Monkey Light
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 163
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 32 Post(s)
Liked 19 Times
in
18 Posts
Monkey Light
Wife gave me two Monkeylectric 232R's for Christmas. I like all the lights as I have been in several close calls with distracted motorists on my night time commute. Once even with the helmet mounted light right in the girl's eyes. She still tried to turn into me, with me having the right of way. I have to conclude with over twelve years commuting at night, year round that some people appear alive but can drive while brain dead! The only drawback is they really don't balance at all. Can they plug together if you mount two per wheel exactly opposite each other on the wheel to synchronize??? I am hoping someone has met this problem ahead of me and can advise. Thanks for your time, Be Well, Bluesfrog.
Last edited by Bluesfrog; 12-30-19 at 08:37 AM.
#2
Randomhead
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Happy Valley, Pennsylvania
Posts: 24,394
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Liked 3,695 Times
in
2,517 Posts
the instructions suggest that the battery should balance the light, do you have the battery in the right place? I think I would try to move the battery further outboard until the wheel is balanced
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7,872
Mentioned: 38 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6958 Post(s)
Liked 10,960 Times
in
4,686 Posts
to to Wife gave me two Monkeylectric 232R's for Christmas. I like all the lights as I have been in several close calls with distracted motorists on my night time commute. Once even with the helmet mounted light right in the girl's eyes. She still tried to turn into me, with me having the right of way. I have conclude with over twelve years commuting at night, year round that some people appear alive but can drive while brain dead! The only drawback is they really don't balance at all. Can they plug together if you mount two per wheel exactly opposite each other on the wheel to synchronize??? I am hoping someone has met this problem ahead of me and can advise. Thanks for your time, Be Well, Bluesfrog.
#4
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 163
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 32 Post(s)
Liked 19 Times
in
18 Posts
And yes unter I put the battery opposite the light. If you had a light, and it was a flashing one, shining in your eyes wouldn't you want to stop and not drive right into it? Most people would. Be Well, Bluesfroggie.
#5
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 7,872
Mentioned: 38 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6958 Post(s)
Liked 10,960 Times
in
4,686 Posts
Flashing lights are good, but not when they are too bright and/or directed right into someone's eyes. It's probably best to have a flasher on the bike, set to an appropriate brightness mode (brighter in daylight to overpower sunlight). And if using a helmet-mounted light, take care to not direct it into motorists' eyes.
Just my $.04. (That's $.02, adjusted for inflation.)
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 163
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 32 Post(s)
Liked 19 Times
in
18 Posts
The headlight was aimed at her because she was not paying any attention and turning into me. I didn't start out to shine a light in her eyes. You can read whatever you want into things so you can be negative. But I retired from a place where lots of negative Nancys live. It is a corrections center. Be Well, Bluesfrog.
Likes For Bluesfrog:
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Portland
Posts: 1,115
Mentioned: 10 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 451 Post(s)
Liked 364 Times
in
227 Posts
I routinely use my helmet-mounted Cygolite Metro Pro 1100 directly shining at people's eyes IF they are about to hit me or are running a light/stop sign and might possibly strike me. I don't feel one bit guilty about it. It has prevented a couple of accidents, without question, and I haven't been flipped off yet.
#8
Randomhead
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Happy Valley, Pennsylvania
Posts: 24,394
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Liked 3,695 Times
in
2,517 Posts
When I commuted a lot, I used my helmet light to get people to stop for stop signs. I'm sure I would have been hit otherwise. Nobody seemed to get too upset. I thought about getting monkeylectrics for that, but never got around to it.
Likes For unterhausen:
#9
Roadkill
The one's I have are not linkable (which I think is what you are asking). Since they rely on Persistence Of Vision to work, it seems like it would be very hard to get a pair both synchronized and aligned to the same radius. They are designed to give the POV effect at >10 mph with a single unit - is there a reason other than balance that you want two?
Also, note that the POV doesn't work well unless the observer is tracking your motion. Otherwise they make a cycloid and lose a lot of the POV effect.
Also, note that the POV doesn't work well unless the observer is tracking your motion. Otherwise they make a cycloid and lose a lot of the POV effect.
#10
Full Member
#12
minimalist cyclist
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,745
Bikes: yes please
Mentioned: 26 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1119 Post(s)
Liked 1,641 Times
in
944 Posts
Is yours above a wheel light? I received a M204R for Christmas I haven't used or charged yet. Anyone have one of these ? How easy is it to go from bike to bike as I like to alternate my night ride bikes?
Last edited by Deal4Fuji; 01-19-20 at 09:11 PM.