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Old 10-08-09 | 01:13 PM
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tatfiend
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Originally Posted by f1xedgear
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Hey, tatfiend, good idea starting a new thread on the DynoLight. (Hoping someone other than me would.) As you know, I'm using the DynoLight now and very happy with it, but you also know (I think) that I don't have any comparative experience. So, I'll be watching this thread, too. If I can manage a decent pic or two of the light pattern from my axle set-up, I'll post up. Thanks.
Thanks to you too. I figured the Dynolight was new enough so that a model specific thread would be more obvious than information buried in multiple threads.

Personally I would like to see both a shot of the illumination pattern against a vertical surface to show beam shape and a shot down a unlighted street or long driveway, with distance markers, to show useful illumination distance. Hard to judge from the single photo on the Dynolight web site. I really like the photos of road illumination that Peter White Cycles has on their web site as they allow direct comparisons between a number of dynamo headlights.

From a web search it appears that the Dynolight is only being sold factory direct so far. Too bad they do not have photos of some of their competition along with the Dynolight.

BTW I talked to the owner by phone yesterday and he indicated that the dynamo taillight will use 3 wide angle LEDs, the two outer ones aimed outward at 45 degrees from center. Claimed that each LED is about as bright as the primary LED used on the Superflash and that the light pattern will be visible over 180 degrees or so. Sounds impressive. They are going to offer a package deal, headlight and taillight, for a slightly reduced price from buying individually.
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