New Tail Light Ordered
10-19-06, 10:17 AM
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New Tail Light Ordered
Sorry Mech, I took the light weight easy way out. 
I have been really pleased with my Dinotte 3W spot helmet light in combination with my L&M ARC HID LiIon handlebar light. I have a bunch of rear lights, CatEye LD1000, Super Blinkies (helmet and pannier) and little LED reflective strips on the panniers as well but still I wanted more wattage back there. I will now have the Dinotte Rear Light as well, and next to mech's monster, it is supposed to be the brightest thing you can get, but still light.
https://www.dinottelighting.com/DiNot...Tail_Light.htm
I'll have a report in a few days.
I have been really pleased with my Dinotte 3W spot helmet light in combination with my L&M ARC HID LiIon handlebar light. I have a bunch of rear lights, CatEye LD1000, Super Blinkies (helmet and pannier) and little LED reflective strips on the panniers as well but still I wanted more wattage back there. I will now have the Dinotte Rear Light as well, and next to mech's monster, it is supposed to be the brightest thing you can get, but still light.
https://www.dinottelighting.com/DiNot...Tail_Light.htm
I'll have a report in a few days.
10-19-06, 11:33 AM
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How does that mount? You strap it to the side of the seat-tube, am I interpreting that correctly?
10-19-06, 11:46 AM
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nice, I guess it might not be as light but the Bull LED is another high powered rear LED that can be a little cheaper / more convenient for DIY'ers...
that said, there's nothing like a strobe!
that said, there's nothing like a strobe!
10-19-06, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by HardyWeinberg
How does that mount? You strap it to the side of the seat-tube, am I interpreting that correctly?
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They normally suggest seat mounting. I have my wedge back there so I will put it on the back of my rack. I'll work something out, maybe even strapped on top of my CatEye LD1000 (1000 in blinky, Dinotte in steady).
10-19-06, 01:39 PM
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Wow. The pix on the site look like they could sear the eyeballs off a cager coming up from behind!
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Originally Posted by NeezyDeezy
nice, I guess it might not be as light but the Bull LED is another high powered rear LED that can be a little cheaper / more convenient for DIY'ers...
that said, there's nothing like a strobe!
that said, there's nothing like a strobe!
I would be very surprised if the Bull was brighter. The Bull uses 3 1W LEDs and this uses 1 3W LED. What I don't like about the DiNotte is how it is mounted. My thighs hit it and it's annoying there. I have mounted it differently and another person came up with the idea shown HERE. I've tried and it works nicely.
10-19-06, 07:36 PM
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If I had the money, I'd buy a DiNotte to check it out Points to ponder:
1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool
Points to ponder:1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv
Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool
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NICE video Mech. If I had your computer skills I would like to post my old Xenon strobe.
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Originally Posted by ken cummings
NICE video Mech. If I had your computer skills I would like to post my old Xenon strobe.
10-19-06, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
If I had the money, I'd buy a DiNotte to check it out Points to ponder:
1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool
Points to ponder:1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv
Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool Oh my goodness.
I might be mistaken. I'll see what I can do video wise. A buddy just got a LD1000 so I can compare to it. He also has a NR tail light.
Wow.
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Even if the DiNotte is not quite that lethal, I heard that one of its benefits is that the "hotspot" of the light is very big, not a tiny little circle like the LD1000 or NiteRider. So it will be WAY brighter, and it will appear way brighter to people who aren't directly lined up with you (like, one lane over from you). So I look forward to some beam-pattern comparison photos
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Originally Posted by ColorChange
Mech, I will try to do a comparison video with the LD1000.
or even beam-pattern photos would be great. I've never seen a DiNotte in person so I'm curious
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
Cool or even beam-pattern photos would be great. I've never seen a DiNotte in person so I'm curious
or even beam-pattern photos would be great. I've never seen a DiNotte in person so I'm curious I did do this one when I was shooting all the front LEDs for last winters review.
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
If I had the money, I'd buy a DiNotte to check it out Points to ponder:
1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool
Points to ponder:1) the pics I've shot of my Nova Bull are all at 9.6 volts. It can handle up to 16 volts.
2) the Bull has a much larger lens, so it may help it show up better simply because it's larger. It's also significantly visible from 90° sideways and beyond.
3) the Bull has police-style strobe modes that might help it attract attention.
4) however, the Bull is pretty clumsy to attach to a bike, since that's not what it's made for. I'd have an easier time hitching up the DiNotte.
At any rate, if you want to do a comparison video, you might get some frame of reference by comparing your DiNotte to your LD1000 with fresh batteries. Here's my comparison video: https://freepages.thesecretlabs.com/~...EGABLINKIE.wmv
Nova Bull comapared to several other production blinkies, including an LD1000, a NiteRider, and an LD1000 combined with a NiteRider. If you can post a video for us, that would be cool OK Mech, I tried to get the LD-1000, NR taillight and my Dinotte on video tonight. No go. My older Sony camera doesn't like the low light conditions -- in order to get anything I need to be really close. What camera are you using? I do have a video using my phones camera, but it's not that great. Any ideas? I've used my DSLR in the past -- the ones on Gearreview.com -- but it doesn't take video.
Edit: I uploaded my poor video to my blog.
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acid, OK, it shows that the Dinotte kicks booty but I agree, you're not winning an emmy with this. Thanks for the effort. I will try to get good stills or videos when I get my light. Should be here any day. I can compare the super flash, LD1000, and dinotte tail light.
Thanks for the effort. I will try to get good stills or videos when I get my light. Should be here any day. I can compare the super flash, LD1000, and dinotte tail light.
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Originally Posted by ColorChange
acid, OK, it shows that the Dinotte kicks booty but I agree, your not winning an emmy with this. Thanks for the effort. I will try to get good stills or videos when I get my light. Should be here any day. I can compare the super flash, LD1000, and dinotte tail light.
Thanks for the effort. I will try to get good stills or videos when I get my light. Should be here any day. I can compare the super flash, LD1000, and dinotte tail light.What about a grammy? :-)
Clearly I need to find a better point and shoot. Having to use a VGA camera on my phone was scraping the bottom of the barrell.
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Originally Posted by acidinmylegs
OK Mech, I tried to get the LD-1000, NR taillight and my Dinotte on video tonight. No go. My older Sony camera doesn't like the low light conditions -- in order to get anything I need to be really close. What camera are you using? I do have a video using my phones camera, but it's not that great. Any ideas? I've used my DSLR in the past -- the ones on Gearreview.com -- but it doesn't take video.
Edit: I uploaded my poor video to my blog.
Edit: I uploaded my poor video to my blog.
but it shows that the DiNotte has a BIG beam spread, which is cool (and sort of important since they made it to point downwards when used as designed). And I can see that it's very bright, too. So that's helpful!
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
If you have a digital camera from recent times, it may have a video mode, and then you can use Windows Movie Maker to make your recorded video into Windows Media Player movies like I did (Windows Movie Maker is a feature of Windows XP, it's on the Start > All Programs menu).
I have used it a little, but not much. I think it's my default player for those movies anyway. Unless I chose different.
My point and shoot HP takes mpeg movies. It seems to be a very big file size?
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
Your video looks awful
It's really embarrassing, to be honest. If I had another option, I would do it. Not only was the video bad to begin with, but uploading it to Google Videos made it choppy-er.
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Originally Posted by 2manybikes
Is the Windows media player a different format of some kind? Or do you mean it's easy to edit or what?
I have used it a little, but not much. I think it's my default player for those movies anyway. Unless I chose different.
My point and shoot HP takes mpeg movies. It seems to be a very big file size?
I have used it a little, but not much. I think it's my default player for those movies anyway. Unless I chose different.
My point and shoot HP takes mpeg movies. It seems to be a very big file size?
My camera shoots in .AVI format, then I simply convert them to .WMV using one of the two above apps (or sometimes Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 if I'm getting fancy). WMV has drawbacks, such as incompatibility with Mac or Linux, but I have an easy time getting a small-enough file that way.
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Originally Posted by mechBgon
Windows Media Video format is a Microsoft-specific format that doesn't take too much filesize, so I use it a lot for posting stuff on the Internet. You can convert stuff to Windows Media format using the free Media Encoder 9 Series from Microsoft, or by using the Windows Movie Maker that comes with WindowsXP (Start > All Programs > Windows Movie Maker).
My camera shoots in .AVI format, then I simply convert them to .WMV using one of the two above apps (or sometimes Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 if I'm getting fancy). WMV has drawbacks, such as incompatibility with Mac or Linux, but I have an easy time getting a small-enough file that way.
My camera shoots in .AVI format, then I simply convert them to .WMV using one of the two above apps (or sometimes Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 if I'm getting fancy). WMV has drawbacks, such as incompatibility with Mac or Linux, but I have an easy time getting a small-enough file that way.
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Got my light today. I will try to take pictures later tonight.
OMG is this little thing bright! I still have a green dot in front of my eyes from looking at it. I walked across my plant in infoor lighting and the thing is awesome. Super Bright. It is maybe 20 or 50 times more powerful than the Super Flash. WOW.
OMG is this little thing bright! I still have a green dot in front of my eyes from looking at it. I walked across my plant in infoor lighting and the thing is awesome. Super Bright. It is maybe 20 or 50 times more powerful than the Super Flash. WOW.
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I just ordered one of these things too.
