No. Tesco do 3w led torches for less than a tenner. A few people on here rave about them.
Bodhbh said:I still think you basically get what you pay for. I bought 2 Fenix L2Ds, the output was okay - but the battery duration was pants for anythign but 1 way on the commute (30-40mins). If you've not already got rechargables then also factor that into the Fenix cost so that's another 10 quid, making it, what 40x2 for the lights, a tenner for the mounts, so 100-ish ballpark total. (one of the Fenix also stopped working pretty pretty soon but perhaps I was just unlucky).
Pair of Aye-Ups runs 6hrs off one rechargable battery, mounts for 2 bikes iirc included in the kit, much less cumbersome design, so no bobbing about off-road or if mounted on bar extenders, great for bombing around country lanes and far more light than you'd need around town - 150 quid. I'd say with the battery life and design Aye-Ups are far more bang for you're buck than the Fenix.
Well I seem to be in a minority as most owners who post seem happy with them, but I wasn't overly impressed with the ones I got. I tried initially with Duracell non-recharagables, which it flattened within 1/2hr. Okay then, so I think I posted here or Bikeradar and was advised to use recharagables - I got the 2500mAh Energizer ones iirc. So switched to them and got about 10mins more. Then one fo them packed-in altogether, which I sent back. Perhaps I got a bad batch, but they didn't seem great from my experience - then 50 quid more and you're into Aye-Up terrritory and for a fraction of the price you can make do nearly as well with Tescos lights and hoseclips.MacBludgeon said:weird I get 2 hrs on full power from my rechargeable AA's, bought from
http://www.fenixtorch.co.uk/batteries/gp_rechargeable_batteries.html
when I started commuting in Jan it took me 2 hrs each way so this is well tested.
D4VOW said:Bicycle lights are poorly made and provide far less light for your money in comparison to a torch.
"This" being the Hope Vision 1.MichaelM said:I also like the look of this
Randochap said:
D4VOW said:You're not comparing at the same price point. For the price of the torches we are talking about you can buy a Cateye EL-530. It's made of cheap plastic and has a very poor light output in comparison. To get the same output as a torch you need to be spending a lot more money for a bike specific lighting system which also require external battery packs to power them.
kyuss said:I just can't imagine riding around with something so long and awkward looking attached to my bars.
MichaelM said:When it's dark, and the torches are running, you don't actually notice them
kyuss said:I To me it's kind of like using your mobile phone as your main camera or an mp3 player as a hi-fi.