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I recently plunked down a lot of cash and got a set of Dinotte lights: 800 lumen mounted on my handlebar, 400 lumen mounted on my helmet, and 240 lumen rear light.
why is this an either/or?
How about a small flashing light to be visible and using the larger, brighter light for you to see the pavement?
Also, if you're riding often (in winter), it seems like a good idea to have redundancy in lighting when your batteries are also getting a workout, and the small, bright flashers seem to have great battery life and keep you visible on the streets where a few LEDs might be enough to be seen by drivers.
Regarding night vision, bright lights on a dark path may place on-coming cyclists and others in their path in greater jeopardy as the eyes try to adjust for the bright light, then back to the dark.
Duppie said:I recently plunked down a lot of cash and got a set of Dinotte lights: 800 lumen mounted on my handlebar, 400 lumen mounted on my helmet, and 240 lumen rear light.
That's a pretty bright rear light! How is that light patterned? While I'm pretty much lit up like a Christmas tree all winter long, I have this nagging fear that my rear light is just not bright enough.
Take a look at this. It is a low-quality video of the light in Slow Pulse mode, which is the one mode I always use. It has 6 modes in all, 3 steady and 3 blinking.
I did a lot of online research before I pulled the trigger and the taillight is the reason I went with Dinotte. It is THE brightest taillight currently on the market. Dinotte's website doesn't let you deeplink, so go to dinottelighting.com and search for 400R or 400L taillight.
Duppie said:Take a look at this. It is a low-quality video of the light in Slow Pulse mode, which is the one mode I always use. It has 6 modes in all, 3 steady and 3 blinking.
I did a lot of online research before I pulled the trigger and the taillight is the reason I went with Dinotte. It is THE brightest taillight currently on the market. Dinotte's website doesn't let you deeplink, so go to dinottelighting.com and search for 400R or 400L taillight.
I'd be using this on my commuter, which I lock outside during the day. Is it easy to remove the rear light so that I can secure it during the day? It looks as though, once mounted, I'd need to unscrew the mount to remove the light.
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