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Originally Posted by Spld cyclist
I have one of the Planet Bike Alias 10W systems from several years ago. I'm generally happy with it, but more light is always better. Some of the newer LED systems claim a scary number of lumens, but I'm not sure what would be an upgrade from what I have now. Does anyone know the lumen output of my light?

I do like the somewhat floody light I get from my Planet Bike. I know there is some disagreement out there whether this is a good thing or not....

Jim
About 200 lumens at nominal voltage. Overvolt it by 20% and the output almost doubles.

Lumen output on lots of LEDs are inflated. They can put out the rated lumens but they usually put out something less...sometimes way less.
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