Anyone need lighting

[Bean Long]

For those who don't often visit Torpedo7, they are flogging a handy
looking bike light for $74(AUD).

http://www.torpedo7.com/t7au/NP-LIG-STAR.html?source=newsletter

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[dtmeister]

Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
> For those who don't often visit Torpedo7, they are flogging a handy
> looking bike light for $74(AUD).
>
> http://www.torpedo7.com/t7au/NP-LIG-STAR.html?source=newsletter

That's not bad. If only they'd add another $5 to the price and make the
charger something more than a device to slow broil the battery..

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[Bean Long]

dtmeister wrote:
> Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
>> For those who don't often visit Torpedo7, they are flogging a handy
>> looking bike light for $74(AUD).
>>
>> http://www.torpedo7.com/t7au/NP-LIG-STAR.html?source=newsletter
>
> That's not bad. If only they'd add another $5 to the price and make the
> charger something more than a device to slow broil the battery..
>

yeah... not too sure about lead-acid. A bit hefty at 1.2 kg!

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[dtmeister]

Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
> dtmeister wrote:
>> Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> For those who don't often visit Torpedo7, they are flogging a handy
>>> looking bike light for $74(AUD).
>>>
>>> http://www.torpedo7.com/t7au/NP-LIG-STAR.html?source=newsletter
>>
>> That's not bad. If only they'd add another $5 to the price and make the
>> charger something more than a device to slow broil the battery..
>>
>
> yeah... not too sure about lead-acid. A bit hefty at 1.2 kg!

For the price, it still looks a good buy. I think the big downside is
that the non smart charger will fry the battery in less than a year
unless the user takes pains to minimise overcharge. Annoyingly, it's
really simple and cheap to charge these things properly, but the
lower end stuff always scrimps on this bit.

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[Bleve]

dtmeister wrote:
> Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
> > dtmeister wrote:
> >> Bean Long <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> For those who don't often visit Torpedo7, they are flogging a handy
> >>> looking bike light for $74(AUD).
> >>>
> >>> http://www.torpedo7.com/t7au/NP-LIG-STAR.html?source=newsletter
> >>
> >> That's not bad. If only they'd add another $5 to the price and make the
> >> charger something more than a device to slow broil the battery..
> >>
> >
> > yeah... not too sure about lead-acid. A bit hefty at 1.2 kg!
>
> For the price, it still looks a good buy. I think the big downside is
> that the non smart charger will fry the battery in less than a year
> unless the user takes pains to minimise overcharge. Annoyingly, it's
> really simple and cheap to charge these things properly, but the
> lower end stuff always scrimps on this bit.

I just got a couple of them to use as loaners.