Originally Posted by
Athens80
I'm going to remain highly skeptical.
First, we're talking about competing with full, nuclear fusion powered, heating the planet and warming your skin, sunlight. Our LEDs just don't hold a candle to the sun. Someone who is comfortable outside in full sunlight is not bothered by the brightness of a cycling light.
SNIP
I started this so maybe I can end it.
First of all how bright the sun is most definitely is not the point. The point is how bright is the LED device vs. other objects
illuminated by the sun. This is very different.
My initial reaction was on a very cloudy late afternoon coming out of a dark garage and 'simulating' the positions of two vehicles facing each other in left turn lanes. I found what I saw to be somewhat alarming. I ended up buying a lower power unit that (surprisingly) is not that much dimmer in strobe mode.
I've done more experiments and this really is primarily a low light (dusk, dawn, very cloudy) issue. If I had it to do all over again I probably would not have purchased the lower power unit and would simply take some amount of care to point my 650 a bit down (like you would at night anyway).
dave