Alternative to Dinotte Tail Light
10-29-09, 12:16 PM
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I am a big fan of dinotte. Although expensive, I think that their lights give great value given the quality and performance. One thing that I wish they would work on is a line of generator powered lights.
10-30-09, 06:38 AM
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Wait, I never really looked at that flashlight carefully before, until just now I was putting together a DX order and thought I'd pick one up to play with.
One mode, no flash, 1 hour runtime? Yuck. useless. 1 hour runtime = fail; not only would I have to charge every day, in the winter I'd have to stop halfway and change batteries, because no way would you get an hour runtime at 0*F or colder.
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One mode, no flash, 1 hour runtime? Yuck. useless. 1 hour runtime = fail; not only would I have to charge every day, in the winter I'd have to stop halfway and change batteries, because no way would you get an hour runtime at 0*F or colder.
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10-30-09, 06:45 PM
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Unfortunately, the DX infos are often wrong. The runtime for my Ultrafire red light is 3 to 4 hours instead of the advertised 1 hour.
There is also a drop-in module with blink mode for something like $7.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1B#post9135125
blinking drop-in:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rafire+WF-501B
There is also a drop-in module with blink mode for something like $7.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1B#post9135125
blinking drop-in:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rafire+WF-501B
Wait, I never really looked at that flashlight carefully before, until just now I was putting together a DX order and thought I'd pick one up to play with.
One mode, no flash, 1 hour runtime? Yuck. useless. 1 hour runtime = fail; not only would I have to charge every day, in the winter I'd have to stop halfway and change batteries, because no way would you get an hour runtime at 0*F or colder.
Deleted from cart.
One mode, no flash, 1 hour runtime? Yuck. useless. 1 hour runtime = fail; not only would I have to charge every day, in the winter I'd have to stop halfway and change batteries, because no way would you get an hour runtime at 0*F or colder.
Deleted from cart.
10-30-09, 06:56 PM
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I never timed it but it seems like I ride for several hours between charges. I know I've gone for well over an hour and still got comments on the brightness from the neighbors.
10-30-09, 07:36 PM
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Unfortunately, the DX infos are often wrong. The runtime for my Ultrafire red light is 3 to 4 hours instead of the advertised 1 hour.
There is also a drop-in module with blink mode for something like $7.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1B#post9135125
blinking drop-in:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rafire+WF-501B
There is also a drop-in module with blink mode for something like $7.
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...1B#post9135125
blinking drop-in:
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...rafire+WF-501B
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11-03-09, 10:48 PM
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i made myself a diffuser for the dx red flashlight from a sephora sample container.
