Aldi

[Oldhippy]

For no reason other than retail therapy, I grabbed another set of the bike lights. I bought a set a couple of years ago and was blown away with just how good the front light is. The rear had an ill conceived attachment, so i never used it. However this time round, the back light has as good a fitting as the front so they're an even better buy.

Just to recap my story from the last purchase... I was using a £50 Moon light which needed recharging every 7-10 days. That wasn't a problem. It's a great light; very bright and perfect for unlit country lanes. The £15 Aldi light was just as bright and like the Moon, it got used daily, and needed its first recharge 3 months after I began using it!

On this post alone I may but some then. Generally I am very anti recharge stuff as ad is way more impressive than the product.

 

[MontyVeda]

On this post alone I may but some then. Generally I am very anti recharge stuff as ad is way more impressive than the product.

I was the same regarding recharge stuff. I want to be able to pop into a shop and get my lights working again if need be, not try to find a USB socket and a couple of hours charge time... I bought the Aldi light as back up for the Moon light but it lasted so much longer, it replaced it.

I will explain though, the three months they lasted for was using them for around ten minutes a day on the lowest setting (short commute to work on lit roads). I think that added up to something close to the quoted 8 hour burn time on the low setting. Mid and high beam will last a lot less, around 3hrs and 60mins respectively I reckon.

 

[Tom B]

GT85…. That’s about it , used to get excited about Aldi’s cycle sale but not anymore :-(

Was only saying to the missus that they seem to have dropped all the good stuff over the years.

I have some thermal jerseys that Ive used every winter for the last 6 or so years you still see loads of people wearing them. I'd buy another 3 like a flash but they've never been redone.

The gloves have gone expensive and crapper.

 

[Chap sur le velo]

Just been to Lee high road store.

Still some stocks of jackets, toolkits locks etc
No stands or lights ( both mentioned above)

Purchased a merino underlayer. Now that Rapha Spitalfields has gone I have Aldi!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Arjimlad]

I bought the same set of lights in the last sale. They seem to be rather good.

However if you put your bike on a roofrack, take the lights off. The rubber charger cover flew off the front light somewhere (maybe caught by a low hedge) never to be seen again.

 

[Oldhippy]

I got them on my lunch break.

 

[Alex321]

I was the same regarding recharge stuff. I want to be able to pop into a shop and get my lights working again if need be, not try to find a USB socket and a couple of hours charge time... I bought the Aldi light as back up for the Moon light but it lasted so much longer, it replaced it.

I will explain though, the three months they lasted for was using them for around ten minutes a day on the lowest setting (short commute to work on lit roads). I think that added up to something close to the quoted 8 hour burn time on the low setting. Mid and high beam will last a lot less, around 3hrs and 60mins respectively I reckon.

I'm pretty well the reverse. I wouldn't buy any non-recharge light.

But then my riding is very different to yours, in that most of it is on unlit back roads with a fair amount of hills and bends. So the front light needs to be bright enough to light the road ahead of me, even at 25mph, which means 1000+ lumens. And I will often be out for an hour or so in those conditions. So I'd be forever buying batteries. I always carry my old lezyne 450 lumen light as a backup. I don't feel comfortable riding above about 15mph with that, but it will get me home if the big one does fail.

 

[annedonnelly]

I'm pretty well the reverse. I wouldn't buy any non-recharge light.

Me too, but I imagine it has a lot to do with how you're setup for recharging. I sit at a computer all day at work. When I used to commute (pre-covid) it was a simple matter to plug the light into the PC to charge during the day ready for the ride home - strategically positioning it so I'd see it before I left & remember to take it with me.

My favourite has a warning light to tell you that there's about 30 minutes of charge left.

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm pretty well the reverse. I wouldn't buy any non-recharge light.

But then my riding is very different to yours, in that most of it is on unlit back roads with a fair amount of hills and bends. So the front light needs to be bright enough to light the road ahead of me, even at 25mph, which means 1000+ lumens. And I will often be out for an hour or so in those conditions. So I'd be forever buying batteries. I always carry my old lezyne 450 lumen light as a backup. I don't feel comfortable riding above about 15mph with that, but it will get me home if the big one does fail.

I have been converted. The Moon was great light, the only downside was it started on its brightest setting and needed winding down to 'low' every time i turned it on, needlessly zapping its own power and that's why it needed recharging so often. Spec wise it's pretty much the same as the Aldi light but that starts 'low' and doesn't zap the charge anywhere near as quickly

 

[sasquath]

Aldi toolkit is utter crap, chain tool stripped thread on the first use, allen keys are made out of plasticine, same as pedal spanners and cassette tool. Didn't try anything else, returning it tomorrow.

 

[Oldhippy]

Alternatively mine has lasted a few years and still going.

 

[Mike_P]

Quality of Aldi cycling stuff has plummeted; have mitts years old perfectly fine yet a newer pair have stated falling apart.

 

[simongt]

Aldi toolkit is utter crap

Must admit that whilst much of Aldi stuff is good, I would never buy any of their bike tools. Been caught out by similar quality stuff when I were lad back in the sixties when there wasn't much available in quality bike tools. At least not that I could afford at the time - !

 

[sasquath]

Must admit that whilst much of Aldi stuff is good, I would never buy any of their bike tools. Been caught out by similar quality stuff when I were lad back in the sixties when there wasn't much available in quality bike tools. At least not that I could afford at the time - !

Only bought it based on recommendations on here... it's either quality dived since last time or "decent" means something different to others.

 

[tribanjules]

Only bought it based on recommendations on here... it's either quality dived since last time or "decent" means something different to others.

Agreed. Mine still going strong