18650 lights vs aa lights

[Uday]

I am trying to get ready for the rando rides, and have been scouting
dealextreme for flashlights that could be used on the bike.
Their 18650 collection is impressive. I could not find good hi power
AA lights.

My problem is that I can have a dozen eneloop AA batteries, which
would be suffice to take me through a looong ride.
On anyday, I would go with AA batteries, than maintaining an alternate
set of batteries and charging them.

Can anybody suggest good AA lights that could be used for rando rides.

Thanks,
Uday

[Surya Prakash Gurunarayanan]

Hi Uday,

i have one of these:
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/electron/terra-1-front-light-ec024178?query=electron%20terra 

and they are very bright (when there is no other source of light) a dark statehighway kind if. any other light from vehicles from opposite sides, the light is practically useless.

i think they shd be good enuf for brevets. i regularly use them on my night/evening training rides.

when positioned correctly u can even see a brick lying on the road while going at 50kph!

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[Vasu]

My Princeton Tec EOS bike light on the front, Princeton Tec <something> helmet mount light (to see the Garmin on my handlebar) and Akslen TL 60s tail light were good enough for the 200, 400 and 600 rando rides  + 1000km of training rides.

 

V

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Uday <uda...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Sreepathi Pai]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Uday <uda...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anybody suggest good AA lights that could be used for rando rides.

The AKSLEN series available takes AA batteries, but the HL-90 that I
own can't be used at high speeds (e.g. when descending) because it
doesn't extend far enough.

Busch and Muller (B&M) make good dynamo bicycle lights and they have
battery equivalents as well.

Check out the Ixon IQ, the 40 lux version.

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Sreepathi Pai

[Uday]

I was looking at Cateye EL-540 too!
Its a bit expensive, and takes 4AA.

http://www.amazon.com/CatEye-Econom-Force-Rechargeable-Bicycle/dp/B007CAH6C6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337340135&sr=8-2

[Karthick Gururaj]

I gambled a bit and have ordered this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WPFVPC/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Will post reviews once I get it.

- Karthick

[Shankar Shastry]

I have a keygos ke1 cree xml T6 light I bought for around Rs.1200 and it kicks all other AA battery lights and dynamo lights in the butt - every single time. One battery lasts upto 2 hours on 50% mode (see pic for 50%) and the light is super awesomely bright. All thos cateyes and even hope lights are not worth the huge investment imho.

 

[Vasu]

This thing is quite bright at 50%. How does it shine at 100%?

 

What is the battery that this thing uses? Standard AA/AAA ?

 

V

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Shankar Shastry <shan...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a keygos ke1 cree xml T6 light I bought for around Rs.1200 and it kicks all other AA battery lights and dynamo lights in the butt - every single time. One battery lasts upto 2 hours on 50% mode (see pic for 50%) and the light is super awesomely bright. All thos cateyes and even hope lights are not worth the huge investment imho.

[Shankar Shastry]

This thing blinds high beam obsessed taxi drivers at 50% and lights up a football field at 100% in pitch dark. The batteries are 18650, which I got from ebay too. I'd recommend these lights for upto 2-4hour commutes wholeheartedly. However, for long distance and brevet riding, dynohub is the most hassle free way, although 10x more expensive and generally less than half the power of these lights.

PS : A pack of previously ferocious stray dogs didn't bother to chase me for interval training on a recent ride back home on a late evening.

Regards,

Shankar

[kartoon]

Nice. But i would want something like this. :D

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revolights/revolights-join-the-revolution

[Shankar Shastry]

Pretty cool. I'd say the wheel lights would be a great thing for increasing your visibility to others. But if you are after lights which help you see others, the led/dynamo headlamps are the ones you need.

[Uday]

The wheel lights are good "to be seen". They are not for lighting your
path. Especially when you are cruising at 25-30Kph.

On May 18, 9:14 pm, kartoon <karthi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice. But i would want something like this. :D
>

> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/revolights/revolights-join-the-re...

>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Shankar Shastry <shanka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > This thing blinds high beam obsessed taxi drivers at 50% and lights up a
> > football field at 100% in pitch dark. The batteries are 18650, which I got
> > from ebay too. I'd recommend these lights for upto 2-4hour commutes
> > wholeheartedly. However, for long distance and brevet riding, dynohub is
> > the most hassle free way, although 10x more expensive and generally less
> > than half the power of these lights.
>
> > PS : A pack of previously ferocious stray dogs didn't bother to chase me
> > for interval training on a recent ride back home on a late evening.
>
> > Regards,
> > Shankar
>

> > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Vasu <mr.b.mis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> This thing is quite bright at 50%. How does it shine at 100%?
>
> >> What is the battery that this thing uses? Standard AA/AAA ?
>
> >> V
>

> >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Shankar Shastry <shanka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> I have a keygos ke1 cree xml T6 light I bought for around Rs.1200 and it
> >>> kicks all other AA battery lights and dynamo lights in the butt - every
> >>> single time. One battery lasts upto 2 hours on 50% mode (see pic for 50%)
> >>> and the light is super awesomely bright. All thos cateyes and even hope
> >>> lights are not worth the huge investment imho.
>
> >>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Karthick Gururaj <
> >>> karthick.guru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> I gambled a bit and have ordered this:
> >>>>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WPFVPC/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
>
> >>>> Will post reviews once I get it.
>
> >>>> - Karthick
>
> >>>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Uday <uda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> > I was looking at Cateye EL-540 too!
> >>>> > Its a bit expensive, and takes 4AA.
>

> >>>>http://www.amazon.com/CatEye-Econom-Force-Rechargeable-Bicycle/dp/B00...

>
> >>>> > On May 18, 4:08 pm, Sreepathi Pai <sree...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Uday <uda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> >> > Can anybody suggest good AA lights that could be used for rando
> >>>> rides.
>
> >>>> >> The AKSLEN series available takes AA batteries, but the HL-90 that I
> >>>> >> own can't be used at high speeds (e.g. when descending) because it
> >>>> >> doesn't extend far enough.
>
> >>>> >> Busch and Muller (B&M) make good dynamo bicycle lights and they have
> >>>> >> battery equivalents as well.
>
> >>>> >> Check out the Ixon IQ, the 40 lux version.
>
> >>>> >> --
> >>>> >> Sreepathi Pai
>
> >>>> > --
> >>>> > biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> >>>> > are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?

> >>>> > Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details

>
> >>>> --
> >>>> biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> >>>> are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?

> >>>> Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details

>
> >>>  --
> >>> biking conversations on the world famous "Bangalore Bikers Club" :)
>
> >>> are you a part of the bicycle racing scene?

> >>> Visitwww.bangalorebicyclechampionships.comfor more details

[Nadana Sigamani]

To say that these are mere bicycle headlights is a modest understatement . 
These could easily double as light house lights/prison top search lights or even as a standby for power failure during a T-20 match in Chinnaswamy Stadium , a few options I can think off...

Very impressive. Nicely illustrated photograph.

Best,

Siga

[Sreepathi Pai]

Saw this today on the TBA blog:

<http://thebikeaffair.blogspot.in/2012/05/review-sigma-lightster.html>

At 20lux, this seems comparable to the B&M Lumotec Lyt (25lux, dynamo) and seems to have a nice shaped beam as well.

The light has issues when you would want to light up the sides of your current path to pick a line, but that's something even the Lyt doesn't do very well.

There seems to be an issue of the light not being very even, but that could very well be a photography artifact. I also probably wouldn't focus a 20lux light 20m away.

P.S.: That's a very nice, fairly and reasonably thorough review of the light.

--
Sreepathi Pai