Drago
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Questionably good in my case.
Flawed theory, sorry. IIRC, the most common cyclist injury collisions are being left-hooked, right-crossed, sideswiped (overtaker pulls in too soon), doored and T-boned.I've noticed a lot of cheap lights, so might even buy a couple of extra cheapie rear lights ... my theory is the rear lights are more important, for the cyclist. Even without a front light it always pretty easy to see where you are going and not often will you be hit head-on.
I have owned around 4 'Cree-type' lights, the 2 bog-standard far-east ones I had took a lot of abuse and broke quickly - not to mention the batteries which were extremely poor as the vast majority of any Li-ion battery packs included with any cheap light are. Some people have good results, some do not. I think these lights are OK to get you going quickly and cheaply but have some backup lighting.
I then tried a headlamp from candb-seen.co.uk which is essentially the same thing but put together a lot better - even so it too eventually fell to the abuses of regular winter and distance riding but lasted me a good 18 months, albeit with a mediocre battery.
I now use this light from candb-seen.co.uk which has a revised design over the last one, it is a compact tidy package with 1 bulb (this is more than enough to illuminate the road ahead) and comes with a robust mount that can be added optionally - I recommend both the light and the mount. I also have this lens to give a better beam shape.
I use a battery holder like this and fill it with 18650 cells from Torchy on Ebay who has some of the best rechargeable batteries available, the pack isn't perfect but mine works well enough as long as you remember not to leave the batteries in as it drains unprotected cells and can kill them. You could use a different pack or make your own.
The torchy link doesn't work. People always recommend him but I can never find him
Turned up very lightly wrapped in bubble wrap stuffed in an mail bag , i put it on charge straight away and it was good to go in about 5 hr's first run out was Sunday am and on full power it lasted for about the 100 minute mark which i was quite happy with , going to give it a couple more full cycle runs then try it on the lower settings and report back .
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/big_f_d_dThe torchy link doesn't work. People always recommend him but I can never find him
lol to myself in the quoted lumens in that link.My base camp lamp seems to have given up the ghost so treated myself to a one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12000LM-LED-Bicycle-Front-Light-Bike-Headlight-with-Rear-Warning-Lamp-Reflector/153104627928?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT&var=452947622592&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 , it only took a couple of days to turn up which was good .
Turned up very lightly wrapped in bubble wrap stuffed in an mail bag , i put it on charge straight away and it was good to go in about 5 hr's first run out was Sunday am and on full power it lasted for about the 100 minute mark which i was quite happy with , going to give it a couple more full cycle runs then try it on the lower settings and report back .