Lights....you paid how much?

[Ladep Rewop]

At the front a Schmidt SON 28 dynamo hub powering an Edelux LED headlight and a Lezyne SuperDrive XL, if I have a mechanical or puncture I can use the Lezyne as a torch. At the back a Smart Lunar RL317R 1 Watt rear light together with a Cateye TL-LD600 Superbright 5 LED.

 

[Dragonwight]

Hope 1 which is still good after 5 years worth of use and a Smart LED for the rear light also about 4 years old. Both working as new about £100 in total when bought.

 

[Dave 123]

A tea light in a jam jar is all I need.

 

[PpPete]

Shimano DH-3N80 dyno hub £60
Philips Safe Ride £70
Ebay XML-U2 Torch £9.99
(+ £25 of UK sourced batteries and charger)
Couple of Smart 1/2 watts on the back £10/each

I also own a Hope V1 but the ebay torch is so much better: monstrously more powerful, similar battery life, well sealed against water ingress, perfect beam shape, just 3 modes to cycle through.

+ Small headtorch for mechanicals and route sheet reading if long night section anticipated.

£250 total

 

[raleighnut]

Electron double 8 LED with rechargeable sealed battery pack and 2 Cateye 5 LED on front
1 double row 10 LED one bar 5 LED and one 3 LED (all Cateye) on rear
Mind you I did then clear out the local bike shops supply of spare brackets so that they fit all my bikes without faffing around total around £450 ish a few years back

 

[fossyant]

Righty. Between me and my lad/family....

Two Hope 1s, had at least 4 years.
Magicshine 808e
Magicshine 818 x 2 (rear)
Generic t6 clone
Triple T6 off road light
Yinding Twin U2
Solarstorm twin U2
Mini U2 with side halo x2 (winter commutes)
4 x Decathlon v100 USB backups
2x C&B Seen 500 rear lights (about 200 lumen)

4 x Planet X Phaart 3w front lights
3 x Planet X Phaart rear lights

Mars 3.0
Mars 4.0
4 x Smart super flash (R1)
2 x Smart R2 (version2)
1 x RSP Astrum (broke two others)
1x RSP twin led (crap and not even slightly shower proof)

And other little backup lights.

As to how much, lots.

 

[fossyant]

Have I got light OCD ?

 

[wiggydiggy]

£50?

Not certain to be honest.... more research is better than more ££££ IMHO

 

[glenn forger]

This is me arriving at home:

 

[Sara_H]

I have one of this cree torch things from china, it was about £20 and is excellent for lighting up unlit roads. I also have a couple of Phaart stretchy led lights fron and rear which I think I got in a special offer for about a pound each, and I have a phaart beep on the back which is quite bright compared to all the other rear lights I've got.

 

[JoeyB]

I've spent about £40 on all my lighting. I don't do enough night riding to put them through their paces to determine if they are actually any good lol. I did get flashed by a bus from about a mile away though, so they don't lack brightness!

 

[summerdays]

Have I got light OCD ?

I like lights but I have managed to curb it better than you!

I have 2x hope 1
2 or 3 electron nano
Lots of smart half watts
Little backup lights
Couple of cat eye ones rear ones mostly
And various others including a couple of flare ones.

Even though I try to limit my spending - completely successful this winter, I can't help looking at others lights when we pass, or even when I'm a passenger in a car, trying to work out which ones I like. Problem is the brighter they are, the harder it is to see the actual light. I've even been known to ask someone whilst waiting at a junction what their light is.

I think it is good to have more than one of a light that you like as then you can have the same brackets on multiple bikes, and if you misplace a light (which I often do), then it's easy to grab another one. Also good to have identical lights for kids to borrow too.

 

[Matt1705]

I had what u thought was an ok light on the front ( £20ish from halfords). Then I bought a cree t6 and it's amazing!!
Similarly I had a phart rear light from planetx, great light and lasted a while but did fall apart in the end. Now I've got a led one from the same place I got the front one from.

In total probably about £80 spent. :-D

 

[Silver Fox]

I've got an Exposure Diablo, helmet mounted with a piggy back battery for added burn time and a Maxx D on the handlebars.

I've fitted my old Joystick into a headband which comes in very useful as a hands free head torch. Good kit Exposure stuff.

 

[totallyfixed]

We do a lot of night riding on narrow lanes. typically 60 miles per week for me and well over 100 miles for dr_pink. In the wet as it was tonight you need the best, a light that will throw a wide beam to see the road edges when descending on twisty roads yet far enough, about 30 m to see any hazards yet not blinding any other vehicle that could be travelling fast towards you, this is essential. I run a Supernova Airstream with Hope Vision 1 as back up and dr_pink has an Exposure Strada [never seen anything better], incredible run times.