Now that is impressive jlogres!
Good thing as you mentioned it’s got low and medium modes for urban riding.
Now if only there is a way to stop those idiot drivers who rather dangerously neglect to acknowledge cyclists when turning/pulling over……
Now that is impressive jlogres!
Good thing as you mentioned it’s got low and medium modes for urban riding.
Now if only there is a way to stop those idiot drivers who rather dangerously neglect to acknowledge cyclists when turning/pulling over……
That’s why I said low and mid mode for public roads and high if you want to get crazy - in city with all this lights you don’t want a light to see but to be seen so even in low is more than enough and there is no way to blind people with low mode.
But I believe that you don’t need to buy or build such a strong light for city use , a strobe led with 5 euros is more than enough.
Thanks
I took it from an old 10$ bike light I had and I was lucky because the quality is very good and strong and also it has a screw to take it of the old light and screw it to the plate.
I will soon upload some night shots or video soon
Nice!
I’m going to start a very similar project, my 5t6 was delivered just today. Now I have to find a switch for the handlebar, I want to find a handlebar mount for 2 switches, to install an on/off switch in series with a temporary NC switch to change the modes. Obviously I need only one, but for the off road ride I like to practice, it’s better to have a dedicated switch only ,to change modes. I don’t like when I accidentally switch off the light when I only wanted to change the mode.
Now I have to pay some beers to a lathe operator friend, and find the switch, and some kind of clamp made with gun mounts
Nice job, lets see those beamshots or videos, I didn’t have time to check my light today, I’m waiting for the night…
What a terrific mod. Very creative and should light up those trails no problems.
very nice… i always want to do this to one of my lights… maybe with Trustfire TR-J18
thanks for the tip…
how do you keep the spring to stay on the plate?
Thanks DayLighter.
I am waiting for your project
I heated the spring and manage to stuck it on a RC servo plate I had , or else I was going to glue them together.
And after I glue and screw it with the aluminum plate.
Great project !
what we need now is some beam shots… preferably somewhere nice and dark place
I thought that 2x18650 parallel holders didn’t exist. Where did you get them?
there’s a lot of those on ebay… i think i saw them on fasttech too
Couldn’t find one in parallel
maybe this will work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18650-Battery-Holder-with-Cover-Parallel-/200864837974?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2ec47a3156
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Plastic-Battery-Storage-Case-Box-Holder-for-4-x-18650-Black-with-6-Wire-Lead-/310543423335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item484dd49767
I found them at aliexpress
They say now 50 pieces , but at November you could order one holder for 2.55 $.
The only problem with this one is that’s very difficult to fit protected 18650 - with my Panasonic 3100 protected there is no way to fit them (bigger than others).
So for this project I use my Samsung 2800 unprotected
what we need now is some beam shots… preferably somewhere nice and dark place
You will have to wait for that , we have a very cold weather and snow here in Greece - like in all Europe - but I will try soon.
But you will see the same beam shots like others reviewers - it’s always the same APEX , maybe a video will be more interesting.
Until my new APEX 5T6 BIKE LIGHT video is ready you can watch my older videos for two patents I’ve made , not for flashlights .
One is for making a waterproof-diving case for my small 808#16 HD camera with 1.5 euro.
I am using this camera with my hand made diving flashlight 3T6 2000 lumens
Some beam shots near my house , sorry for the quality but I don’t have a tripod for the camera.
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First one - road with just road lights
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Second one - car lights
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That Apex bike light absolutely kills your car headlights. Very impressive
Great work jlogres. It definitely would be useful in wide rural environments.