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MTB2223:
Received the SolarStorm today. And I'm impressed. What a lot of light!! I've got another LED light here, the Gemini XM-L 800. The bundle is just as bright as the main bundle of the SolarStorm. But the SS has another second bundle, a wider one, which gives more spread light. All the street names signs lighted up with the SS, even when the main bundle shines two meters in front of me on the ground. I think the oncoming traffic isn't happy with it ;)
Aoiree:
Quoting from my other thread. I do adventure races using these puppies on my bike handlebars and helmet. Easy to take them off the bike and carry by hand if you have to drop the bike and go hiking through the woods.
Also generally there is a statement about being careful with Chinese Li-Ion Batteries that I want to restate, often they can be refurbished cells and bad cells at that that often do not match the advertised mAH. Eitherway bad batteries can explode while charging. Be careful.
--- Quote from: Aoiree on July 10, 2014, 09:04:47 PM ---Figured I'd share my night-time trail riding lights:
3 or 4 of these puppies
http://www.lightmalls.com/cree-xm-l2-led-flashlight
...mount 1 or 2 to handlebars and 1 or 2 helmet using two fish blocks:
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Fish-Unlimited-Block-Holder/dp/B001F307JK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1405043881&sr=8-3&keywords=twofish+lock
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Fish-Unlimited-Flashlite-Holder/dp/B001CJXB5E/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1405043906&sr=1-3&keywords=two+fish+blocks
Just be sure to order legit batteries. Lots of stories of people buying the Li-on batteries from china and them being defective (read: dangerous/exploding)
Each flashlight is obscenely powerful and lasts 2~3 hours on high or 5~7 on medium (medium is still obscenely powerful).
I carry a back up batteries too.
Can get 4 flashlights, 4 mounts and 8 batteries for something like $125 definitely more than enough light.
I like to ride with 2 wider head flashlights on the handlebars for the dispersion and the skinner lense head on my helmet for more focused light where I'm looking.
Edit-
These batteries are what I purchased as well as my brother and have been satisfied with them.
Not as cheap as some batteries you find online but well reviewed to be safe and have the listed charge capacity (which is about as much charge as you can expect a 18650 battery to hold).
http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10001980/1141104-panasonic-ncr18650b-protected-rechargeable
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MTB2223:
--- Quote from: Aoiree on October 07, 2014, 08:36:21 PM ---Also generally there is a statement about being careful with Chinese Li-Ion Batteries that I want to restate, often they can be refurbished cells and bad cells at that that often do not match the advertised mAH. Eitherway bad batteries can explode while charging. Be careful.
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True, most of the advertised mAh are overenthusiastic.
The battery packs contains most of the time 18650 batteries.
There're two kind of 18650 batteries: one with protection and one without.
The one with protection is safer to use. It's protected against over-charging. But off course more expensive. So, they usually using the unprotected types, but that isn't a problem when using a good charger.
Vipassana:
--- Quote from: Carbon_Dude on October 03, 2014, 04:32:16 PM ---I have a Magicshine 900 lumen for my helmet, and an old dual halogen light for my bars. The dual halogen came with a lead acid battery that I tossed aside and made a 12 cell 1865 pack to use with this light set. The nice thing about the dual halogen is it has a very wide beam pattern that's good for the bars.
The Chinese Cree LED (or Chight) Magicshine cost $89 a few years ago and hasn't had any problems to speak of. It is bright and runs for a couple hours.
My first real bike light was a halogen JetLite, good quality but not very bright compared to what is available on the cheap today.
Either way, I would recommend two bike lights if you are going to do trail riding at night, one for your bars, one for your helmet. The one on the bars is good because it's a stable light that shows you the terrain with good shadows allowing you to see the hills, bumps, rocks, and roots. The helmet light is good because it shines where you are looking. Between the two lights, you get a well illuminated view of what's in front of you. I also have a red LED tail light to help riders behind me see the back of my bike.
It's been a while since I've done night rides but the local trail manager is starting up a regular ride this winter.
Here is a link to the light I have:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MagicShine-MJ808U-4-Mode-XML-U2-LED-1100-Lumen-Bike-Light-828-batt-Helmet-kit-/260900374749?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cbedfc8dd
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That MagicShine you ordered looks EXACTLY like the Cree LED system I linked to above and have ordered several times. Except the kit I linked to is <$25. Why makes the MagicShine kit worth $95?
Carbon_Dude:
From what I saw, your link was only for the light, not the battery, charger, or accessories. I have seen lots websites selling the CREE LED lights for $25 but they were only the light itself, nothing else.
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