Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Well I've bought about eight of these Xanes SFL-01 headlights. The last two I bought by accident because I had forgotten that two were already on the way. One of them seems defective. It's a weird battery problem. After charging the battery, the light will last for the proper number of hours. But if I don't use it for a few days after charging, the battery is discharged. I guess that means there is a short circuit that drains the battery. At this price, I'm not complaining. I used a label maker to put a serial number on each unit so I can keep track of when I charged each unit, and it helped me detect which one doesn't hold a charge.