new lights

[AndreZA]

I think cool GOOD lights are just as important as a cool bike. Will get me some Brighter-Lights one day.

 

http://www.brighter-lights.com/bike.htm

 

 

[Canaris]

the tech sheet for a luxeon LED

http://www.lumileds.com/pdfs/ds46.pdf

 

interesting is that is operates at 3.9 Volts (so 3 x 1.2V batteries is 3.6V which is enough voltage in series)

 

mA range is 1400

[Thug]

Those Blixum lights are also cool, but are around R2.5k

[pbp2007]

Some thoughts on Schmidt products and dynamo lights in general.

 

Since last year I have been using Schmidt's previous top-of-the-line light, the E6, driven by the same company's SON hub dynamo. I bought the dynamo setup specifically for Paris-Brest because I expected to be riding a lot during the night and I wanted to be independent of batteries. My backup was a Planet Bike Super Spot.

 

According to Schmidt at the time, I was their first customer in Africa (!). I had the hub built into a wheel by Johan Bornman.

 

My view on the E6/SON:

Expensive, but perceived quality is high. Excellent optics are combined with an overvolted 6V 3W halogen bulb. In use, it's clearly intended for road riding, with a long, relatively narrow beam that lights only the area needed, namely the road. I can take downhills in pitch dark flat out with absolute confidence. I never have to worry about batteries. Drag is not what I'd call a significant factor (Schmidt claims effectively about half a kilometre an hour on slow uphills). Full brightness is reached about 15 km/h. This is most definitely a light to see by as well as a "be seen" light.

 

The Edelux advantages over the E6 would seem to be service life (LED several thousand hours vs overvolted halogen about 100 hrs), brightness and a wider beam, and if I recall correctly a standlight feature to ensure that you're still lit up when stopped.

[slowpoke]

the blixsem's are R1600 just for the light unit, the baterry pack you select then pushes it up to either R2500 or higher. that's why i'm waiting for linden cycles to find out about a helmet mount for my sigma karma, then i'll just get something a leeetle more affordable for ont he bike. the karma definitely impressed me light-wise - the only issue i found was that i had to point my bars int he direction i wanted to see... ie not wher i wanted to go... hence the really slow night laps!

[Iwan Kemp]

To fully understand "expensive", have a look at this:

 

http://s235041100.online.de/shop/category_24/Complete-Sets.html?shop_param=cid%3D24%26

[Slowbee]

wow thats expensive