I suspect you are talking about the AXA Luxx 70 Plus that I recently bought and have posted a few comments on recent threads here. It has been around for a few years, but I might be the first one to mention it on this touring board.

It has also been mentioned before on the board for Electrics and Lighting.

http://www.bikeforums.net/electronic...ternative.html

Photo of mine.



I bought it from Bike24 in Germany.

Bike24 - AXA Luxx70 Plus Steady Front Light

Their shipping charge is about twenty Euros, so not cheap. But, if you want to have a light and a USB charger, it is one of the best prices for both in one package that I could find. AXA makes a smaller one too, but it is not much cheaper. I think the B&M Luxos U is the only competitor to it. The B&M costs more if ordered from Germany or from Peter White.

Some on the internet have commented that they do not like the AXA beam pattern, and I think that the designer of the reflector should have worked a little harder to reduce hot spots. The AXA at higher speed puts out a pretty narrow beam, not a lot of light to the sides or close up. That works for me and is similar to (but weaker than) the beam patterns on my old motorcycles, so I am used to a beam pattern like that. At lower speeds some close up LEDs also light up for better close in lighting. If you are interested in buying, I suggest you do some google searches to see what others are saying about the beam patterns for both the AXA and the B&M before you buy. The beam patterns are quite different for those two.

The AXA comes in several varieties, I bought the plus version with the USB, hub version (as opposed to sidewall version) but I did not get the version that has an automatic sensor to sense when it is dark out.

There are many differences between the AXA and teh B&M Luxos U. The AXA does not maintain any power to the USB port when you stop. The AXA does not have a switch on the handlebar. Some have complained that the AXA will lose aim when you hit a bump but that has not been a problem for me.

The mount on the AXA is all plastic and can't be bent if you need to aim it slightly to one side. The mounting on my fork crown is slightly off to one side, I had to use those weird angle adjusting washers from a brake pad so that I could move it a bit to one side to get it to aim properly.

The AXA I felt could have used better waterproofing on the USB port. There is a small circuit board with the USB port on it, the plastic mount around it does not have any waterproofing from what I could see. I put some electrical tape over the seam where the two plastic parts meet to form the light mount. On a different forum someone had commented that they put a plastic bag over the whole light and USB port when they plug a USB cord into it in the rain, that might be a sensible precaution.

In USA there really are poor choices for lights and USB chargers for dynohubs, since so few people buy dynohubs here. If anyone knows of any other light/dynohub combinations in one package, please list them too, as I am unaware of any others.

I used to use the B&M Oval LED Lumotec (discontinued model) light and considered adding a SineWave Revolution USB charger but instead chose the AXA option for cost reasons along with a desire to upgrade my light to a higher power LED.

If anyone is interested in just a USB charger, from my research I thought that the Sinewave Revolution appeared to be one of the best out there. The overvoltage protection and waterproofing on it sounded very impressive to me and if I did not get a light and USB combination I would have gotten the Sinewave.

If you order from Bike24, you might want to look at other stuff on their site too. That have a lot of stuff you can't buy in USA. I also put a nice Vaude helmet rain cover, a Lowe Alpine compression stuff sack, and a few other items on my order since the shipping cost for additional items ranges from zero to nil. Also, you might want to consider a dynamo powered tail light too.

I do not use a dynamo powered tail light, but I think all these lights support the wiring for it. The AXA had wires for a tail light that I tried to bundle up under the mount, I did not want to cut them off since I might buy a tail light later.