Cheap light for seeing with?

[Cubist]

... but which make of electrical tape & does the colour of the tape make the light brighter when in operation?

Parcel tape?

 

[potsy]

Might swap to the 18560 on my commute tomorrow, startle a few foxes

What are you going to do, point it towards your face?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

What are you going to do, point it towards your face?

I am lost for words

 

[Cubist]

Works with the new Aldi 5w as well...

 

[MattHB]

Ingenuity is not dead!

 

[Sara_H]

Brilliant!
Though I haven't got any old inner tubes. Will a new one do?

Right, listen carefully
Cut a piece of inner tube about the same length as your torch. The torch already has a piece of inner tube round it as I use it as a helmet light, and the tube stops the alu scratching the helmet finish. For the cognoscenti it's a Conti 700x19-25 round the torch, and a Halfords own brand 26x 1.95-2.2 for the mount...... The torch is an Aldi 3wCree circa 2010.

Next, use a sharp knife to pierce the inner tube about an inch from both ends. For the cognoscenti it's a Blackfox Zytel liner lock knife in Ti finish.

Make sure the hole goes all the way through.... for the cognoscenti that's my left forefinger....

Push one end of the torch through one end of the inner tube. You can see the new 2012 3w Cree Tesco torch on the table , already clad with inner tube for helmet mounting....

Pass the inner tube round the handlebar (Easton EA50 low rise, 25.4 clamp, 635mm, for sale, tenner. Scratched)

Push the end of the inner tube mount onto the back of teh torch, pull tight to ensure a snug fit.

 

[Cubist]

Brilliant!
Though I haven't got any old inner tubes. Will a new one do?

PM me your address and I'll post you a length! (ping @Fnaar)

 

[Sara_H]

PM me your address and I'll post you a length! (ping @Fnaar)

Can you post four lengths? I've got four bikes!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Sara_H the pound shops here are selling children's bikes size inner tubes (20") ... think I'm gonna slice one up