Originally Posted by
fietsbob
yawn .. the ride in the dead of night or just in town IDK .. I need light year round
theres a " my lumens are more than yours" pi**ing match amongst posters play that if you wish
I don't Care ,., there are cheap generator hubs even less than Shimano's..
there is a handlebar mount Version of PB's light, that is wired to a 3w6v dyno hub , any brand.
so they come off to go in your pocket .. no battery discharge time issue.
BTW its using their 1w output too ..
knock your selves out
happily the oncoming rider had a light .. I just stopped , put a foot down so one of us became a fixed location,
so the other guy could pass on either side they wished ..
sorting out a dynohub wheel upgrade for my Brompton
shimano hub, whole wheel $99.
+ maybe $50 for the head and taillights .
as I said 2 W PB , were they recalled ? have an older 4,8v powered PB
light it s ok.. I dont ride at 18 mph at night in the rain ..
so I've lived 3 score and 6. [in spite of owning M/C when 20 something]
I got an 8w 6v Nightrider halogen light . external battery pack 20 years ago, it still works .
FWIW.. I think the other bulb+ reflector sealed unit is 15w, ..
I love dynamo lights and all (it's all I use actually except for mtb), but $150 is a lot of money for bicycle lights, for many people. $50 for a dynamo head light and taillight is bottom barrel stuff "be seen" lights.
Originally Posted by
Sixty Fiver
The PB 2 watt puts out almost as much light as the B&M led on my wife's bike which runs off a dyno, the shortcoming with any battery light is run time and with nimh rechargeables the run time is decent and I find it to be an adequate light to see by.
Higher output battery lights will often suffer from runtime issues.
My daily driver has a dynohub and BM headlight and I use the 2w as a supplemental light there but it can serve as a primary light on other bikes or be run paired with other hotter lights.
$40 for a PB 2 watt light today is really really overpriced. Have you seen those $40 cree lights at all? Even the low mode has decent runtime and that low mode is brigther than the PB 2 watt. Next time you're in BC, I can show you my dyno and battery setups, both not costing top of the line money but delivers top of the line performance.
The only decent Planet Bike headlights that came out was the Planet Bike Alias HID, but that quickly got outdated when leds came out, sucks for folks who spent $300 on that thing.