Originally Posted by
dave5339
My wife and I are using a trio of Solarforce L2 hosts, with Cree XM-L emitters and single 18650 lithium ion rechargeable batteries. The advertised lumens are 1000 for each light but actual is probably less.
We run two on the front of the bikes and have one on a helmet mount. On high, they put out an insane amount of light and provide more than enough light for our evening and night time rides. On medium, I've had rides of around 90 minutes with no dimming of the lights.
We ended up going with a five mode emitter as it has a nice strobe feature. I especially like the strobe for lighting up inattentive drivers, it really gets their attention.
Semper Fi
This is EXACTLY what I am going to do, and what I was talking about. I am going to be running a pair of them L2 type Chinese copies, running off single 18650 cells.. Never thought about running one on my helmet. I was going to mount one of the smaller jobs on my helmet. Getting attention and seeing is what is all about in bicycling on the street. From what I have been reading, on the MUP too..