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[Closed] PSA - Alpkit Boson bike light down to £29

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Comes with a handlebar mount but fits an Exposure helmet mounts to make a pretty decent all in one helmet light


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 5:44 am
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Nice find! 🙂


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 5:48 am
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Nice find! 🙂


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 5:51 am
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Their quoted lumens/run time/battery capacity figures seem to add up to rather a bold claim (going on experience of some Exposure lights, anyway). Do they check out in reality?


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 8:33 am
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The reviews are not positive...


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 8:39 am
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There's no danger it'll hit those runtime/lumen figures unless theres a misprint in the battery capacity/voltage


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 8:43 am
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Thought so. Seems like 2-3 times what I'd think would be realistic. Not that I know much about electrickery and it's a while since I bought a battery light, so maybe I'm off.


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 8:50 am
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Saw these off the back of the Alpkit email

I was going to recommend them to a couple of friends but having read the reviews decided not to


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 8:52 am
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Where are the reviews?

Thanks!


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:24 am
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Reviews on the Alpkit site aren't very positive!


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:27 am
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TimP - scroll down the Alpkit page, they're towards the bottom


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:30 am
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oh yeah!!


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:32 am
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Reviews on the Alpkit site aren't very positive!

Half of them are very positive. Ones neutral (3 out of 5) and 3 are on the negative side. https://www.alpkit.com/products/boson#product-reviews
Although it does seem they have some issues with the battery life indicator.


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:38 am
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If you read the reviews, one person resolved the 'flickering light over bumps' and 'red light indicator coming on immediately after full charge' with a 5 pence piece.
It would appear that the battery spring isn't very strong and a 5p bridges the gap which solves the above issues.


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 9:54 am
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Is it just a Chinese light with alpkit branding?
I bought their 35 quid lampray for about a fiver on ebay


 
Posted : 29/06/2017 1:31 pm

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