine (issue 5 Winter 2011) has a group test of head torches. the LED Lenser H7 at £50 gets a “Best Budget Buy”: with 170 lumens. It can be worn on your head but not sure if it can fit on a bike helmet.

    martymac
    Full Member

    i bought one of the deal extreme lights, alleged 1200 lumens, and while the light itself is absolutely fine, the charger was not.
    it melted within 5 minutes of being plugged into the wall.
    i spent approx £32 on the light, but had to find a charger for it (thanks smudge!).
    now, ive still only spent a total of £42, but tbh, if i was doing it again i would spend the bit extra and go with a uk seller.
    (smudge is highly recommended btw)
    as for the light itself, i dunno if its 1200 lumens, but theres no problem seeing the road/trail with it.

    kerv
    Free Member

    I bought one of the DX ones, it had a loose connection on the charger connector from the word go, so rather than wait weeks for a replacement I soldered a new one on. Now a month and half a dozen rides later the battery is shot. Not impressed.

    Rich
    Free Member

    My charger and battery melted on the first day too. I think the £30 DX lights have crossed the acceptable price/quality trade off, and I’d personally buy better quality.

    aracer
    Free Member

    Just the charger that’s pants? I already have a couple of good quality LiPo chargers so that’s not a big deal.

    vancoughcough
    Free Member

    I think the magicshine/bike ray (titan), and clone lights from china are a bargain. I have several. Only one of the chargers has gone belly up out of four, which is accepatble to me. The magicshine charger I have has done a hundred charges for sure…

    rubberscrubber
    Free Member

    Ive just got an ssc p7 for £15 of dx, superb light. gonna try a t6 xml next.
    I went for senybor 2800 protected battery cells and an xtar wp2 II charger.
    £40 in total, and now rigged up for a selection of 18650 torches 🙂

    singletrackmind
    Full Member

    All you need is 2 of these .
    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ebay-cree-xml-20-torch-out-of-the-box-pics-review

    Amazing little things , very bright and amazing value when compared to Exposure / Hope / L&M etc

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