I need a headlight. Who makes good ones?
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I need a headlight. Who makes good ones?
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My wife and I have 750 or 900 (can't remember) lumen Lezynes; about $100 with a rechargeable battery and easy on/off mounting. They perform well for night MTB or eMTB, but there are many other options.
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Any of these are good. I don't need to ignite foliage or melt retinas, so the 140SL is sufficient. Illuminate according to your intended road speed, you don't want to override your lighting.
https://www.planetbike.com/store/pro...ke-lights.html
https://www.planetbike.com/store/pro...ke-lights.html
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I ended up finding one on amazon that is stupid cheap if it actually performs 80% of what it claims. I’m gonna give that a shot. The problem I’m running into is that lumens are so general of a measurement, and that one 500 lumen might might be great and then another 500 lumen light barely lights up the road. Lumens tells you nothing about beam pattern(if there even is one) and people seem to claim whatever they want for lumen output. In any case, I’m a huge fan of the lux measurement, and I think I’ll just fork over the cash for a Busch and Müller if this amazon cheapo doesn’t do the trick. I have a B&M on my touring/commuting bike and my friend has one. I know they make Fantastic lights, and use the lux system and very directed beam patterns, so you actually have an idea of light on the road versus just a blast of light out into the world of some random number of lumens. I’m also not looking to blind oncoming traffic.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079Z...ZEFH7SO2&psc=1
It does say it’s rated for 6-80v. I’m thinking the 100lux rating is probably just at 80v. I guess I’ll find out soon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079Z...ZEFH7SO2&psc=1
It does say it’s rated for 6-80v. I’m thinking the 100lux rating is probably just at 80v. I guess I’ll find out soon.
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looks like it has cutoff optics, so that's good. I had a cheap dyno light with a similar design, it worked okay, but the case was too cheap to survive life in a bike rack
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I went with this setup. You can run it straight off the e-bike battery.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
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That’s what I was thinking, regarding the cutoff optics. On the one picture diagram it looks like it might actually have some thought put into it. And I think it’s an aluminum housing too. I’m not expecting much at this price, so it with either meet my expectations or be a very surprisingly decent light. At this price, the best value on the market if the optics are good and it performs half as well as claimed.
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I went with this setup. You can run it straight off the e-bike battery.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
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Busch & Müller, Supernova Lights and Lupine Lighting does make good headlights.
Trelock too, they did present a whole new 5.000lm headlight which is StVZO-approved too
elektrofahrrad24.de/Trelock-und-Haibike-machen-die-Nacht-zum-Tage
pedelec-elektro-fahrrad.de/news/trelock-skybeamer-bringt-haibike-flyon-durch-die-nacht/180486/
Trelock too, they did present a whole new 5.000lm headlight which is StVZO-approved too
elektrofahrrad24.de/Trelock-und-Haibike-machen-die-Nacht-zum-Tage
pedelec-elektro-fahrrad.de/news/trelock-skybeamer-bringt-haibike-flyon-durch-die-nacht/180486/
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I went with this setup. You can run it straight off the e-bike battery.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
From here
Voltage: 12V-80V
from here
with this switch
When finished it had a very OEM look to it. The only odd thing was that the lens on the light is a bit larger than the generic magic-shine clones. As such, I had to glue (epoxy) the defuser to the lens to get the shaped light that I prefer.
Really good beam pattern, nice spread for cycleways without loss far to the side or too much of a focused central beam.
Ridiculously bright on full but has three brightness modes. Strobe is only any use for causing epileptic seizures, and it's impossible to ride at night on strobe because it makes it appear like you're not moving!
Rigged direct to my e-bike's computer light output so is fully intergrated, runs off the full 40-54v range my battery management allows.
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