Lighting

Robert Norton

There's a big variety of lighting systems cheap and dear. I dont want
anything that will light up a dark moorland road. Just something to make me
safe at night in traffic. Is the stuff in Argos or the like sufficient? TIA
Rob

Bonehenge (B A R R Y)

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 14:38:00 -0000, "Robert Norton"
<rjnorton@eircom.net> wrote:

>There's a big variety of lighting systems cheap and dear. I dont want
>anything that will light up a dark moorland road.

Where ever that is... <G>

Every time my shop sells one of these, we seem to sell two more based
on how well they work:

<http://www.danolight.com/> The best kept secret in lights.

It uses (and includes) easily replaceable items like batteries and
chargers. You can even run it on alkalines in a bind. The XP version
is nearly as bright as a Niterider HID.

If I didn't already own two Niterider systems, the Danolite XP would
be my first choice.

Chuck Anderson

Robert Norton wrote:
> There's a big variety of lighting systems cheap and dear. I dont want
> anything that will light up a dark moorland road. Just something to make me
> safe at night in traffic. Is the stuff in Argos or the like sufficient? TIA
> Rob
>
>
>

I rode with a Cateye for years until one night I hit something on the
path I could not see and seriously hurt my wrist.

I fixed that by getting a Cygo Lite "Night Rover" that uses an SLA (Gel
cel?) battery, which I prefer, as I can go a couple of months without
using it and the battery will still be charged. My battery is still good
(holding a substantial charge) after more than 5 years. (I haven't done
much night riding in the last couple of years.)

http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/olderli...uct_22182.shtml

Mine is older and has a water bottle battery (not frame mount). Google
for that in addition (water bottle) and you'll see they're still out
there that way, too. ~$75.

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Ron Wallenfang

On Dec 1, 8:38 am, "Robert Norton" <rjnor...@eircom.net> wrote:
> There's a big variety of lighting systems cheap and dear. I dont want
> anything that will light up a dark moorland road. Just something to make me
> safe at night in traffic. Is the stuff in Argos or the like sufficient? TIA
> Rob

My evening commute this time of year (21 miles) is all in the dark, so
I need a system that lasts. The goal is more to be seen than to see
as the routes are familiar. Rechargeables are not good in a Wisconsin
winter. They just don't hold a charge long enough, and get weaker
with every recharge. I've finally settled on a Cateye Opticube, which
runs on 4 AA batteries, puts out a well visible blue light, and keeps
up enough power for a month at a time in the winter. At the end of a
month, I put in new alkaline batteries.