Thu 16 Oct 2008
More about lights…
Posted by Kim under Cycling
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I was talking to a friend at work today about rear cycle lights and we decided to take a couple of photos as a comparison, of I thought I would post them here just in case anyone should be interested. First the DiNotte 140L v a Smart 1/2 W LED 3 Function light (which is said to be visible from up to 800 metres, according to the sales blurb).
And one with the Cateye TL-LD600 turned on, as you can see from the flare these photos were taken on a bright sunny day.
Ps.
More more posts about cycle lights:
- Cycle, lights, action… 29/10/2007
- Shine on you crazy ruby…! 10/10/2008
- New biking toys 14/01/2009
- Bright lights for dark nights 29/01/2009
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That’s not the 0.5W Smart – that’s older !
Even the 0.5W is only £10 – isn’t the DiNotte ~10x that ?
There’s now a 1.0W Smart at ~£18 which would make for a more interesting comparison …
If you would like to send me a 1.0W Smart, I would be happy to do a comparison, but I suspect that the DiNotte would still clearly out shine it. The DiNotte lights are way brighter than any of the cheap blinky lights.
Should be able to get a couple of hours from a fully charge set of NiMH rechargeable batteries.
Only problem I have is my charger is not very good and the batteries are getting a decent charge at home (the one at work is better), so I think I will be buying a new changer soon. I am thinking of getting one of these, not the cheapest but should do the job rather better than this one, which has never really worked well.
Wow, looks like you’ve got a seriously bright rear light there! How long will it burn, say, from a good full set of NiMH rechargable batteries?