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Hi all. just joined the forum, as its going to be my first winter on the trails im going to need some lights so as not to lose the fitness ive built up this year. any ideas on what i should go for looking to spend no more than £130 looked at magicshine fluxient etc but undecided. anyone help??
thanks in advance
Andy
There might be better now, but this year I'll not be upgrading from my MJ872- small and light enough to go nicely on the head, where it's all the light I need. There's a Fluxient equivalent which looks slightly nicer.
(I'll probably upgrade it eventually for something smaller, or with better burn time, but we're at a point now where the chase for lumens should be over IMO)
Common logic is to get 2 cheaper lights, often with a spotlight on the head and a flood on teh bars, but I don't agree with that... You don't need to spend a lot to get a single helmet light that'll give you both range and spread.
A second light is still a good idea as a backup though.
Cheers northwind just had a look at the 872 might go for that found a uk seller and a 10% discount code. Bonus!!
http://www.bikelightsuk.com/front_bike_lights/magicshine_mj872_1600_lumen_bike_light_P570.html
Thanks again
Andy
Northwind makes a good point, but at least consider a bar mount for flexibility. Helmet mount in the fog/mist is hopeless.
Aye... Plus side is, Magicshine uses the same mount for both so can be easily moved to the bars. But going out with just one light always seems a bit brave to me, all you need to do is catch a cable on a branch or something...
Common logic is to get 2 cheaper lights, often with a spotlight on the head and a flood on teh bars, but I don't agree with that... You don't need to spend a lot to get a single helmet light that'll give you both range and spread.
The one thing you miss out is that just running a head light alone tends to make depth perception difficult - it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between a shadow and a proper step down, having a bar and a helmet light seems to make it easier to judge that sort of thing.
I'd always rather have a headlight than a bar light off road, but ideally I'd go for both unless you're riding mostly flattish stuff. And, as above, rain or mist or snow means light from a helmet light tends to reflect back into your eyes.
Cheers guys, decisions decisions decisions.......
Badlywireddog, I kind of half agree... But I've found that the better light from a single big bright light still ends up more effective than the reduced visibility from 2 points of light, when it comes to that sort of thing. YMMV of course!
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