Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
I bet you're right! A light that can't manage to be seen a couple hundred feet away would be pretty dim and might be hard to sell (at least without incurring a bunch of bad reviews.)
At any rate, my Cygolite has been going for over 50 hours now, and still passes my test of being seen from the other end of the block. If my math is right, that's more than the number of night-time hours available in a PBP! So it seems that my goal of avoiding recharges/battery changes is more easily doable than I thought.
Lezyne only rates their Femto Drive for 30 hours -- right on the edge for the 84-hour group, and would have me changing batteries right when it would be least welcome in the 80- or 90-hour timeframe. But the Cygolite Dice TL is looking pretty good with 65 hours in "group mode", which I understand to be the dimmest solid setting. Think
I'll give that a whirl and conclude this relatively pointless thread.
Not to me. I am always looking for a better tail light. I have yet to find a rechargeable light that will last a 1200K at a brightness that I prefer.
I had to buy a replacement in Rambouillet, I do not recognize the name. It sort of looks like the Cayeye Omni 3. This Cateye is rated at 100 hours in steady and 150 hours in flash. I do not own it, so, no idea about brightness, but it is only 41.6 grams with batteries per their instruction manual (I doubt it but that is what they write). The mount looks easy to use. As a backup to a dynamo system, it looks promising to me.