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Originally Posted by KraneXL (Post 20467684)

Show us.

What do you want to see? My mythical perfect unicycle light? It would be:

Self contained with the form factor and mount of the Lezyne lights so that I can mount it like this.
Rugged.
Runtime of at least 3 hours at at least 600 lumens.
Programmable so that I can get rid of all the flashing/unwanted modes.
A nice beam pattern like I'm seeing on the Gloworm. Oh, and while we're at it, let's include a horizon cutoff too.
Neutral white.
I know, I'm getting more and more picky :p.

Or do you want to see a picture of the Gloworm setup?

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Originally Posted by lightbulbjim (Post 20467700)

What do you want to see?

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Yes, having wheel lights means more things to fuss with and more things to charge. My wheel lights though ( two on each wheel ) are small and use only one AAA cell for each. In all I have to routinely charge via USB 11 different things ( each wheel light I count as one ), not including my phone or the lamp that uses an external battery. Yep, that's a lot of stuff. That's why I just bought a ten port USB charger as I was running out of USB charging options.

While you really don't need something like wheel lights they are just so cool that having them makes it worth the added chore of charging the batteries. I get compliments on them all the time. Nothing makes a bike stand out at night from the sides like good wheel lights. Just the other night I was riding along and passed one of those glass enclosed bus stops. As I did I just happened to turn my head to notice that the glass was acting like a mirror and I could see myself riding by. This is the first time I ever actually seen what my wheel lights look like from the observer's POV when riding at night. Absolutely awesome!

That thing you bragged about.

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Originally Posted by KraneXL (Post 20467731)

That thing you bragged about.

Ah, different person ;).

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Originally Posted by lightbulbjim (Post 20467737)

Ah, different person ;).

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Originally Posted by lightbulbjim (Post 20467526)

Well, my Gloworm Alpha arrived. Initial impressions:

I mixed up the second one, not the first. We need to "see" what you're saying.

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Originally Posted by KraneXL (Post 20467830)

I mixed up the second one, not the first. We need to "see" what you're saying.

So are you saying you want to see my wheel lights or was that just a mistake?

Lupine and Magicshine offering headlights with app to edit the light modes.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.lupine.app
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magic.zhuoapp

Cateye at least offer to select the modes.
cateye.com/cateyesync/

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Originally Posted by angerdan (Post 20489739)

Lupine and Magicshine offering headlights with app to edit the light modes.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=de.lupine.app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....magic.zhuoapp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx7Ds6qjxu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RIL9UI_Oh4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76D9FOJ8G7I

Thanks, but I already ended up with a Gloworm Alpha. The Gloworm lights seem to be the pick of the modular form factor bunch for my needs.

The Lupines do look really nice too, but quite pricey compared to the Gloworms.

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Originally Posted by angerdan (Post 20489739)

Cateye at least offer to select the modes.
https://www.cateye.com/cateyesync/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb3qc8mYpJs

Interesting, I'd seen the sync thing but didn't realise it allowed setting the modes. It would be nice if the light had a bit more oomph on high, but at least it means it gets a bit more runtime.