Originally Posted by
zzyzx_xyzzy
Just from the picture it shows it has no collimator lens, the reflector only catches the sideways spill from the LED. The beam shot shows a huge cone of spill illumination. I wouldn't use this on roads and especially not on cycle paths -- if it drives the P7 at all well you're just going to blind oncoming traffic. To avoid driving other cyclists off the path you'd have to point it 30 degrees down, uselessly. Might be able to mod it to take a collimator.
I'm not sure what you are on about ?
Every P7 torch I've seen uses a similar traditional reflector and there are lots and lots and lots of people successfully and happily using those as cycle lights.
That includes me - and as for having to point it 30 degrees down that's just an old wives tale spread by people who have bought very expensive cycle lights and are trying to make themselves feel better.
All I've had to do is point the torch (or several torches) at the road in front of me - exactly as I would with any cycle light in existence (and I've tried a lot of them) - and - this is the clever part - the light leaves the torch and lights up the road - how about that ?
