Light Questions

The Heckler

The Heckler

You bring new meaning to the term SUCK
So now that the sun is gone and there is something like 18 weeks to spring my motivation to ride is dwindling. It's a sun thing, not a cold out thing.

SO I NEED LIGHTS!!

Recommendations? I would like something that will be both adequate on the road and in the woods, mostly concerned about seeing in the woods..
Everything seems so damn expensive, I want to make sure I get this right before I blow more money I don't have in the name of keeping my sanity through the dark cold months.

3 2 1 GO!
 
Matt, I'm a big fan of the light and motion stuff.

I've been loving my Urban 550 on the bars light, compact, no crazy battery packs to strap to your bike. Lasts long enough for what you are doing. They now make a 700 or something that I wouldn't mind upgrading to. I usually run on medium and never have an issue with battery life. I run this just on the road with no issues or wishing I had more light.
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In the woods, I would run that, as well as a Stella 300 on the top of the dome. Need to look around more. It's also light and the battery lasts forever. Looks like they only have a Stella 500 now though: http://www.lightandmotion.com/outdoor/stella500s.html
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Where we riding once these lights are on deck!?
 
My belief on lights is buy the brightest you can afford from an American company... L&M is top notch imo... My batteries and lights were under water and still worked without a glitch... I pitched my sob story to them and they replaced the seals for free
 
pearl said:
Matt, I'm a big fan of the light and motion stuff.

I've been loving my Urban 550 on the bars light, compact, no crazy battery packs to strap to your bike. Lasts long enough for what you are doing. They now make a 700 or something that I wouldn't mind upgrading to. I usually run on medium and never have an issue with battery life. I run this just on the road with no issues or wishing I had more light.
lm_urban550-1.jpg


In the woods, I would run that, as well as a Stella 300 on the top of the dome. Need to look around more. It's also light and the battery lasts forever. Looks like they only have a Stella 500 now though: http://www.lightandmotion.com/outdoor/stella500s.html
ljst52-1.jpg


Where we riding once these lights are on deck!?
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What he said. I have the 700 and the 550 and the 700 has less of a hot shot than the 550. You really can't beat this light for the price. Burn time on high is on the short side if you paln to use in the woods (1.5 hours).

Stella is great too if you want longer burn times. However once I went to the all-in-oneness of the urban series, the external battery is hard to go back to unless long burn time is a must.
 
I'm happy with this setup - Dinotte XML-3 on the bars, Niterider on the helmet.

Battery pack for the Dinotte but it lasts a long time - 2-3 hrs on high, 4-5 on medium, 7-8 on low - even longer in strobe mode.

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Light & Motion all day urrrday...

Taz twelvehundy on the bars

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Urban fivefiddy on the dome

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Viz oneeighty micro if you want a tail light for the road...

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i picked up a 400 lm magicshine with a 2nd battery and helmet mount for somewhere around $110, after utah kept making fun of me for having 4 terrible lights all on at the same time for night riding. id definitely recommend the magicshine
 
axcxnj said:
i picked up a 400 lm magicshine with a 2nd battery and helmet mount for somewhere around $110, after utah kept making fun of me for having 4 terrible lights all on at the same time for night riding. id definitely recommend the magicshine
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would love to see a photo of all these lights
 
niterider

don't know why no one mentioned the nite rider lights.

had a few last one the 600, thinking about getting the 700.

saw ay up an aussie make is used by pro tri guy (jordan rapp), they have all kinds of set ups, but a bit passed my budget, and don't seem to have a good usa dealer:popcorn:
 
I have a light and motion seca 1400 and a magicshine mj-872. The seca has a better beam pattern and thats about it. Light output and battery life is the same. Doesnt really justify 4x the price. Im sure the overall quality of internals is better but if your on a budget go magicshine.
 
Does anyone else have much experience with Niterider? I was comparing price/ lumen/battery and through my team shop I can get the Niterider 1200race for not much more then the stella 500. The beam looks much fuller on the 1200 (obviously has more then double the lumens) Manufacturer specs has the 1200R running at an extra 45 minutes over the L&M for the comparable lumen output (3:30 @ 600L) and 1:45 on high at 1200.
General thought on Niterider Quality?
 
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