What light, this or this?

robertxxx

I'm looking at either of these for my commute to work from clonsilla, Phoenix park and quays.

CATEYE

EXPOSURE



Cheers.

feck sake lads

robertxxx wrote: »

I'm looking at either of these for my commute to work from clonsilla, Phoenix park and quays.

CATEYE

EXPOSURE

Cheers.

i have the cateye EL540 and it's pretty good not as bright as i thought it would be :P but still a good light , the rear light is brilliant fantastic but be careful the cap does not come loose i wrappep a lenght of 1.8 wide black tape aroung just to be on the safe side.
no idea on the exposure .

opti0nal

robertxxx wrote: »

I'm looking at either of these for my commute to work from clonsilla, Phoenix park and quays.

CATEYE

EXPOSURE

Cheers.

Deffo the CatEye, but watch the fixtures as CatEye used to do good brackets but more recently they're a bit flimsy.

Broadness of visibility is more important than intensity of the beam IMO.

Wishbone Ash

Robert - those prices are in sterling (in case you didn't realise). I bought something there recently which I thought was good value but I hadn't switched the currency to Euro.

robertxxx

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Robert - those prices are in sterling (in case you didn't realise). I bought something there recently which I thought was good value but I hadn't switched the currency to Euro.

Is it? when i click on to it, its in euro.

Heres another, all light are just under 100 euro delivered.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/lezyne-lezyne-lights-and-lighting-systems-lezyne-macro-front-micro-rear-light-pair/lezyligh224

opti0nal

robertxxx wrote: »

Heres another, all light are just under 100 euro delivered.
http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/lezyne-lezyne-lights-and-lighting-systems-lezyne-macro-front-micro-rear-light-pair/lezyligh224

The brackets don't look sound, they might rotate with road vibration or the lamps might even pop off. Look for reviews

Aka Ishur

For me its got to be the exposure hands down! I have never felt so safe as with the flare lighting up my rear. Drivers will actively give you more room simply because its so damn bright and it pulses too so you gotta look away or just stay back. In my opinion, for a commute beam isnt so important visibility is and these do the job.

I'm waiting on my second pair now. First ones got nicked last spring and need tougher lights than the ones I have now.

Yi Harr

I got a set of the exposure flash/flare lights last winter.

After one wet ride I found a load of dirt/grit behind the lens of the flare unit so sent it back to Evans. Evans took an absolute age to sort a replacement out so I ended up getting different lights and getting a refund from them.

I found the fittings (battery body/light unit) quite fiddily to screw on and felt that the threads on the body could easily become stripped.

That said they did give off great light and were nice and compact.

I would probably give them another shot especially as they seem to have redesigned the light bodies.

So in closing, had a bad experience with the exposure set which was made worse by Evans Cycles dawdling but I would probably give the exposure set another go.

Ryath

robertxxx wrote: »

Is it? when i click on to it, its in euro.

Heres another, all light are just under 100 euro delivered.

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/sp/road-track-bike/lezyne-lezyne-lights-and-lighting-systems-lezyne-macro-front-micro-rear-light-pair/lezyligh224

opti0nal wrote: »

The brackets don't look sound, they might rotate with road vibration or the lamps might even pop off. Look for reviews

I like the look of the new lezyne lights the front light is a lot better than the exposure which is just about adequate for unlit roads the lezyne with 300 lumens would be much better. I have an Lezyne superdrive

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=70575

a year now I usually use it on the mid setting of 300 lumens and think it's very good it uses a different bracket than these ones though. Don't think they would rotate on the bars though. There is a few reviews on wiggle of them

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lights-reflectives/?s=lezyne

Some say the bracket is not great and the light does pop out while others say they have no problem you just need to make sure the light is properly clipped in. Looks more likely with the rear as it's clipped in at the tail the front one looks more secure. I like that the brackets are easy to take of the bike though as I move them between bikes and I also once had brackets nicked of a bike so prefer not to leave them on it sometimes.
The batteries are also built in on these light so you can't carry spares and you want to remember to charge them occasionally over the summer if you're not using them. Thats one plus for the exposure that you can replace the batteries.

The dearer lezynes have a heavier bracket and the batteries are replaceable.
Considering this set though or maybe just the microdrive rear though there are a few other rechargeable rear lights I'm looking at
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=87965
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/moon-shield-60-rechargeable-rear-light/

This one has just appeared on wiggle specs look good but can find no info about it
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/yo-watson-rear-light/

This looks the business and has some good reviews but is seriously pricey
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=87946

cdaly_

robertxxx wrote: »

I'm looking at either of these for my commute to work from clonsilla, Phoenix park and quays.

CATEYE

EXPOSURE



Cheers.

If your commute is on streetlit roads, I reckon either of those is overkill. You'd be just as well served by one or two Smart 1/2 Watt rear lights and a pair of Cateye LD150 front lights.

You don't really need piercing searchlight style front lights for an urban commute, flashes to attract the eye are more the thing.

robertxxx

I went for http://www.wiggle.co.uk/smart-lunar-35-lux-front-and-12-watt-rear-light-set/

Seaswimmer

I was always a Cateye fan until the battery went in my EL600. in fairness
I did have it for 6 years but the price of a new battery is ridiculous. Somewhere about 50 euro upwards. i took delivery of this today..

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/moon/xp300-front-light-ec033666

it was on special on some online UK bicycle discount stores for £50

As someone else said its probably overkill for city commutes but better too bright than not to be seen.

Its certainly the brightest light I have ever owned..however i am now thinking that i would be better off going for a light that takes AA batteries due to the price of replacement batteries for these type of lights..

BostonB

cdaly_ wrote: »

If your commute is on streetlit roads, I reckon either of those is overkill. You'd be just as well served by one or two Smart 1/2 Watt rear lights and a pair of Cateye LD150 front lights.

You don't really need piercing searchlight style front lights for an urban commute, flashes to attract the eye are more the thing.

The Phoenix park and some of the back roads in clonsilla are quite dark. You need something better than you would in the city or usual suburbs.


I use one light on steady and one on flash, in the park I might use both on steady to see the path especially if you on an unlit side road.

Gavin

opti0nal wrote: »

The brackets don't look sound, they might rotate with road vibration or the lamps might even pop off. Look for reviews

I bought those a few days ago. They are good, quite secure and bright. The larger marcro front light requires a non-standard USB cable to charge it which is somewhat irritating, but otherwise they are actually very good.

300 lumens is enough going through the phoenix park which is unlit in places. Also useful as a helmet light if MTB'ng (in conjunction with a bar light).

The rear light is very bright, sprays red light out onto the road, but isn't blinding from a drivers pov.