Trouties New Light is on the way ( Update to all interested folks who emailed me

Err, nice Idea Trout….

Now where have I seen that before

http://ktronik.com/LED.html

CC.

Neat….you're saying you're sure the light would fail in the crash though? 😛
Might be useful to dab a bit on the bike too….actually all the bits that might break. Actually, make that everything!

Captain 😳 I did not say it was my idea But yep K did it first

Cool green glowin the dark mtbers that would be fun but costly

Now that my freind is cool! 😛

I like the glow in the dark, will this be a standard feature?

I'm no Nick Craig but I'll test your D2D's if you want.

Neat! Like the glow in the dark idea, although the blue is a better colour. Great if for any reason you have to leave the bike in the dark for any reason and don't want to leave the main light on. Cool.

Trout, im now stuck offshore, but will give the other prototype another thrashing when i get back in a week.

How long we looking at until changeover to the new leds?

You can have any colour you want as long as it is green

Nope John it will cost a pint to the stw crew for the glow paint in the light .
and if you are serious about D2D drop me a mail
and I will either be there or post them to you .

No problem about the pint to STW just tellme how?

Mail on route

troutie .could you spill some glow in mine bud..

Troutie,

I'll go for the glow in the dark option on mine please

Whoo Whoo Troutlight no 1 returns home safe and sound

Cheers Swift .

R3 leds now in stock in Aus Our R4s expected to be shipped soon .

And now to cap it all news of S2 leds in the pipeline add 200 lumens to a LL but we dont want those do we .

ha ha when will it all end!!!

pint sent for glow paint troutie, cheers.

Hiya

I'm also interested!!!! Will drop you a mail now…

Paul

Trout's still after a D2D (Dusk to Dawn) rider to test a light this weekend. Race Linky Here[/url]

I'm not able to do it now, so please contact him here or directly,sorry Trout

Cheers John
Got one now a truly fast guy

The glow-in-the-dark option is the coolest thing I've seen all week…

you could increase the total lumen output by quoting for the glow aswell…. thats what hope would do….

We are getting close to the final stage

I finally have the bits and 2 working models in only with the wimpy leds so I can do a bit of testing had the first small ride with the Baby Trout on the helmet sweet cant wait for the good leds now .

and got a bar mount complete so tomorrow a bit of a spin with both then in the post to the Test pilot for D2D sadly I wont be there as I have to work all weekend .

so another pic just to show progress so far Got the baby Trouts back from paul after the engraving . Sorry for the bad pic .

Some Bad news today . 😥 Cree have bee 4 days late shipping the leds to Cutters 😥

but some good news too 😆 the Trout LL just got a power boost they shipped R5 leds for an extra potential 135 lumens 😆

A feast of light awaits

Are the Trout LL's the 6 light one's you're raving about?

How do we get hold of one, and how much?

I'm hovering over a DX lamp at the mo….

Trout you do know some of us are trying too save for trips and all.
HOW ON **** EARTH AM I SUPPOSED TO RESIST THAT ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Hi Trout put me down for some of that green paint please. Cheers.

Lights are looking great btw. An extra 135 lumens you say, thats more than I used to ride with 😉

Hi Trout. Green paint for me too please. YGM.

All this green glow paint will probably add a week to the construction time 😛

Juan Resistance is futile .

I am crap at piccy taking

When you say 'All this green glow paint will probably add a week to the construction time' how many weeks till completion are we looking at at the moment? I really need mine for the end of October if possible and if green glowyness is going to delay it further then I'll not bother.

I don't want to put you under any more pressure btw.

Does that say 'troutelight'?

Is that 135 per LED or overall?

Must be overall, I think an extra 800 lumens would be something to shout about. But you never know.

99.99% sure it will be overall

so does that mean that us guys who have ordered a self build could be getting ours soon? 😉
Do we have to stipulate what lens we want or are you sending
2 of each spot, med, & eliptical.?

Scott

Yes.

I was wondering, what are you using for the lense Trout ?.

Not the optics, but the main lense.

Solo.

These lights generate lots of heat right?

How about a little rack to warm a pie for a mid ride snack?

LOL do you not think the ribs are prime place to pop a steak post ride??

Wow, how the light has evolved! Looking at the Mk1 light alongside the latest incarnation, it's gone from a fairly typical homebrew with a bit of sophistication, to a truly professional, quality light that would happily sit alongside a Hope or Exposure light in a shop display case. Fantastic job, Trout, I am so impressed with how this has developed. Well done.

XT.

I think you're talking waffle !. Look again at the pictures of the inside of this light. Glue, hand filed edges on plastic lenses held in with silicone and wire from the skip doesn't put this light in the same category as product from Hope, for example.

Development, yes, well don't forget this light is more than the product of one person. This thread has two examples of how the OP has borrowed ideas from others and used them to turn quite a tidy profit.

However the marketing strategy is sublime. This thread gets nudged every other day to pop back up onto the front page of the forums, just to keep reeling in the sales, even though all the first batch are allegedly sold out.

A light using new LEDs, which has not yet been tested, and there are some who are parting with proper money for this.

Each to there own, you pays your money….

But "it's gone from a fairly typical homebrew with a bit of sophistication, to a truly professional, quality light that would happily sit alongside a Hope or Exposure light in a shop display case" is a little much. IMO.

Agreed – a new product with little real world testing, selling (sold out) for ~£300 ea 😯

let's see how Troutie's CS is if things go wrong, which having the odd teething trouble is almost to be expected. From what I have seen he seems a decent sort to stand by his product

Keep bumping the thread CC 😉

I do not agree with captain C, I for one have walked in to this with my eyes open.

Its a chance to get hold a great little light with a ruck load of power from a bloke who enjoys what he does.

He does not pretend to be anything other than what he is, a hobbyist that has found others with a like mind.

I've had a troutlight for about a year now – there was an issue but chris sorted it out very quickly and with no fuss. I have no hestitation in going for one of the new ones – he is a good bloke who enjoys what is doing and is providing what I think is a very good product