As daylight fades I am looking to buy a light that will last and is brighter than my 100 lumen NR Sol. I get the feeling HIDs are on the way out. I need a bar mount, run time of at least 2 hours and if I am to land on my butt, be seen from space. The brighter the better. My budget is in the 3-500 range. What do you have that you would recommend? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Bike Light Suggestions [William43]
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I just did this for exactly the same reasons:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ver%20spent;#2187209
It took a while to get the stuff from Deal Extreme, but this set-up is nice. The light is brighter than the headlight on my motorcycle. Lasts about an hour, but then you just slide in another rechargeable battery. It really is pretty sweet.
Andy
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ver%20spent;#2187209
It took a while to get the stuff from Deal Extreme, but this set-up is nice. The light is brighter than the headlight on my motorcycle. Lasts about an hour, but then you just slide in another rechargeable battery. It really is pretty sweet.
Andy
Re: Bike Light Suggestions [AndyPeterson]
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X2 That is one sweet light. I bought one last year and cannot say enough good things about it. I get cyclists stopping me to ask what it is. I could probably sell them one on the spot for $500 and never tell them I got it for $36.
Car drivers hate it because I am brighter than they are. But hey, if they are mad at me, at least they could see me.
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Car drivers hate it because I am brighter than they are. But hey, if they are mad at me, at least they could see me.
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Re: Bike Light Suggestions [William43]
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someone posted this link a few days ago.
http://mtbr.com/beamcomparisoncrx.aspx
I rode for the very first time at night with a borrowed Light & Motion Arc during 24hours of Adrenalin this year and I was very satisfied with it.
http://mtbr.com/beamcomparisoncrx.aspx
I rode for the very first time at night with a borrowed Light & Motion Arc during 24hours of Adrenalin this year and I was very satisfied with it.
Re: Bike Light Suggestions [William43]
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I've been using a Cygolite MityCross 350 (350 lumens LED) for about a year now, and I've been very happy. It was in the $220 range when I purchased it, but I've seen them for less. The run time is ~3.5 hours, comes with a handlebar mount and a helmet mount.
http://cygolite.com/...ss/mitycross350.html
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dinotte 400L- very nice and does not weigh much at all. 400 lumens on high- runs 2.5 to 5 hours on high- depending upon what battery you use/buy- 2 cell versus 4 cell. great quality lights- i've been using them for the past 3 years.
http://www.dinottelighting.com/Products.htm
http://store.dinottelighting.com/...;Target=products.asp
They just came out with a 1200 lumen light that is in your price range too.
Here are beamshots of some of their different lights- http://forums.mtbr.com/...thread.php?p=6108494
http://www.dinottelighting.com/Products.htm
http://store.dinottelighting.com/...;Target=products.asp
They just came out with a 1200 lumen light that is in your price range too.
Here are beamshots of some of their different lights- http://forums.mtbr.com/...thread.php?p=6108494