Originally Posted by
Isotonic
The Cree lights available on Ebay from China are super powerful and super affordable. I recently got the 260 lumen model for $8 shipped. Excellent build quality and it came with bike mount. Extremely bright. I pan to use two per bike. I live in a dark suburb. It seems the more light I have at night, the more that I want.
I got 4 of those models. They go for about $8 shipped, but they do put them on auction too. I got about 4 of them from on auction ranging in price from $3.25 to $5 shipped. They are great, they take aaa batteries. Seeing how the 270 lum flashlights worked, made me go for the bigger ones.
I skipped the so-called 1000 lum ones, and went straight to 1300 and 1600. Well, the 1300 lums seem to be the jackpot. I got the Keygos ke-1, with the Ke-5 on the way. The size and the beam/flood of the light seems to be ideal. It is a bright sucker. When the 1600 lum flashlight arrived, I thought I would have the mother of all. However, not to be..
First, the 1600 is bigger, little tough to fit in the bracket, and taking the coolness away from the looks. Also, the light, although slightly brighter than the 1300, it is a zoomable, and it goes from spot to flood. I really don't like the size, of the 1600. But, the 1300s are killers. I got another Ke-1 coming along with two ke-5s.
From what I am seeing the 1300 lum size flashlights are the ideal for bikes, in size, lighting area, price and battery wise.
BTW, that 26650 battery is a mother..
Dam thing looks like a stick of dynamite!!
Anyway, when I finally get my setup right, I will take some pics..
