*A bike light for UNDER R1000!!

[sampie]

Does your below R500 light includes batterypack(rechargeble) and charger? Thats normaly the pricy part.

[Speedi]

no includes batteries . charger and recharge batts would be bout R400 more! but still its pretty cheap hey! i mean look at the blackburn x4, it gives something like 3hrs on high power, and gives 85 lumens. mine gives more than 10 hrs on battery life and gives 180 lumensSpeedi152008-06-05 07:20:25

[Speedi]

the reason i say 10 hrs or more is cause thats how long iv run it for. so i dont know for sure how long it will last!

[sampie]

I,m still thinking about the drop-in in the below link.

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=26928&KW=night&PN=4

It's a 3 led cree q2/p4 at about 400 lum. According to some reviews there are heats issues on full power(all 3 leds).

[Speedi]

ja they use heatsinks to stop that

[sampie]

Its actually not the leds overheating but the driver, cant handle the Amps. sampie2008-06-05 07:36:01

[Speedi]

oh ok ... . .   .     .       .        . but i dont need to worry bout that with my light cause its all sorted out when i buy it!

[Azonic]

So am I seeing you at the race? Don't be a pissie, show up.

[sampie]

oh ok ... . .   .     .       .        . but i dont need to worry bout that with my light cause its all sorted out when i buy it!

 

With that battery runtime and size you can actually mount 2 of the lights.

[Speedi]

na cant ay sorry. but will see you tomorrow mornin

[Speedi]

mount 2 lights? what 2 lights?

[mountain_lion]

The important part is the beam shots.

 

Lumen claims are only half the story, post the pics!

(even batter get Brighter Lights to take the pics with a comparison with his lights)

 

Also which light did you buy and  from which shop?

 

 

[mountain_lion]

As others have also mentioned, the expensive part of a light is the batteries and charger. You need to compare apples with apples.

 

If you are using non-rechargeable D cells, your running costs are going to be high. (not to mention the impact on the environment...)

 

 

[Speedi]

ok ok. will post beam shots later this evening! yes very true! batteries cost alot... i rate it will be about R350 extra for Rechargable batteries and a chareger! but still that means my light will be less than R1000!

 

 

 

and also im NOT COMPETING WITH BRIGHTER-LIGHTS! as i said, my light is giving about 180 lumens, where brighter-lights are giving 220 lumens on there 'small' light(Revelation 1)! but im working on a new idea.. hoping for 250 lumensSpeedi152008-06-05 10:21:18

[Speedi]

DELETED PICTURE. WILL PUT ANOTHER ONE ON SUN

 

 

 

 

 

Speedi152008-06-05 12:59:20

[mountain_lion]

Difficult to judge from that photo.

What shutter speed and lens opening did you use?

It is a bit open where you took this photo; nothing to reflect the light, but it does look like a concentrated spot beam. Ideally you want a bit more spread for a bike light.

 

I am not suggesting you should compete with Brighter Lights, but having another light to compare with does help to get an idea of the light output.

 

We all know how optimistic light manufacturers can be with their rated output...