Bike headlight needed
 

So what do I want as to the brightest:
What do I want for a headlight:


CygoLite Expilion 700 USB Cree XM-L LED Rechargeable Headlight
by Cygo Lite

Magicshine MJ-808 Bike Light New Improved Battery


Latest Version or may a maglite with latest led conversion @ 140 lumens.



Need the brightest stuff out there.

I have the Cygolite Expillion 700 and Turbo Xtra 740. Both lights are amazing (the turbo being a lot better though). I wouldn't get anything by Magicshine. Cheap Chinese crap. Support an American company (Cygolite/Dinotte).

So what's special about that unit to which you refer?? Though it's specs look good and bright.

What type of budget do you have?

Don't matter.; Just want a brightest one.

Buy from Cygolite or Dinotte. Anyone know of any other American/European made stuff? Lupine (Germany) is a good one too. Is Niterider made in the USA?

All I'm saying is that if budget is of no concern, don't buy Chinese crap (Magicshine/cheapo flashlights). The more people who buy USA/Euro made stuff the better.

In that case... look no further:

http://tesladownunder.com/WorldsBrightestBike.htm

wow!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I believe Niterider is US Made. I like my NR Lumina 650 (or whatever it's called). Really like my NR Solas too - liked 'em so much I go two, one for each seat stay. The buy-American issue is one of the reasons I went with NR.

I have NiteRider MiNewt 600(https://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&...w=1600&bih=799). I has helped tremendously, when I got caught in the dark. NiteRider stopped making that model. They replaced that one in their product line with, the Lumina 650(http://www.niterider.com/lumina-650-2013/).

The MiNewt 600 is still available, just not from NiteRider any more. That is why I did the Google search for you. The Lumina 650 looks just like it. If you want even brighter possibilities, NiteRider has headlights that go up to 3600 lumens. I have no idea why a cyclist would need 3600 lumens. I have the MiNewt 600 and I get motorists' honking at me, about how bright it is.

NiteRider is 'American made'.

I'm about to pull the trigger on a new light, too.

Looking at:

• Cygolite TridenX 1100
• Dinotte 1200L+
• NiteRider Pro 1800

I just can't decide!

I'd love to get the Niterider 3600, not only is it insanely bright, but it comes with software to customize the output. Sadly I don't have $700 for a light.

Don't forget Light and Motion http://www.lightandmotion.com/bike/ They design and build their lights in Montery California.

If you're wanting the brightest stuff, then why did you even include a Maglite? Go for a Big Bang! :thumb:

BD is having a sale on NiteRider at the moment: NiteRider 1800 Race, $222. Says it expires 12/12, but I can still put it in my shopping cart.

Unit? That link detailed 8 different lights and as per information on the website - the company is a direct marketing outfit located in Nanjing, China. Did that link take you someplace it didn't take me?

Just curious - how do you feel about the 1.5-hour run time of those Niteriders? I have a new Serfas TL60 tail light with a 2-hour run time and twice now it hasn't lasted long enough to get me back home because performance is even less in cold weather. Personally I thought the idea of a bike was to let you go places too far away to be practical to walk and IMO a half hour range (you need to go out and back) doesn't cut it.

Sorry about my tone.

Upgrading my mini maglite to a Terralux led was great. Excellent. But upgrading my 3-D cell Maglite to the appropriate Terralux led was a disappointment. 8(

Okay, the Turbo Xtra 740 you say is brighter. Any other reason that it's better? What are their performance differences? FWIW there's a Turbo 800 on the market now.

EDIT: my budget is less that $175. I plan to ride a mile or two at night to friends' houses or to the store. So no distance stuff.

Yes, the Niterider has a max 1.5 hr runtime on 1800 lumens which isn't enough time IMO. On medium the light gets 3 hours, but the lumens are at a mere 700...

The Cygolite has the best runtime out of my three choices.

Any light I get I'll also pick up a spare battery and store it in my handlebar bag.

The Turbo is better because it has a better optics, is a more intense light than the Exp700; has better throw/flood; flash is much more intense; battery life because of its external battery pack is much longer.

Cygolite website has nothing about the Turbo800 btw. Not sure why there is a listing for it on Amazon.

Here's a listing for the T 800 at REI.

Posted near beginning of thread


Posted 2 days later
you could have saved a lot of time by posting that when first asked.

Why, ? justify..
are you off road 24 hr endurance racing or you just want to blind oncoming drivers, for vengeance ?

http://www.amazon.com/NiteRider-PRO-.../dp/B008L5GB04

$590

Rather than gettin one really bright light, consider getting two moderately bright lights, like two Expilion 700s. You can run both for 1400 lumens, run one steady and the other flashing, one on high and the other off or low then switch to effectively double the run time, aim them differently, put one on the bars and one on the helmet, etc....plus you have redundancy.

I'm a Hub dynamo wired light guy, Myself , Schmidt Hub And Edelux headlight.
mounted at fork crown Height,
and a B&M 4D toplight on the rear rack.

it lights my way on unlit roads in Any weather, as long as I am moving,
and due to a couple capacitors, a while after I have stopped, too..

Any love for the Niteye B20 out there?

There's a nice review of it over on CandlePowerForums.

I've also been eyeing up the Klarus Bk20.

I see both around for $160ish, give or take.

I'd really like to go with Dinotte again (bought the 400R last spring, quite happy), but I just can't do $350.

Pretty sure I'm gonna do the B20 this spring.