Do you want good quality, bright front lights on a budget ?

[cycling fisherman]

I HAVE THE ANSWER !

I have been reading this forum and others for a couple of months to find a decent set of front lights on a budget.

I have found them...

Get yourself round to your nearest tesco superstore and look on the light bulb isle, you want to be looking for their tesco 3 watt led aluminium torch, it has a 3 watt cree bulb fitted as standard and they are very cheap they are £10 each.

At that price i have bought 2 of them and i am in the process of buying torch mounts so they can be fitted to the bike...

I have a link for members to look at for more information...

first of all this...

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12588492

and secondly...

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=209585


The torches take 2 AA batteries and i can tell you that for £10 each they can not be beaten for value.
​

 

[hackbike 6]

Are you one of those bot things?

I got caught the other night when having a skinful and looks like im being caught again.

 

[gratts]

Just read that entire thread..
Seems the only negatives are possibly rechargeable batteries not fitting, which I was already aware of, and a bit of a narrow beam..But for a tenner, I think I'll try one!
Will cycle down to tesco some time next week, maybe pick up that £2odd double light combo also, and probably lots of other stuff!
Overdraft here I come..

 

[hackbike 6]

Cycling bot ,your link looks very untidy,try this

http://tinyurl.com/3wattlight

also there is an even more tidier way to do it but I forgot how.

 

[BentMikey]

LOL, Hackers, that tinyurl link you posted didn't work.

Here's a shorter working version of the first link:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12588492

 

[Tynan]

you can buy a good a cycle front light for £10 though surely?

 

[cycling fisherman]

you can buy a good a cycle front light for £10 though surely?

nowhere near as good as these, they really are astonishingly bright i have some 2500 AA recharchables as well, you cannot go wrong with these lights.

 

[upandover]

I wondered about these. Presumably these are more for seeing than being seen. How much would you say the angle of visibility is?

 

[Origamist]

Reasonable throw, poor spill. Good value for money, but you can get P7s from HK for 20 quid or so and they piss all over the 3w Tesco torch.

 

[hackbike 6]

LOL, Hackers, that tinyurl link you posted didn't work.

Here's a shorter working version of the first link:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12588492

Actually it does work on my computer dude.

Did anyone else find it didn't work then?

 

[gratts]

Works fine for me

 

[fossyant]

It's not a bad torch - has a powerful throw, and goes with my two Cateye 510's. Certainly good enough for commuting, and as a handy backup.

 

[hackbike 6]

Works fine for me

Works on my other computer as well,just tested it.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

I HAVE THE ANSWER !

I have been reading this forum and others for a couple of months to find a decent set of front lights on a budget.

I have found them...

Get yourself round to your nearest tesco superstore and look on the light bulb isle, you want to be looking for their tesco 3 watt led aluminium torch, it has a 3 watt cree bulb fitted as standard and they are very cheap they are £10 each.

At that price i have bought 2 of them and i am in the process of buying torch mounts so they can be fitted to the bike...

I have a link for members to look at for more information...

first of all this...

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12588492

and secondly...

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=209585


The torches take 2 AA batteries and i can tell you that for £10 each they can not be beaten for value.
​

Whilst very cleaver, your avatar is so f**king irritating I really don’t want to read any of your posts – it’s far too distracting and, as well as being a right royal pain in the arse, could in all seriousness trigger a seizure in those susceptible.

 

[Mr Pig]

your avatar is so f**king irritating I really don’t want to read any of your posts

Give the guy a break, I think you're over reacting, just a tad. I hadn't given his avatar a second thought until you mentioned it, and I doubt many other people would be irritated by it either.

Good call on the torches, I think I'll get one. Some of the other torches that were recommended looked good but had short battery life and expensive batteries.