NYC XYZ wrote:
A request for rear light information.
Hiya NYC XYZ!
Here's one kludge that did NOT work satisfactorily as a rear light.
Parts list:
1x AA battery minimag flashlight
1x Parts kit for same to get the pocket clip
1x NiteIze red traffic signal cone thing, red color, sized for AA
flashlight
1x NiteIze LED converter unit
2x AA batteries from the spare battery bag in the rack trunk.
Yup, for about four times the purchase price of a basic multiple LED
blinky, I had a steady-state-only rear red finger to the sky sort of
slipped into the strap on the back of the rack trunk. In full darkness,
in conjunction with an LED blinker, it might be helpful. In twililght,
with most of the light going straight up, essentially useless (a
brighter point source, even with less actual light emitted, would
probably be better).
It MIGHT be more satisfactory without the traffic direction cone, just
the red flashlight filter lens, pointed straight back, but then I'd be
worried about the head of the minimag jolting straight off. The LED
aftermarket add-on from NightIze (three white LEDs in a reflectorized
unit) DOES emit sufficient light for dead of night flat repair, but you
lose the MagLite focus function. Not a big loss for a worklight, as the
three beams are tight enough at a decent (say two to thirty feet)
distance (this is MHO, your opinion and needs may and probably do
differ).
It was worthwhile to have as sign-in-sheet illumination at a 200K
brevet last night.
It may be worthwhile as an emergency "be seen" headlamp, possibly with
the WHITE traffic direction cone on to better be seen by traffic coming
from the side.
Robert Leone
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