It's that time of year...Lights

[jm2e]

For me, this is the season for always keeping a cheap-ish set of lights in the pack in case we get nighted.
Lights usually go in after the first incident or close call. This year they went in at daylight savings.


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[SchralphMacchio]

Friends turned me onto Fenix BC26R using a single 21700 battery. A replaceable high duty cycle battery (if it’s good enough for EVs it’s good enough for 1000s of charge cycles on a bike right?) and long runtime on low are the big selling points for me.

I think I’ll suck it up for now with my 7 year old magicshines and then get some Fenixes when I get annoyed.

[t.odd]

How about the Outbound helmet lights? Seems like it would work well for dawn patrol skinning/skiing as well with the GoPro mount?

I have ancient magic shine lights with remote batteries- don’t really night ride anymore but thinking about getting back into it. I can justify replacing my corded helmet light with a self contained outbound unit, then wait to replace my corded bar light if I’m actually able to ride more after dark.

Mrs. t.odd and I use my hangover on a gopro headstrap to walk the dog a lot, we've got plenty of coyotes, bears and cougars around so it's nice having the nice wide beam pattern when walking on the river and golf course trails by our place. Been thinking it would be great for night/dawn skiing too, but haven't had the chance to use it in that fashion. I think the new Portal one will be really good and plan on getting it when it becomes available.

[SchralphMacchio]

Now I’m wondering how well a Fenix HM70R would work on a bike helmet. I wonder if the top head strap is removable and if I could just hold the thing in place under the helmet visor.
48 hours at 70 lm, 30 hours at 150 lm, 6 hours 500, plus you get the flashing red safety strobe option.
The main reason would be replacing both my summer and winter lighting needs with a single device.
Could be interesting to try …

https://fenix-store.com/products/fen...mp-1600-lumens

[jamal]

I've had an outbound hangover for a few years now and yeah it works good for skiing in the dark too. I do our local beer league skimo series which is at night and then occasionally take a marshall or snowbowl lap in the dark too. My mtb helmet has a gopro mount thing that fits into the top vent so I just wear that. It looks normal-ish skiing when i take the visor off, but I have been meaning to get a skimo/ski touring helmet like maybe that new smith thing.

My main complaint about it is that it could be a bit brighter but it is light and low profile and has good battery life so there has to be a trade off somewhere. Portal I think is supposed to be a bit brighter but a similar shape.

[Cisco Kid]

For me, this is the season for always keeping a cheap-ish set of lights in the pack in case we get nighted.
Lights usually go in after the first incident or close call. This year they went in at daylight savings.


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Brilliant logic.

[Full Trucker]

Another happy Outbound user here. Just did my first ride last night with the Evo in the bars and a Hangover on the helmet. Really good bar mount system, very stable. Light temperature and beam pattern are spot on, doesn’t wash out the trail like other (arguably brighter) lights I’ve owned. I mounted the Hangover to my Forefront 2 with this little 3D printed doodad I found and it’s super low profile and doesn’t wiggle at all. 10/10 will bang again.

https://probike3d.com/products/smith...ccessory-mount

[Full Trucker]

Pics of the 3D printed doodad...

[Nobody Famous]

Reviving this old thread.

I just read Light and Motion, makers of Seca headlights, have closed their entire business earlier this year. I have and still use those headlights. One battery, out of three in my quiver, that after about 10+ years, is completely dead.

Was looking to buy a replacement, but their website is completely gone. Does anyone have any leads on where their surplus inventory, batteries and light heads, ended up? Google doesn't show anything helpful.

[jm2e]

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imagine quotation marks here.&nbsp; We are not able to provide service, but some of our dealers are able to repair lights, including Backscatter imagine quotation marks here</p>
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That was from the Pinkbike article in January.</p>
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Though I would say the world of cheap Chinesium lights is too tempting to agonize over maintaining a relationship with a defeated brand. Either go premium and commit to Outbound, or just go to Amazon and buy something that&#39;ll last one or two years.</p>

[evdog]

I have cheap amazon lights that are going on 10 years now and still function fine. Only reason I don't use them is I prefer USB charging and the amazon lights have a battery that goes via cord to the light rather than integrated battery. Fine on handlebars but not for helmet which is what I use most. Only ever had one Amazon battery spontaneously combust on me : )

[Nobody Famous]

Update, two out of three L&M batteries are completely dead. Three light heads still work fine, even the 700 lumen one I bought 19 years ago.

[evdog]

Some brands of lights use the same plugs. If you can find ones that use the same as L&M then you could buy new batteries from that brand.

My cheapo amazon lights also worked with my MagicShine batteries and vice versa.