Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 No its not a joke! a while ago, i asked on a forum if it were possible to buy a bike light for under R1000. ppl replied " NO THATS IMPOSSIBLE! YOU JUST DONT GET BIKE HEADLIGHTS FOR UNDER 1K!!" i felt embarrassed for askinhg the Q. well im pleased to let you know, iv just done it! i made a light for under 500 bucks! bought a torch and converted it to a bike light! it gives 180 lumens, and so far 10 hrs of battery life! will post pics on the weekend. is anyone interested in one? Speedi152008-06-18 05:12:00
Marius Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 180 lumens...for 500bucks, dunno, kinda sounds like you got ripped off 180x2 = 360L = R1k180x3 = 540L = R1.5k180x4 = 720L = R2k, now we talking! Ok, I don't even know what 1Lumen looks like never mind 180, so just ignor me..Marius2008-06-05 04:13:47
Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Author Posted June 5, 2008 Nope! ok its actually 176lms. its a CREE LED. XR-E type cree. No jokes, its flippin bright
Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Author Posted June 5, 2008 i can make a double light, get say 340lumens...
Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Author Posted June 5, 2008 ha ha NOT! its a measurement of light http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumen_(unit)
AndreZA Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 No its not a joke! a while ago' date=' i asked on a forum if it were possible to buy a bike light for under R1000. ppl replied " NO THATS IMPOSSIBLE! YOU JUST DONT GET BIKE HEADLIGHTS FOR UNDER 1K!!" i felt embarrassed for askinhg the Q. well im pleased to let you know, iv just done it! i made a light for under 500 bucks! bought a torch and converted it to a bike light! it gives 180 lumens, and so far 10 hrs of battery life! will post pics on the weekend. is anyone interested in one? [/quote'] Well, you still did not buy a bike light for under 1k, you made one. Alot of people here has made one for less. Please tell more and don't forget the photos ala Brighter-Lights style.
dirtrider Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Show us this creation of yours ! Stuff the lumens , give us it's candle power output please .
Azonic Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 180 lumens is similar to a Sigma Evo X 10w beam. Yeah, I know its not the same league, but I get arond 35 hours on my Brighter Lights @ 190 lumens.
Marius Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Speedi15 - listen to me, I have a whole drawer of lights, I like you wanted to save money and buy somehing not to expensive. But it was really a waste of money, just buy the right thing first time, will work out cheaper in the long run.
Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Author Posted June 5, 2008 true true! but i didnt build one. and mayb if i get it right, you will be able to buy one for less than 1k from me
Azonic Posted June 5, 2008 Posted June 5, 2008 Marius, sound advice. I'm going to mention Brighter Lights again. The oke spend many, many thousands of rands to get the proper parts together. Yes, its fun to build your own, but the bug will bite and you will want to go better and better, and by that time you could have bought a HUGE light and have saved allot of money. If your current 180 lumens light works for you, stick with it, unless you got the money to experiment, blow LED's, cause battery fires, etc etc, which is exactly what BL has done in the last 2 years. Trial and error costs allot of money in that came.
Speedi Posted June 5, 2008 Author Posted June 5, 2008 well with me, i just brought a bloody torch from an outdoor shop! cut it in half wired the battery to the LED and mounted it!
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