LED Headlights (a bit bikey!)

maxi77 said:
Two wrongs do not make a right!
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Perhaps not, but it can make you feel a lot better :)

My nearest street light is about 6 miles away, so dark is dark. If I can still see the person/bike/car with my dipped lights, they stay dipped. If not they get quad Xenon main-beam lights, and a blast on the horn if they deserve it.

There are also a lot of morons who drive on dipped lights all the time, they get main beam in the mirror as I pull out to overtake.
 
maxi77 said:
Just as other road users have an obligation not to dazzle others, something you claim to do deliberately when other road users annoy you.

Two wrongs do not make a right!
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I would say that people walking down an unlit road in the dark unlit in dark cloths is more dangerous and stupid than annoying.

Then hey ho we all have our opinions...

I agree two wrongs do not make a right but if it means I can see them, I would rather blind them. I would rather there was a footpath or they had the sense to have something reflective on (just a small bit will do) or a torch...

There is more than 2 wrongs here me thinks....
 
onesea said:
Simple answer is Full beam back :eek:, until they do "dip" theres.

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I find its easier to just close my eyes and hope for the best :-)))

Honestly i have my lights on full beam when the road is unpredictable or new and use the facility to warn other cars of my on coming approach. Some cyclists use very bright Rear LED lights which dazzle drivers but from a cyclists point of view that is what the plan was.

A lot of drivers dont use the dip facility supplied in their cars so frustrating to all road users.
 
I'd love to compare that with my Cateye Nano Plus ... it says it has 600 lumens and I know it's bright - so yours is super bright!
I usually ride with mine on 1/2 power - it gives a longer run time and most of the time I don't need the extra brightness - plus it gives me an opportunity to flash up the (occasional) driver who doesn't dip ...
 
Getting back to the light....

I'm tempted to get one. Does it have a facility to mount it to the handlebars? Is the switch easily accessed when riding? Its described as 100% waterproof, but has a standard power plug, does the battery have an o-ring or would you expect this will survive in typical wet weather?
 
Rigger Mortice said:
Just before Xmas there was a thread about headlights and I mentioned that I was waiting for one to come from the Far East which I had taken a punt on on E-Bay.

It arrived a few days ago and I have to say that I am astonished at how good it is. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160932220705?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

It cost me £17.55 including delivery (they've now put the price up a bit) and it comes complete with a rechargeable battery pack, a charger, straps to hold it on your head, plus bungies (?spelling) to hold it on bike handlebars.

I've already relegated my previous bike lights to the lowly position of backup.

The little bungies enable the light to be fixed on bike handlebars in just a few seconds. They could equally well be used to fix the light to a push pit, a pulpit, stanchions or the frame of a canopy.

Very highly recommended. At £20 ish it is fantastic value for money.

One small grumble. It was advertised as being 1800 lumens but the box it came in says 1200 lumens. If the box didn't say anything I would have none the wiser. It seems churlish to com[plain about it though.

A word of caution. For use in a cockpit on passage it may be too bright...night vision and all that...but I won't know until I use it in anger on the boat. But as a powerful headlight when you need something with a bit of umph, highly recommended.

Good on a bike too!
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I have one of these, AMAZINGLY bright, but my charger packed up within a couple of months use. Cant find the receipt, so no return. I may well buy another though, and just share the charger between the 2, then I can keep one light in my van.
 
Wunja said:
Getting back to the light....

I'm tempted to get one. Does it have a facility to mount it to the handlebars? Is the switch easily accessed when riding? Its described as 100% waterproof, but has a standard power plug, does the battery have an o-ring or would you expect this will survive in typical wet weather?
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Easy to fix on handlbars. It takes about two seconds.

The battery pack can be strapped onto the crossbar with its velcro strap. If the light is helmet mounted the power lead is long enough to allow you to put the battery in a pocket.

The power plug may be a weak point but I haven't had it long enough to really test it out in a heavy downpour. It's certainly been fine on a 10mile ride in drizzle. FWIW the plug does make a snug fit into a rubber covered socket and I'm hoping it will be OK.
 
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fireball said:
I'd love to compare that with my Cateye Nano Plus ... it says it has 600 lumens and I know it's bright - so yours is super bright!
I usually ride with mine on 1/2 power - it gives a longer run time and most of the time I don't need the extra brightness - plus it gives me an opportunity to flash up the (occasional) driver who doesn't dip ...
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The Cateye products are bloody good and I've already got three Cateye lights on different bikes. The problem is price and I'm a bit of a cheapskate
 
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