what budget lights do you use??

[P20]

There's been a lot of praise for a P7 led light from dealextreme on STW.
Beam shots HERE

What you actually need to make the whole thing work with clicky links HERE

I'm lucky running a Hope4 led, which is probably the system that Pickle was on about. Ask DrS or sithlord about it, its bloody fantastic!!! :twisted:

I run it mainly on medium, which will probably be similar to the above on full

 

[icantthinkofausername]

How much did it cost shipped P20?

 

[P20]

They reckon about £40 posted in that 2nd link
A lot cheaper than the Hopes......

 

[kaiser]

I was going to run 2 of the trustfires from the second link. Though the 900 lumen chap looks good.


BTW rob, the 2X160 lumen lights I use are good for unlit country roads at a fair clip.

 

[orange71]

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... highlight=

 

[South Bound]

I have just got a colleague to pick me up a couple of the Tesco LED jobbers. Should be fine for what I need them for, but will buy a mount rather than rely on sellotape I think

 

[P20]

I've got one of those Tesco jobs, bloody bright for the money
Apparently it has issues with water though.... It needs the barrell filing out if you want to fit high capacity nimh rechargable batteries though
£10 though :!:

 

[kaiser]

Any techie bods know how 3 watts compares to lumens?

 

[P20]

Not that simple
I think that the 3w is the power consumption, whereas lumens is the output, so it depends on efficiency of the led. The Tesco one is probably somewhere around a 10watt halogen ish....

 

[Russell]

Smart used to make a light with two heads, both with 20W bulbs. More than adequate for enjoying yourself on the trails. I used one to get me round Mayhem and like Pickle, I was totally out gunned when the £500 units got close, but mine cost less than £30.