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  • dave_rudabar
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    A colleague wants to buy someone a set of decent lights for on-road use, as a Christmas present.
    Budget up to £100 to include rear.
    I don’t really know what’s a sensible front light for ~£80, can anyone advise?
    I’d suggest a magicshine one but suspect potential quality/delivery issues?

    dave_rudabar
    Free Member

    RSP Asteri 3 sems to have done well in various reviews, anyone have any info on them?
    It’d be good to get a brand like Cateye for ease of spares in future, but i’m not impressed with much of their front-light range.

    brassneck
    Full Member

    Magicshine, or SpokeBlokes light.

    The worst problem with the Magicshine has been water ingress on the battery – less likely to be an iossue on road rides anyway.

    foxyrider
    Free Member

    1 x Ay-Ups – 6 hour burn time and very good commuting light and also I use it as a helmet light for night riding 🙂

    Ahh sorry out of your budget 🙁

    simon_g
    Full Member

    Off-road ones like that may be a bit too spread out to use properly on the road – no good to be dazzling anyone oncoming.

    I’d probably go for this:

    http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cateye-hl-el530-and-tl-ld1100-light-set/

    plus this:

    http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_3&products_id=109608

    Plus a couple of Knog backup lights just in case.

    crazy-legs
    Full Member

    Exposure Flash/Flare, about £75 from Wiggle including charger and rechargeable batteries.
    That leaves £25 spare to get a Fibre Flare rear as well.

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    Fibre Flare

    foxyrider
    Free Member

    That cateye rear is very bright – I have 2 and they are very goos and batteries last for ages 🙂

    dave_rudabar
    Free Member

    Simon_g, should’ve mentioned – I’ve got the Cateye EL530 myself, and don’t think much of it TBH. Granted that rear light is good though, I had one before it bounced out of the belt-clip & I lost it! 🙁

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