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Ordered yesterday, arrived today. Will let you know what they're like

Nice one, would be good to see, I'm tempted by the 'Team China' LED jobs off ebay but a bit wary of them, those ones seem a bit more legit but also cheap enough to fit with in my ever shrinking budget!

I have opened up a comet. It had stopped working so figured I'd have a look... inside it was a pile of corroded slag. It seemed the battery was just a foil wrapped object with wires attached. couldn't even tell you what spec it was! Possibly a proprietary cell.

People who know batteries... I have a question. I have a Phillips front light that is great, but the 4 AA NiMH 2600 mAh batteries are getting tired. I have asked if its possible to replace the pack with 4 x Li-ion cells and it appears they are now available!

http://www.unbatteries.com/product/show.php?uid=1

Are the specs of the PH 5 compatible as a replacement? I'm guessing the built in USB charger of the light won't work with these?

Re. the hate on flashing rears, is there something to that beyond personal gripes that I'm missing? I'd have thought a flashing light is a lot more likely to draw the eye than constant? Surely that's the most important thing?

I'd have thought a flashing light is a lot more likely to draw the eye than constant?

It gets attention, but then it's hard to work out how far away it is
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=judging+distance+of+flashing+light

If you want drivers to know that something exists in front of them them, a flashing light is fine, but if you want them to know what it is and how far away/how rapidly they are closing the gap, you need more than just an intermittent point source.

Makes sense, interesting duscussion there. When I cycle when at night it's in lit, urban areas, so I'll continue to opt for flashing front and rear, prioritising grabbing drivers attention. The lights I have aren't liable to cut the eyes out of anyone regardless of whether they're a driver, cyclist or ped so I'll take the perceived higher brightness of flashing over steady-burning lights as per that link.

The lights aren't the may west, if drivers find it difficult to work out whether I'm 25 or 50 yards away due to the flash I'll take that over possibly not seeing me at all.

The lights aren't the may west

Do you mean Mae West?

No kidding..

Delayed thanks - my Google skills were clearly weak that day.

Correct, it's just a foil wrapped something. I opened mine up to fix the terrible plastic support bracket with superglue.

Hilariously shit diagrams with the RSP Asteri lights

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Have just ordered an Exposure Strada mk6. Think it should make a decent front light.

Looks amazing!

won't be disappointed... I've got a mk2 or 3 and it's just the best thing for unlit roads. newer models more options and more shiny power too can only be good....you'll have some great after dark rides now i'm sure!

It's fucking awesome, and the beam spreads really wide for side visibility.

You mountain bike at night? Chapeau!

we both have different lights for night time offroad duties

I have a troutie spider eyes light head lamp, my partner has the exposure maxx d bar mounted and will now have my exposure diablo for a head lamp

I've got a Diablo up front and a Tracer out back, perfect for going between totally unlit country roads near my house, in to town.

I want to fit a couple of remote buttons the next time I re-wrap my bars.

Surly Troll says Dynamo.

diablo is good but is really designed for offroad duties, the beam is concentrated out front. the strada has a much wider beam patter and illuminates right out to the sides, increasing visibility to drivers approaching from the side.

next time I bar tape the commuter bike I think the remote switch will be installed properly, though the dimmer function on the strada is much easier with the capacitance switch on the back of light rather than the push button of the diablo. the tap-change on the diablo is too sensitive when mounted on bars, but works fine when helmet mounted

I have the same combo for road riding as well; diablo and tracer.

The rubber strap on my tracer (about 2 years old) broke day before; emailed exposure with a photo explaining and they send a new body with strap etc. yesterday, got it today! Amazing service.