Originally Posted by
chefisaac
Wanted to get everyones opinion.
Will be starting to commute in the dark to and from work. Looking for a light that has a lot of lumens. I would think the brighter the better. Any suggestions?
Heard some people have a front light and also a helmet light. Opinions?
Heard some people use to blinkies on the back.... opinions?
suggestions, opinions, and ideas along with advise.... all welcome!
I was riding with three Cateye
HL-EL010 Uno's, two on my handlebars and one on my helmet. Today I bought a Light & Motion Stella 150L (150 Lumens). So I've moved the third Uno to my fork. And three Cateye blinkies one
TL-LD150-R and two
TL-LD130-R. I have the TL-LD150-R mounted right up under the back of my pannier rack, the two TL-LD130-R taillights are mounted via the belt/waistband clip to my pannier bags. And a
Planet Bike Superflash mounted to my helmet. Add to that a big orange safety vest. It has LEDs, but sadly the battery pack shorted out, and I think that it took out the LEDs as well. Do I need to say that I want to pick up a fourth HL-EL010 to the right side of my fork.
The sad thing is that even with all of those lights on my bike and helmet is that come the time that I get hit, the driver will still say that they didn't "see me."
The Uno's I run in blink mode, except for the one that used to be on my helmet. I had that one mounted to my "old" Nightpro helmet mount and that one was in steady mode. All four taillights are also in blink mode. The Stella 150L will be in steady mode, all three Uno's will now be in blink mode, as will the fourth one when I get it.