high power light weight light

eurotrotter

hey guys
im looking for a lightweight front light that offers really good light output, i live out in the country, in cork.
also i need something with a bit of power.

im willing to spend decent money
i already have a cat eye led light plus a high power led head torch, but they just dont do the business.

any help would be great
thanks
ed

TinyExplosions

MTE SSC P7 900-Lumen 2-Mode LED Flashlight (18650), with these batteries, and this charger.

Also get this light, and one of these to mount the first light on the handle bars, and one of these (the inline one) to mount the second torch on your helmet if it's dark country roads you're on

kenmc

yeah a fenix or similar all the way,

tunney

Exposure maxDaddy on the bars
Exposure Joystick on the helmet.

Almost like daytime........

Admitedly on full whack its very blinding (for others)

Lumen

tunney wrote: »

Exposure maxDaddy on the bars
Exposure Joystick on the helmet.

Almost like daytime........

Admitedly on full whack its very blinding (for others)

For that money you can get a Big Bang.

72hundred

TinyExplosions wrote: »

MTE SSC P7 900-Lumen 2-Mode LED Flashlight (18650)

What's the throw like with that torch? Is it narrow or wide beam?

TinyExplosions

72hundred wrote: »

What's the throw like with that torch? Is it narrow or wide beam?

Fairly wide, surprisingly long. Certainly more than enough to use on it's own on unlit country roads

72hundred

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Fairly wide, surprisingly long. Certainly more than enough to use on it's own on unlit country roads

Yeah that sounds good. I'm looking for an accompaniment for the TK11, which has a very very intense narrow beam. Excellent for aiming at wind mirrors at night if I need to get a driver's attention, however not great fro lighting the road with a wide beam.

TinyExplosions

72hundred wrote: »

Yeah that sounds good. I'm looking for an accompaniment for the TK11, which has a very very intense narrow beam. Excellent for aiming at wind mirrors at night if I need to get a driver's attention, however not great fro lighting the road with a wide beam.

I use it in conjunction with a TK11 when out on country roads (sometimes with an L2D on the helmet), and it works great -overkill sometimes I think!

72hundred

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I use it in conjunction with a TK11 when out on country roads (sometimes with an L2D on the helmet), and it works great -overkill sometimes I think!

Overkill!? What's that? Here's a video of that torch; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFcjQWeAhiQ

tunney

Lumen wrote: »

For that money you can get a Big Bang.

Any links to an online shop?

eurotrotter

thanks for teh help guys

im not lookin to spend more than 100euro really being honest,
i was in by local bike shop yesterday lookin at cat eye' s97.99 if that rings any bells?

here it is: http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=134&idproduct=18832

thanks for the help guys
that fenix look sgorgeous, as an allround torch around the house as well like


thanks
ed

TinyExplosions

tbh, the ones linked above will be brighter and better, as well as cheaper! (around 45 euro for the stuff from deal extreme)

Lumen

tunney wrote: »

Any links to an online shop?

Bike24.

For some reason I thought I saw a price of €550 a couple of weeks ago, but maybe I dreamt it.

The appeal of the Big Bang is the traffic-friendly beam pattern, which you won't get from a torch.

If only it was much cheaper.

blorg

eurotrotter wrote: »

thanks for teh help guys

im not lookin to spend more than 100euro really being honest,
i was in by local bike shop yesterday lookin at cat eye' s97.99 if that rings any bells?

here it is: http://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=134&idproduct=18832

thanks for the help guys
that fenix look sgorgeous, as an allround torch around the house as well like

That Cateye would probably be OK for around town but probably not so good on unlit roads. The Fenix TK11, batteries and charger (the latter from DealExtreme) will come in well below on price and provide a hell of a lot more light for you to see where you are going.

For a single light I would be tempted to go for a Fenix over the DX ones as they are probably more reliable and you ideally don't want a light to fail.