Helmet light

[jonny jeez]

I've got a torch-style one, which I combined with a mount like this:
http://www.thetorchsite.co.uk/Fenix_and_twofish_bike_mounts.html

I kinda like this as it would double as a ...er...torch but it look heavy?

If you are wanting something with a bit more light than the frogs but still not big/ heavy you may want to check out the EL410, I like it because of its versatility, it fits my aero profile handlebars but I've used it often on my helmet.

I have an EL that i've hashed onto my lid a few times but the bracket doesnt "naturally" fit a lid...how to you mount yours?

Watch my lips

T.E.S.C.O. micro LEDs.

Down to a couple of quid for a pair at the moment, and can be slotted into your helmet vents. They have an extremely bright and fast strobe setting.

Neat but I suspect a bit "non directional" for me...I want to point it at a drivers face...my fault as i described my wishes as less directional, so I've confused a few people there...apologies.

the El is the type of thing I want but a lighter version with a low (surface mounted type) mount...so that it doesnt tower above me and make my head feel like it has a small sail on it.

 

[benb]

I kinda like this as it would double as a ...er...torch but it look heavy?

Not really, or at least I don't notice.

 

[jonny jeez]

Not really, or at least I don't notice.

that might be the one then.

cheers

 

[mr_cellophane]

Neat but I suspect a bit "non directional" for me...I want to point it at a drivers face...my fault as i described my wishes as less directional, so I've confused a few people there...apologies.

You could ask The Droid, although a spell down the gym to build up your neck muscles first

 

[BentMikey]

Don't 'k around Jonny, get a proper light first time. Want to borrow my Exposure Joystick with helmet mount for a few rides? I'll only need it next Thurs...

 

[jonny jeez]

Don't 'k around Jonny, get a proper light first time. Want to borrow my Exposure Joystick with helmet mount for a few rides? I'll only need it next Thurs...

Very good of you BM...But I just cant justify the cost...its a secondary light (or... tertiary.... if you count both El's that I can mount) and one I'll only occasionally wear as it's position interferes with mounting the cam...so something cheap and lite will do for now.

kind of you to offer though.

 

[Norm]

Seeing talk of peeps mounting things on helmets always concerns me, negating many of the benefits which a lid might offer by adding pressure points and further snag points.

Borrow the Joystick and buy an Exposure head strap. They are only a tenner and they can be used with any torch of the right diameter.

 

[Cubist]

Seeing talk of peeps mounting things on helmets always concerns me, negating many of the benefits which a lid might offer by adding pressure points and further snag points.

Borrow the Joystick and buy an Exposure head strap. They are only a tenner and they can be used with any torch of the right diameter.

But it's a damn sight better than nailing them direct to your head if you are a non-believer.

 

[Zoiders]

I wouldn't strap an aluminium bodied torch like a Fenix or Joystick to a normal lid, I might do so with a piss pot lid but not a vented one.

People go to the trouble of purchasing a helmet and wearing it for protection and then strap a hard metal object to it that will penetrate the helmet and possibly your skull in a smash.

Silly.