steveknight

https://www.primera-bournemouth.co.uk...sories&ID=1443

I just got it today. It is about the size of a d battery. Bigger then I expected. Man is it bright. I bet it rivals my xenon flasher. Even with the lights on looking at it is hard on the eyes from arms length. Really easy to change the batteries just twist one end and there you go. You have two rows of lights and one button for each. You get blinking steady and running two speeds on each one. So you can get away with just one set running at a time.
I think this is a better choice overall then the xenon. Far longer run times and cheaper in the long run.


I bought mine off of eBay as it is not available yet for the most part in the us. Here si the fellow https://search.ebay.com/TL-LD1000_Lig...ertyZ1QQsotrZ2
Or just do a search for TL-LD1000
The box claims 100 hours. I think that would be with one set of lights running. But it is so bright one is about all you need.

slvoid

Holy... that's one funky looking light.
The brightest one I've ever used besides the niterider one is the specialized one. They have some kinda funky lens that really throws light far.

steveknight

it is a bit strange looking. but it has the side facing lights and thats on of the really important features.

Alrocket

Sounds good, I also like the side lights. I'm looking for something to complement my 3 led standard rear light.

Regards LEDs and how visible they are: I'm pretty happy with my (unknown model) 5 LED Cateye front light - I got picked up in the pitch dark one time, the driver coming toward me said she thought at first the flashing white light was an ambulance or something from 1/2-1/3 of a mile away. That made a big difference to oncoming cars dipping their headlights (always a problem for me night riding previously). The flip side is that it didn't light the road for my personal visibility very well.

Battery levels make a huge difference with LEDS - highly recommend keeping them installed with fresh Duracell or something similarly good quality.

catatonic

Hmm, does that light use the standard cat-eye mounting system? I'm hoping it will work with my belt clip so i can attatch it to my seatpouch.

Dahon.Steve

I'm glad that Cat Eye is developing new rear blinkies. It seems like they are only focused on the front head light because there has been very little development on rear blinkies. I guess this is another of those must have items to be put on the Christmas list for Santa.

slvoid

If it uses AA batteries, pick up some energizer AA lithiums. They have a starting voltage of 1.7V vs 1.6V for alkalines. I've had some start as high as 1.8V.
Plus they maintain 1.7V -> 1.3V as they drain all the way till they die (which with a blinker means you have at least an hour where you will notice the thing start fading in time to change batteries).
With alkalines, at 50% capacity, voltage is already down to 1.3 V or so and it will slowly go down with discharge, meaning the light will get dimmer as the days go by instead of within an hour or two.

steveknight

it just comes with the simple loop for a seat post mount.

catatonic

but does it clip to that mount using the square 4-way mount on the back of the light? You know...the one that lets you mount it vertically or horizontally either way.

At least that was what I was trying to ask was the light end itself, not the part it clips to

steveknight

it is only a one way sliding mount. it would be a bit pointless if you could mount it vertically (G)

catatonic

ah man....hmm guess i wont be using one anytime soon...the beltclip i use to mount my lights to my under-seat bag works with the 4-way mounts.

cerewa

what, you're not worried about being seen by the squirrel you've just run over, or the, umm, aliens above you?

steveknight

squirrls are good to bring home and the aliens just want to anal probe me (G)

OhiOH

I tried mine out Friday night and I am impressed. I mounted it next to my NightRider 19 LED (powered by 12 AAs) and could not see any difference in brightness at all.

My only complaint: I wish there were more mounting options. Since I run with a rack/bag behind my seat, I had to engineer a mounting solution.

slvoid

Wah! And I just bought a NR 19LED... oh well. I bet the spot's much bigger from afar on the NR. And that's all that matters is a driver can see me bright and clear from 2 miles away with my NR, at 60MPH, 2 minutes oughta be more than enough for the average person to respond, then again... That guy in the SUV watching the porno on his in-dash DVD probably isn't paying too much attention.

OhiOH

Slvoid,
I’m not going to abandon my NightRider. I prefer to use at least two taillights: one blinking and one not and one attached to my primary system and one independent in case of a failure.

slvoid

I made a battery guage for the light so I can tell when my nimh batteries are about to go and it's hooked up to a 9V style plug so if my battery pack dies, I always have a 9V in my seatpack that would run the NR for about an hour and a half.

OhiOH

Hhhhmmmm, a battery gauge. That is something I really miss from my defunct NightRider headlight. Any chance of imparting some wisdom to a complete hack on how to make one?

slvoid

Haha I was gonna rig up some fancy IC but all it is is a voltage divider going to an LED. I figure a 1.1V cutoff for nimh's so at 8.8 V, the split is 1.7V and that's when the LED goes completely dead. So if I see a dim glow, I know I have about 1/2 hr left on it. Either that or just recharge once every 2 weeks cause I only use it 1 hr a day anyway.

kfriel

OhiHO
So what WAS the mounting solution? I just got the rack, looking for a bag, then will have the same senario.
Kevin

OhiOH

I’ll take a picture and post it tonight or tomorrow, it is too hard to explain.

OhiOH

This isn’t rocket science. I have a Topeak bag that has a handle on top so you can carry it like a lunch pale. It also has a triangular plastic thingy on each end that is used to attach a shoulder strap (something I’ve never done).

I tried a couple different things, but what I ended up with was attaching the seat post mount through the lunch pale handle and underneath the triangular thingy then attached the seat post mount to the light. Going through the handle insures it wont come off the bag and going under the triangular thingy keeps it from flopping around too much. Since both pieces are on the lid I can still open the bag.

So far, so good. It seems to stay right where it should. Of course every bag is different and this solution may only work for the one I have.

2manybikes

The new tl ld 1000 cat eye light will mount onto a regular two hole reflector bracket with a screw just like a reflector. You can get one from a bike shop with a seatstay diameter clamp and clamp it to a stay.

Dchiefransom

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Get a straight piece of thin metal from the hardware store, put it in a vise, and twist it so that when you bolt it to one of the small holes in the back of your rack, the screw for the quick release part of the mount can be put through the hole. Buy a small nut and locknut at the store for the other end of the screw. The only part of the standard mount that you don't use is the part that goes around the seat post. The bracket piece I used had to be cut shorter, and it wasn't a really thick steel like the normal brackets at the store. My bag is short enough that it goes in front of this bracket.

operator

$30 GBP? A little excessive.. eh... You could get 8 standard blinkies for that price and mount it everywhere but the kitchen sink.