Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I don't know if you ever rode up a long enough hill in the dark to get it to totally deplete the cache battery, and there probably are differences between dynohubs and headlights as well. But I think once the cache battery on a Luxos is depleted, it flickers much worse than other lights. When I used mine on a mountain, the flicker was bad enough it started to make me feel ill. There's probably enough intelligence in most lights built over the last 15 years or so to ameliorate that, but they just don't worry about it. I ride up mountains in the dark fairly often, so that's important to me. OTOH, the Luxos was awesome while descending, that thing on high was amazing.
So I'm going to need some slow people to review these new lights or I'll stick with my IQ-XS
I think you need a good battery powered headlight mounted on your helmet for that sort of slow uphill riding.
Or, just a small German (for the light beam shape) battery powered light held to the handlebar with an elastic. Just guessing, maybe 20 lux would be all you need at that slow speed up the mountain?
I think I paid about $6 USD (pre-covid prices) for the light in the photo. No battery at all, flashlight round pattern, plug it into a good sized powerbank. This is what I bring on a bike tour if I do not have a light mounted on the bike, this is for emergency use if I need a light. The downside of this light is when you first turn it on, it starts at high power, which draws over an amp and if your powerbank does not supply enough power, it does not stay lit long enough for you to push the button again to bring it down to low power level. So, a small powerbank does not work well with it.
