Anyone have recommendations for proper trail bike lights. Something that might compete with outbound and some of the other really nice lights?
I have 3 versions of this light and have been extremely happy with them all over the past 2 years.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804558555808.htmlI use the 3 bulb 1800 lumen version on my road/gravel bikes or let my daughter use it around the neighborhood and bike paths.
I have the 5200 and 6000 lumen versions for when I go MTB riding (always nice to have a backup or a buddy light. I find the 5200 lumen light to be the stronger of the two big lights, its light is more intensely focused. I highly doubt the lumen claims on any of them; To compare, I have a $500 12" LED light bar for night time dirtbike desert racing that rates at 6200 lumens pulling 54watts and its insane, you can go 70 mph in open terrain before you start to feel like you're outrunning your vision. These are nowhere near that bright, BUT I only feel like I'm close to outrunning my line of sight on really fast downhills. They are probably in the 2-3000lumen range realistically. I showed up to Florida MTB night ride about 18 months ago and a couple other people had the same 5200 lumen light as me. the three of us had a good laugh at our available light compared to the multiple hundred dollar Outbound lights we were casting shadows at and figured the weight penalty was worth it considering the low cost and available light. I've run mine a couple hours on high before they go dead, which is fine for my use. If I was doing say an all night event, i'd stage a couple spares on chargers at the pits to swap through.
I have a Trustfire D2R light that bounces back and forth from road/gravel bikes to an MTB helmet. It is really good too, very light and bright. I haven't run it dead, but its claimed at 6.5 hours and i've run it for 4-5 hours on low before. I'd venture the 450lumen claim on high is pretty accurate. Road riding is light up plenty. On my MTB as a helmet light it kind of disappears in my big lights pattern but makes things very plain to see around tight turns when my head is pointed somewhere other than where my bars are.
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