Originally Posted by
serra
njkayaker: I settled on getting the Rc-N3 R4. I have a smaller light already, not very good to see by, but it's a pretty good strobe light to be seen. I decided against the floody one because the square shape would bother me endlessly, and I would have to get a thrower too because the spill doesn't reach very far. I do have a small AAA flashlight that could work as a flooder if I remove the lense, might try that. I'd have to figure out where to mount it first, maybe the fork. My bar is getting full lol. I guess I'll find out next week what will work best, shipping sounds fast! Maybe I'll get a RC-C8 once I get one of those job things...the search has been fruitless so far.
The RC-C6 (and RC-C8) in flood mode has a very nice beam. It is circular and very even (with no hotspot). In "thower" mode (ie, focused to be narrow), the beam
is squarish. The beam pattern of the RC-N3 II is more "throwy" with a clear hotspot. I don't think the beam pattern is bad: it's just
different. I think I'll be satisfied with having both, which will cover both bases pretty-well.
shiningbeam got it into the mail very quick. I'm fairly close to Brooklyn, which probably helped getting it as fast as I did.
I think the Romisen lights are better quality than the Ultrafire and shiningbeam has a good reputation (and my experience with them has been very good).
I think I'll have to wait next week to try them out at night (I'm waiting on some lockblocks).