7200 Lumen Lupine Alpha Road Light
10-10-18, 12:42 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,455
Bikes: Salsa Beargrease XX1, Trek Eqnuinox 9.9 SSL, Trek Madone 6.9 ,Trek District Carbon, Trek Boone7, Trek Fuel EX9.0,Trek Fuel 9.5, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Equinox7, Trek District Belt
Mentioned: 42 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 578 Post(s)
Liked 82 Times
in
45 Posts
7200 Lumen Lupine Alpha Road Light
After more then a year of speculation and waiting, this morning Lupine of North America just received the first batch of 7200 Lumen Alpha Road Lamps and look forward to mine on Friday..I been waiting and waiting for this beast to show up as everyone knows the 5500 Lumen BettyR was not adequate enough...This should know give me plenty of "GENUINE" Lumens for my early road rides in Sri Lanka shortly...
__________________
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
10-10-18, 12:46 PM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: TC, MN
Posts: 39,520
Bikes: R3 Disc, Haanjo
Mentioned: 354 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 20810 Post(s)
Liked 9,456 Times
in
4,672 Posts
7200 lumen? Does it come with a battery backpack?
10-10-18, 12:58 PM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 781
Mentioned: 12 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 479 Post(s)
Liked 277 Times
in
156 Posts
So, you just spent $1,300 on a light that's too bright to use on the street and 10x what you'd need on the trail? Gotta hear the explanation for this one.
10-10-18, 01:20 PM
#5
Non omnino gravis
I will think back fondly to this thread when I'm coming down a moderate steep descent @ 30mph, with my 700 lumen headlight on the medium setting.
Generally, the less ambient light there is, the less lumens you need. So this would be a headlight for use... umm... during the day? To compete with the sun? I have no idea.
Generally, the less ambient light there is, the less lumens you need. So this would be a headlight for use... umm... during the day? To compete with the sun? I have no idea.
__________________
10-10-18, 01:22 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,455
Bikes: Salsa Beargrease XX1, Trek Eqnuinox 9.9 SSL, Trek Madone 6.9 ,Trek District Carbon, Trek Boone7, Trek Fuel EX9.0,Trek Fuel 9.5, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Equinox7, Trek District Belt
Mentioned: 42 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 578 Post(s)
Liked 82 Times
in
45 Posts
Yes it does require its own "INHOUSE" Dedicated battery pack to drive this beast..! It also is different then all the other lupine batteries as the voltage is now 14 something now to the 7V required to drive the Betty's..You have to buy it in a kit form also...
__________________
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
10-10-18, 02:15 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Hollister, CA (not the surf town)
Posts: 1,737
Bikes: 2019 Specialized Roubaix Comp Di2, 2009 Roubaix, early 90's Giant Iguana
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 642 Post(s)
Liked 1,526 Times
in
551 Posts
7200 lumens? As an airplane landing light or spotlight, maybe. For a bicycle? You've got to be kidding.
10-10-18, 03:04 PM
#8
Senior Member
The Lupine Lighting Systems Alpha performance off-road racing light looks very impressive. It is a little pricey at €1,080. The site lists that product as currently not available.
The voltage rating for the two-pole Europlug wall wart isn't listed, so it's currently unknown if that will work in the US using an adapter.
The headlight has a mobile phone application and a Bluetooth remote control.
The voltage rating for the two-pole Europlug wall wart isn't listed, so it's currently unknown if that will work in the US using an adapter.
The headlight has a mobile phone application and a Bluetooth remote control.
10-10-18, 03:12 PM
#9
Senior Member
1500 is your average car headlight lumens so this is... well, illegal on the street.
10-10-18, 03:18 PM
#10
FLIR Kitten to 0.05C
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Posts: 5,331
Bikes: Roadie: Seven Axiom Race Ti w/Chorus 11s. CX/Adventure: Carver Gravel Grinder w/ Di2
Mentioned: 30 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2349 Post(s)
Liked 406 Times
in
254 Posts
Aircraft landing lights
Depends on where you live....the USA, generally, is very fast and loose about regulating (if at all) light brightness on streets.
10-10-18, 03:31 PM
#11
Senior Member
Actually about aircracft landing lights...
Aircraft landing lights
Depends on where you live....the USA, generally, is very fast and loose about regulating (if at all) light brightness on streets.
Aircraft landing lights
Depends on where you live....the USA, generally, is very fast and loose about regulating (if at all) light brightness on streets.
10-10-18, 03:41 PM
#12
Senior Member
10-10-18, 03:56 PM
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Zang's Spur, CO
Posts: 9,083
Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3375 Post(s)
Liked 5,512 Times
in
2,855 Posts
10-10-18, 03:58 PM
#14
Senior Member
Been pulled over for my motorcycle headlight being too high, fortunately he gave me a warning. A bolt had worked loose and it had vibrated kinda high. Reached over and pointed it back down and he was happy.
Had a buddy pulled over on his KTM 1200 for leaving his offroad lights on. Those things are damn hot.
Oh and a group of Uber/Lyft drivers decking out their cars like mobile discoteks for the Friday/Saturday pub crawl crowds.
10-10-18, 04:27 PM
#15
SuperGimp
I wish they would do some enforcing on the freeway - I've been subject to some impossibly bright headlights behind me recently and it's annoying and distracting.
Keep jacking the thread folks, it only adds to its eventual value.
10-10-18, 04:28 PM
#16
• —
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Land of Pleasant Living
Posts: 12,230
Bikes: Shmikes
Mentioned: 59 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10165 Post(s)
Liked 5,852 Times
in
3,152 Posts
I have a 1300 lumen spot on the boat, where it’s pretty useful, The beam is highly concentrated, so it’s brighter than any headlight and I can’t conceive of a use for light like that on land except maybe for SAR or law enforcement. Lights that bright are difficult to use because the return from any nearby reflective object will blind they user and they make zero sense as headlights.
10-10-18, 04:39 PM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Central Io-way
Posts: 2,673
Bikes: LeMond Zurich, Giant Talon 29er
Mentioned: 17 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1221 Post(s)
Liked 629 Times
in
472 Posts
My $50 Chinese headlamp is 1600 lumens on full power. I could see 7200 for mtb trail riding in the evening as there's less sunlight hours.
You gotta post pictures!
10-10-18, 04:56 PM
#18
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,455
Bikes: Salsa Beargrease XX1, Trek Eqnuinox 9.9 SSL, Trek Madone 6.9 ,Trek District Carbon, Trek Boone7, Trek Fuel EX9.0,Trek Fuel 9.5, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Equinox7, Trek District Belt
Mentioned: 42 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 578 Post(s)
Liked 82 Times
in
45 Posts
Yah it was not very "BUDGET FRIENDLY" at all..!
__________________
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
10-10-18, 04:59 PM
#19
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,455
Bikes: Salsa Beargrease XX1, Trek Eqnuinox 9.9 SSL, Trek Madone 6.9 ,Trek District Carbon, Trek Boone7, Trek Fuel EX9.0,Trek Fuel 9.5, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Equinox7, Trek District Belt
Mentioned: 42 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 578 Post(s)
Liked 82 Times
in
45 Posts
Suppose to be here friday UPS shipment and looking forward to firing it up for my Saturday am ride on the MUPS at 0430am..
__________________
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
Trek Fuel EX9.0 Trek Fuel EX9.5 Trek Equinox 9.9SSL TTX Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Project One, Trek Boone 7, Trek Rumblefish Pro, Trek Remedy 9.9, Trek Carbon District
10-10-18, 05:54 PM
#20
SuperGimp
10-10-18, 06:18 PM
#22
- Soli Deo Gloria -
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 14,779
Bikes: 2018 Rodriguez Custom Fixed Gear, 2017 Niner RLT 9 RDO, 2015 Bianchi Pista, 2002 Fuji Robaix
Mentioned: 235 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6844 Post(s)
Liked 736 Times
in
469 Posts
You don't have to run a 7200 lumen light at 7200 lumens and running it at lower power extends runtime. I'll bet this thing can run from dusk to dawn at 1000 lumens.
I'm looking at the Lupine Piko R 7 Smartcore for the same reason - extended burn time. 1800 lumens is more than anyone will need but it will run for 7 hours at 750 lumens.
They said the same thing when I bought an Exposure Strada 1200 - too bright, a waste, etc. Again, the point is time, not power. It burns 3 hours at 1200 lumens but can easily run six hours if dropped to lower power when full brightness isn't needed. I rode 53 miles last night and it still had 63% charge. It will run >10 hours at 350 lumens.
Even apart from runtime, Lupine lights are state of the art even when judged against other German made lights. Their quick release handlebar mount puts everyone else to shame and the electronics are second to none.
-Tim-
Last edited by TimothyH; 10-10-18 at 06:45 PM.
10-10-18, 11:27 PM
#23
SuperGimp
Besides which, the 1600 lumens from the chinese clones is a theoretical math exercise and not anything measurable once they build it out. I think the real output of those lights tends to be around 700 or so, which is still plenty good for riding a bike.
10-11-18, 12:09 AM
#24
☢
Only 17 posts before someone spoke the obvious. The ad was useless (a red flag) and the thread is meaningless without them.
10-11-18, 12:16 AM
#25
Senior Member
At some point that fancy / expensive 6.9Ah battery will deteriorate, from cycles, from time and from storage conditions, requiring replacement to maintain acceptable run time.
It is likely that battery replacement cost will exceed the cost of a complete high-end headlight system. My Outbound Lighting Road Edition Headlight includes a 6.4Ah battery pack that could be replaced for a reasonable cost when it ages and fails to provide acceptable run time.
If extended run time is desired / required, then just get / carry a spare battery pack for a normal high-end headlight, instead of this over-the-tip-top solution.
This Lupine Lighting Systems Alpha headlight is touted for off road racing.