Taken from blackshadow alibaba.
Yay or Nay? What you think?
Any flashlight that adopt the same kind of dual emitter arrangement? Ugly beam maybe?
Really like the remote buttons, massive fins and reflector maximizing the give space.
Taken from blackshadow alibaba.
Yay or Nay? What you think?
Any flashlight that adopt the same kind of dual emitter arrangement? Ugly beam maybe?
Really like the remote buttons, massive fins and reflector maximizing the give space.
Not a bad design… if it’s around $25-30 I’ll get one but I’m still waiting for MT-G2 bike light
Very cool for a biker, but they’re skimping on cells in the pack.
I’d be surprised if it is under $70.
Edit: looks like they’re ~$30 on Ali, wow.
Maybe the beam pattern is well suited for bike use.
It looks as though it will also light the road right in front of you with the spill from the upper LED.
Looks similar to the Lustefire P11.
Hmm… what’s the point of having that kind of shape? Combining both flood and throw?
I think the idea is to have a high beam and low beam like a car has so you aren’t blinding people/cars coming toward you… As to how well it works… No idea.
Do any of these multi emitter bike lights have one emitter flash at the same time as one or more stay on?
Id hate riding in disco mode, its bad enough making my way to the bar. But as a driver, Im aware I spot the flashing light before I spot the solid light on bicycles.
I do not think you can independent control for each emitter. It is not stated on in the description.
Just spotted this light on Black Shadow's website and found this thread searching. I guess nobody has it, eh? Interesting. Perhaps I should request one for review.
-Garry
So many cheap bike lights from China but I have yet to see one with a proper beam pattern for road use…
…and proper modes like magicshine MJ-880 (up and down buttons).
I’m developing a new handheld flashlight I’m hoping will do well used as a handlebar mounted light. What exactly is “proper beam pattern” for a bike light?
For road use think car light ie not a round beam like a flashligt but more focused on the road (and no flashing) check this out http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp
Europe has new requirements much like cars where the top of the beam is clipped.
For me, as one who loves cycling at light, give me a standard flashlight for the helmet so I can alert drivers with a glance, and highlight corners and critters, and I have one aspect covered. Add a fixed semi-focused beam at 900lm to light the roadway and all is good for forward visibility. Remember that you have to be able to overcome oncoming headlights in suburbia. I added a small caveat to the helmet light that has a constant 350ma on state. Add to this any of the other 8 modes depending on what I need. Therefore all modes are 350ma + blinkie variety or low, med, or hi.
Nighttime requirements vary greatly from daytime running modes. Give me efficient controllable and highly configurable blink modes. What it would be to have a UI that can be programmed in the PC with an emulating feedback and simply upload that to the MP with a USB interface even if that interface was an optional dongle of sorts.
Point is, nighttime lights are no big deal unless you have to manage the lensing to meet ISO requirements for Europe. But making one’s self visible during daylight when competing with distracted drivers and cell phones… now that is where the challenge lies.
and for MTB use, a very wide and floody beam.
I contacted the manufacturer to see if they'd send me one to review. We'll see what happens.
-Garry
I personally believe bikes should adopt a cutoff similar to proper HID headlights if used on regular streets.
Fenix BC30 - this is probably closer to perfect bike light?
It would be great if there is a bike light with this beam pattern - and a beam this bright.