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Old 12-09-08 | 12:23 PM
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shuffles
Embracing my inner Fred
 
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From: Pretty far west of Alpe d'Huez

Bikes: Early 90s Specialized Epic Pro carbon/DA

My P7 (MTE 5 mode DX 12060) took eleven days from order to receipt, and I just got it out on its first ride this morning.

On medium, it's a good bit brighter than my upgraded Minewt USB (U bin P4). On high, it's really, really bright. Mine has a pretty bright hot spot in the center, with tons and tons of spill. I really noticed the hot spot since I had it mounted on my helmet, and it turned out to be at too low of an angle, so it was pointing at the road about 10 feet in front of my bike. I'll have to figure out how to attach it so that it's pointing higher.

I just used a Livestrong type band to secure it to my helmet, but I think I'll have to use the inner tube method instead to mount it farther back on the helmet. I'll also have to pad it with pieces of tube because it did switch modes on me once during the 90 minute ride.

I really wish I'd just gotten the two mode in the same housing, as the low and strobe modes are really useless to me.

P7 = bright, really really bright. By far the brightest light in my group today.
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