First Hi! I'm new here so if I break some rules with this post I'm going to claim ignorance!
I've done a search of the forum and can't seem to find what I'm looking for, and searched the internet, and equally, doesn't seem to exist, but surely it does!
So what do I want?
Well I've got a pair of Cree bike lights with T6 bulbs in them, these are pretty good lights, really good for seeing where you're going on unlit roads. The issue is that these things are basically torches and do not have a lens that points them at the road.
I've seen the bigger brother of what I use and a wide angle lens that can be fitted to that, which is a definate improvement, but still, this is still shoving a whole load of the light at the sky.
So why does there not appear to be a light that uses the Cree LEDs where I can have a focused dip beam and a high beam at the push of a button? Surely using the headlights from a scooter or similar would be a good starting point? It just seems obvious to me and I can't seem to find one.
90% of the time I'll be on a main road, so the highbeam would be off, therefore battery life would be conserved then I get to my unlit trails, whap the high beam on and I can see where I'm going.
Seems to me you could use a Q5 bulb for the low beam and 2 (or 3) of T6's for the high beam.
Just seems that illuminating tree tops and oncoming drivers seems unnecessary and a waste of light when it could be focused where I need it and therefore get more bang for my buck of lumens.
And yes, I know I can point them down but the hot spot is too close to the bike like that and it's a rubbish workaround to a problem that has been solved with every other type of road vehicle!
How's that for a first post? Bit too ranty?!
Cheers, Rob.
I've done a search of the forum and can't seem to find what I'm looking for, and searched the internet, and equally, doesn't seem to exist, but surely it does!
So what do I want?
Well I've got a pair of Cree bike lights with T6 bulbs in them, these are pretty good lights, really good for seeing where you're going on unlit roads. The issue is that these things are basically torches and do not have a lens that points them at the road.
I've seen the bigger brother of what I use and a wide angle lens that can be fitted to that, which is a definate improvement, but still, this is still shoving a whole load of the light at the sky.
So why does there not appear to be a light that uses the Cree LEDs where I can have a focused dip beam and a high beam at the push of a button? Surely using the headlights from a scooter or similar would be a good starting point? It just seems obvious to me and I can't seem to find one.
90% of the time I'll be on a main road, so the highbeam would be off, therefore battery life would be conserved then I get to my unlit trails, whap the high beam on and I can see where I'm going.
Seems to me you could use a Q5 bulb for the low beam and 2 (or 3) of T6's for the high beam.
Just seems that illuminating tree tops and oncoming drivers seems unnecessary and a waste of light when it could be focused where I need it and therefore get more bang for my buck of lumens.
And yes, I know I can point them down but the hot spot is too close to the bike like that and it's a rubbish workaround to a problem that has been solved with every other type of road vehicle!
How's that for a first post? Bit too ranty?!
Cheers, Rob.