Originally Posted by
noglider
This looks promising. I'm not in the market for a headlight, but I'm watching with interest. I think you might be filling an unfilled niche.
Thanks for the kind words!
Starting to get some reviews from third party people who are doing some more testing for us. I am personally super busy between trying to get the company off the ground and the birth of my first kid that I haven't had the time to go hit the trails as much as I wanted, so have given some early protos to some people who can give me an honest review and do some good durability testing.
I have been Very Fortunate to get my hands on Outbound Lighting NEW Game Changing Lighting System! Their system will cause a Major Wave in the lighting world.
So I was handed Prototype. The light has 1x4 chip and was told it produced 1100 lumen. Production will be a 1x5 chip, so it will be about 500 lumens brighter and wider than what I have now.
The light I normally ride with is a L&M 2000 Lumen, and a 450 on my helmet. My existing setup is Bright.
OUTBOUND LIGHTING's system was only 1100 lumen total only bar mount.
Here is where the Tidal Wave comes in! Their system throws light out in front of you and lays it down like Carpet. It covered side to side, from thr front of tire to my line of sight. I like wearing a light on my helmet so that I have the light on the corners before the bar mounted light comes around. Not going to say you would never want a helmet mounted light, but I will say that I couldn't tell I was missing one! The light beam is so wide it is looking into the corners before you are! Even with less lumen than I normally ride, the placement of the light makes up for it. The light seemed to produce more light than advertised cause of where the light was at. Instead of a Big Spot light that is concentrated on one location, this light covers your Whole riding area.
Save your money and just buy 1 Outbound Light!
Battery case is a non-slip material which was great
I am Not a professional reviewer or picture taker nor get paid for this endorsement. Although I did sleep in my own bed last night. NOT at Holiday Inn, but I hope this helps if you were on the edge of purchasing one of these new lights!
Did get some pics though the other night, thought it'd be neat to hit the local quick loop with my buddy and see how things were progressing.
This is a shot of the single trail light, in prototype board still, outputting about 1100 lumens (or what will be "medium" on the final version). No lens on this that'll further increase the width, and soften the falloff significantly.
This is with both a helmet mount (trail reflector) and the bar mount (also trail reflector). Total combined lumen about 2200.
Some fun shots:
