Lights. CREE XML XM-L T6 / U2 etc Thread

[wanda2010]

[quote="Hacienda71, post: 2951362, member: 6539"]Lamp. It comes on if I wiggle the wire, so suspect a dodgy connection. Our kid is a wizard with a soldering iron, so will let him have a play with it.[/quote]

I have that problem with the 'old' T6 lamp. Unfortunately none of my nephews know what a soldering iron looks like, let alone what to do with one

 

[Kies]

Just for the record .... I am not the son or nephew of these dodgy posters .... but I do love my soldering iron :-)

In terms of cost. Both of my T6 lamps have cost £20 + £5 for the filter. So £25 per lamp and I have two.

 

[wanda2010]

Just for the record .... I am not the son or nephew of these dodgy posters .... but I do love my soldering iron :-)

@Kies - So you claim

 

[Buzzinonbikes]

Was out with someone who has one of them double ones that looks like Wall-E's head... The most daft beam I have ever seen. Most of it was up in the trees! I know they are cheap but you would need this pointed pretty much at your front tyre to be usable on the road even on low, and that makes em a bit rubbish on the throw side of things surely? Maybe only for MTB'ing me thinks as others have pointed out.

 

[fossyant]

Depends which one it was. I've got a Yinding and Solarstorm Twin U2 and they are really off road lights. Run them on low if you use them on the road and point them at the road about 20 foot in front. On high there is loads of spill, which is great on the MTB. They are outstanding off road lights !

 

[Origamist]

I'm about to invest in the new Fenix BTR 20. I like the look of the beam shape (not a proper cut off, but better than the scatter of most bike lights/torches) and the throw is pretty good too. Decent price direct from HK. Will report back when it arrives.

 

[Buzzinonbikes]

Depends which one it was. I've got a Yinding and Solarstorm Twin U2 and they are really off road lights. Run them on low if you use them on the road and point them at the road about 20 foot in front. On high there is loads of spill, which is great on the MTB. They are outstanding off road lights !

Yeah I think this must of been on high at the time. Good stuff.

 

[fossyant]

I'm about to invest in the new Fenix BTR 20. I like the look of the beam shape (not a proper cut off, but better than the scatter of most bike lights/torches) and the throw is pretty good too. Decent price direct from HK. Will report back when it arrives.

Oh, where ???

 

[Origamist]

Oh, where ???

Ebay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331144042752?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[fossyant]

Must resist......

 

[wanda2010]

@fossyant - NO!!!!!!!

 

[potsy]

@fossyant - NO!!!!!!!

Thought you'd been banned from this thread for your own good?

Commuting to a new place of work this week, one of the lads saw my Moon light as we left the bike shelter and was all at the brightness of that (on medium) just wait til he sees the Solarstorm later

 

[wanda2010]

I put myself on self-imposed exile. That lasted until I got an alert re updates to this thread. A few days at best

 

[fossyant]

@fossyant - NO!!!!!!!

It's OK I'm not going to !

 

[wanda2010]

Good man