chris_meowzit Posted January 17, 2017 Share Hi All, looking to buy a light, any recommendations on a decent light and also how many lumens should I look at? Is 1000 sufficient or would something higher be recommended? Was looking at something along these lines, http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/bicycle-light-1000-lumens Thanks in advanced for the advice and feedback. Cheers,Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted January 17, 2017 Share Go shopping on the Extreme Lights page. You won't be disappointed. http://www.extremelights.co.za/cycle-lights/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagged_horizons Posted January 17, 2017 Share Go shopping on the Extreme Lights page. You won't be disappointed. http://www.extremelights.co.za/cycle-lights/ +100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veebee Posted January 17, 2017 Share Currently using this from extreme. Good light, just find the beam to be a bit narrow. 4am is no longer bright so will see how this peforms. http://www.extremelights.co.za/product/core-cycle-light/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_meowzit Posted January 17, 2017 Share Currently using this from extreme. Good light, just find the beam to be a bit narrow. 4am is no longer bright so will see how this peforms. http://www.extremelights.co.za/product/core-cycle-light/ Busy looking at this now, would you recommend this model? Im starting to do early morning rides this year so need something to light my way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veebee Posted January 17, 2017 Share Busy looking at this now, would you recommend this model? Im starting to do early morning rides this year so need something to light my way The next model up is over 2k. If you happy to spend this and do a lot of riding in the dark then i'd say buy this. http://www.extremelights.co.za/product/endurance-cycle-light/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOEKVLAG Posted January 17, 2017 Share The next model up is over 2k. If you happy to spend this and do a lot of riding in the dark then i'd say buy this. http://www.extremelights.co.za/product/endurance-cycle-light/The endurance is the bang for your buck light to get, but the core is an excellent value for money option. I find that anything over 400 lumens is fine - would only use higher settings if it is very technical terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted January 17, 2017 Share Busy looking at this now, would you recommend this model? Im starting to do early morning rides this year so need something to light my wayThe entry level extremelight is all you need. I've been doing mtb night rides with its predecessor since 2010, and got the extremelight xp1 a year ago for my wife. It's a great little light. You don't need more light than that, but you will always want more light. Tbh, if you struggle and you need more light than that, you probably need to go to an optometrist. That being said, the more light, the better, so buy to the max of your budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyone Posted January 17, 2017 Share I have been impressed by the Bontrager Ion 700 light, very small and compact and has enough run time for a 2-3 hr ride so should be plenty for a morning jaunt.... I also have the monster Extreme Lights which I use for the longer 24hr events as it has a better run time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khronis Posted January 17, 2017 Share Hi All, looking to buy a light, any recommendations on a decent light and also how many lumens should I look at? Is 1000 sufficient or would something higher be recommended? Was looking at something along these lines, http://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/bicycle-light-1000-lumens Thanks in advanced for the advice and feedback. Cheers,Chris. I bought that one from cwc when it was on sale for R499 . Used it for 2 mtb night rides and been happy with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeubok Posted January 17, 2017 Share The entry level extremelight is all you need. I've been doing mtb night rides with its predecessor since 2010, and got the extremelight xp1 a year ago for my wife. It's a great little light. You don't need more light than that, but you will always want more light. Tbh, if you struggle and you need more light than that, you probably need to go to an optometrist.That being said, the more light, the better, so buy to the max of your budget.So, you don't need a really strong light, but you'll want more light, but if you need more light your eyes are bad, but the more light the better, so just buy the strongest light? hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeubok Posted January 17, 2017 Share I have a no name brand light which I bought off bidorbuy for really cheap about 2 years ago. Was a really powerful light that I even used for night time game drives. Lasted long as well. But alas, as with most no name brands, it stopped working and there is obviously no place to get it repaired. So I bought a XT11GT light from Klarus. It's not a light specifically for cycling, but it fits into a mtb bracket that I got years ago with my Led Lenser. 2000 lumens. Lasts only about 50mins in full power mode, but even the high setting is close to 1000 lumens I think and more than enough light for a bike ride. I rather bought this instead of another bike light which has an external battery and a cable, which is clumsy to use for anything other than a bike ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christofison Posted January 17, 2017 Share I won a voucher for Extreme Lights a couple years ago and bought myself the old 1.4K from Extreme Lights. My buddies were all so impressed with the 1100 lumens that 3 of them ordered themselves the XP1. Two of those three stopped working properly due to faulty chips, no fault of the owner. Extreme lights refused to cover the return shipping costs. Long story short, the lights are nice but Extreme Lights are going to make you pay if they give you a faulty light. Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted January 17, 2017 Share Extreme Light Endurance is hands down one of the best products, never mind lights, that I have bought. If you have cash, buy it. It will be the one light for everything you will ever need. From early coffee rides to 24hours events.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted January 17, 2017 Share So, you don't need a really strong light, but you'll want more light, but if you need more light your eyes are bad, but the more light the better, so just buy the strongest light? heheheNet so!Let me try to rephrase. The 1000lm light is sufficient. You don't really need more than that. (Or you need to eat your carrots.) That is the sufficiency baseline. It's tried and tested and it works. But you will probably want more than that. Light envy is real. So to avoid light envy, get the best light you can justify. And if one of your friends has a zakspy deluxy super duper stadium light that burns grass fields two farms over, don't let him ride behind you. Riding in your own shadow sucks. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky and the Warden Posted January 17, 2017 Share https://www.easybike.co.za/magicshine-mj-816.html I bought from these guys, really awesome light and excellent quality... Always try get a light with a good quality LED not the cheap Chinese ones that shine a blueish colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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