bark_eater 

I am considering a Spanninga Axendo 60 for my touring bike. I was wondering how it would compare to B&M offerings in the same price range. I don't expect to be riding extensively in the dark, but want to be very visibly conspicuous to cars in the evening, when I'm apt to be tired and lost. I have a rack mounted B+M taillight that I was planning on reusing for this bike, but the Spanninga tail light with the rings look interesting, so I'd be like to know if its worth running a Spanninga "set" Thanks,Woody

bark_eater 

https://spanninga.com/product/axendo-60/


https://spanninga.com/product/elips/

noglider 

I don't have one of those, but it looks good. I have a Spanninga taillight that I like, and it has held up.

polyphrast

The light is a good choice. Spanninga bought the bicycle lighting division from Philips. The spanninga 60 uses the philips saferide reflector, which is a pretty good one!. see i.e. on this webpage (the author is rather demanding when it comes to lights)

2_i 

The particular author ran a shop on Ebay selling Philips lights without revealing this in his glowing reviews of the same lights on his website and in critical reviews of the competition.

polyphrast

He did? Never knew this. Since he isn't producing the lights, i don't see this as a big issue, but he could have and should have revealed this. Nonetheless, i think as well that the reflector is well designed, the beam pattern is very homogeneous and when it comes to limited available power (e.g., on a dynamo system) it is still one of the best glarefree bike lights. Users in many forums were very happy with the beam pattern of the philips lights. Some things were criticisized (size, ugliness materials) but never the light output.
I never had one of those philips lights (i used mostly B&M lights until i switched to more expensive lights with high output).

2_i 

There had been other issues there making me avoid the website. He also posted here occasionally.

I have the original Philips lights, both front and rear. They were a bit mixed bag, particularly front, and the problems might have been fixed by Spanninga. The two halves of the front were separately designed around central LEDs, but without accounting for crosstalk between the halves, so edges of the pattern were quite erratic and distracting. I ride dark streets, where I need to pay attention to details, and this has been a bit annoying. There had been problems with mount, toggle switch and standlight. I still keep it on the particular bike, so the total did not add up to an expulsion. However, I did not buy another one, sticking with B&M and with Trelock as a cheap fall-back.

polyphrast

I remember now that i have read about the crosstalk as well. Unfortunately it seems to be a mission impossible to design and produce a perfect bike light, which doesn't cost a fortune. But then even really expensive bike lights have their downsides in beam patterns... I am still searching for the perfect bike light, dynamo powered as well as battery powered.

i agree, there are some issues there with which i am not so happy either...

Tourist in MSN

I was happy with the photos of the beam patterns of other lights (non-Phillips) that I saw on his web site. I have a Luxos U and an AXA Luxx 70 Plus, his beam photos I felt accurately portrayed what my experiece was. I wish he was still updating that site with newer offerings.

Regarding this particular light in question, I know nothing about it and have not seen what the beam pattern is like, but the better dyno lights are in the 70 lux range, so a 60 is not far behind that. I would guess it is similar to the B&M IQ-XS which is 70 lux, but that is only a guess, the shape of the beam pattern is important and I have no clue what that is like. I have a B&M IQ-XS and think it is a good light, I like the light pattern better than the AXA but I like the Luxos U more than the XS.

veganbikes

I love my IQ-X from B+M and probably for a touring bike wouldn't do much of anything else. Excellent beam pattern, nice and bright and it is fairly sleek.

The Spanninga Light could do what you need it to do but I find it to be an really ugly light. It looks like some really old battery powered lights I have seen over the years. I am sure it is a nice beam and pattern but purely aesthetically, I couldn't go for it.

bark_eater 

I've got one on order that should arrive in April. Seemed like a reasonable compromise on lumens, beam pattern and cost. Funny thing, I kind of like the aesthetic, at least for going on a late 90's Canondale touring bike.