Bloody lights thread urgent recommendations

[Alison]

As this seems to have turned into a 'my light is better than your light' for some rather than light banter, i have just ordered one of these. Not for the weight weenies but similar to a helmet mount as it would be above the eye-line of oncoming motorists while presenting me in a menacing silhouette. Does anyone have a a longish QR skewer for my rear axle?

Have just added an artist's impression of how it might work for you, Alison

That really could be me, but this is more me.



Young, fit, agile, tall, with long flowing locks and a pint just needs adding :xmas-big-grin:

Alison

 

[joe careless]

As this seems to have turned into a 'my light is better than your light' for some rather than light banter, i have just ordered one of these. Not for the weight weenies but similar to a helmet mount as it would be above the eye-line of oncoming motorists while presenting me in a menacing silhouette. Does anyone have a a longish QR skewer for my rear axle?

Have just added an artist's impression of how it might work for you, Alison

How many Duracell bunnies would need to die keeping that thing lit?

 

[JamesM]

Why anyone would spend any more than £20 on a light now baffles me

For the same reason people buy other high end parts for their bikes rather than the cheapo stuff that does exactly the same job.

A lot of the really cheap ones don't have the attention to detail on waterproofing. Also many of the really cheap chargers are downright dangerous and do not meet any safety approvals. See the Torchy site for examples.

My super-cheap ebay lights have been a mixed experience. The rears were made of poor quality plastic: the mounting clips snapped and the moulding of the clips for the lenses was poor, so they kept falling off. In the end they had to be taped up. Water got into the switches which corroded. My Cateye rear lights have lasted over 5 years and were definitely the better buy.
The fronts work well, although the mirroring on the reflectors is flaking after three years.The mountings were not well thought out and needed some mods to work. The lights are increasingly tetchy on connections and have to be slightly unscrewed and screwed up again to get a reliable steady beam. The anodizing is fading unevenly and they are all different colours now. The drive electronics are poor - if the battery has dropped a bit on voltage the flash fails to work although the beam is still good - a design fault. That said, they are bright (amazing compared to the opposition when new) and overall I feel they have been good value. However I miss the universal mounts of the Cateye lights.

You pay your money and take your pick.

I cant honestly say I've not read all 27 pages, infact I've only scanned through it to page 4 so far. Check out post #86 on page 4 though:

http://forums.mtbr.com/lights-night-rid ... 802-4.html