Recommend me a helmet light please...

[GrumpyGregry]

... something light, not overly bright, just need it for fixing visitations, and roadside fettling on the run home of a night. Mainly unlit roads btw. Ideally something I can fit and forget on the front or top of my road helmet and take off easily once winter's been and gone.

 

[Norm]

TBH, if you wear a helmet, I'd recommend a Knog Frog for that sort of thing. If you don't, head off to Millets and pick up anything Petzl which is on sale.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

With torch style lights and a helmet, I've used straps of old inner tubes which I can slip a light into as needs be. I leave the straps on. They hardly weigh anything at all, though my nephew did exclaim to me this summer, ''Don't tell me your helmet is held together with inner tubes!''

 

[HLaB]

Not solely a helmet light but I like the EL410, its quite light and has a good beam IMO, I sometimes mount it on my helmet but it mostly clips on and off my bar (the cycling kind, not the alcoholic ) .

 

[GrumpyGregry]

TBH, if you wear a helmet, I'd recommend a Knog Frog for that sort of thing. If you don't, head off to Millets and pick up anything Petzl which is on sale.

I've had knog stuff ping off the bike into the undergrowth. Will take a trip to millets, and TK Maxx during the week

 

[Cubist]

Tesco are doing Cree AAs again. I'd have one of those about my person and a couple of big O rings or a couple of inner tube fixers handy.

 

[Davidc]

If you just want a head light Poundland (Taunton anyway) had them in a couple of weeks ago at - you guessed - £1. I got one and it's in my saddlebag ready for punctures or other on road emergencies

 

[Norm]

I've had knog stuff ping off the bike into the undergrowth.

Really? I've had a pair mounted on my helmet for about 3 years, the only thing I've had to do to them was change the batteries, once.

 

[MrJamie]

The knog frog strobes are decently bright for that kinda stuff, wont really light up the road at all though. I had one on my helmet for a while, it was seriously difficult to remove

 

[Leaway2]

I got this in my email last week. At £4.99.

http://www.7dayshop.com/7dayshop-br...rch-with-4-light-mode-settings?cat=348&cl=318

 

[Beebo]

I have some refective LED armbands, I just strap one across the rear of my helmet and it has 4 flashing LED's. and best still they were £3.99 for 4 in Lidl.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I have some refective LED armbands, I just strap one across the rear of my helmet and it has 4 flashing LED's. and best still they were £3.99 for 4 in Lidl.

Would I need an elaborate system of mirrors to then use them to see in the dark...?

... something light, not overly bright, just need it for fixing visitations, and roadside fettling on the run home of a night.

 

[Beebo]

Would I need an elaborate system of mirrors to then use them to see in the dark...?

Oops. But I'm sure you could fettle something

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

I use one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIVERSAL...isure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item3f134b5e1c

Wraps through helmet vents just fine and holds light sturdy

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

If you just want a head light Poundland (Taunton anyway) had them in a couple of weeks ago at - you guessed - £1. I got one and it's in my saddlebag ready for punctures or other on road emergencies

I'm a poundland fan and those lights are ****

I did get some "Power Beam" lights from HK on eBay that look EXACTLY like the poundland ones, but when you feel the moulding lines and switches of the 2, the Hong Kong ones are much better, for more or less the same price (just a longer wait for postage)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Power-Bea...isure_Cycling_Bike_Lights&hash=item4aa63e9595

In fact this is the exact light I use on my helmet with the bracket posted above