Nice cheap option for CREE led bike lights

[knoxie]

Hi

Whilst loving the videos of the CREE bike lights people have been posting I have been looking for a nice cheap entry in to the super bright torch market and I found this on Ebay, its a CREE led torch with a nice little bracket so you can fit it on to your bars, gonna get me a lipo cell and charger for it next just running it on normal CR123 for now, its sooooo bright you cant even look at it, I will post a night time picture to see how it compares to my Halogen.

Its a real quality piece of kit for the money, I got it for 19.99, great value IMHO.

Ebayers picture of how it looks on their bike, cant verify if it is genuine but it looks so

My pictures.

 

[amberwolf]

I wonder if any of these are similar enough to be worth it:
http://www.ledshoppe.com/lfcr.htm
Cuz it's free shipping.

 

[maydaverave]

I put a 3 watt maglite led on my bike for $20.00. It uses three aa batteries in series which are cheaper to replace than those camera batteries. I don't know if it's as bright as that but its a lot brighter than my cateye led light which is supposed to be over 500 lumens. Two would be adequate for high speed use I think.

 

[maydaverave]

I put a 3 watt maglite led on my bike for $20.00. It uses three aa batteries in series which are cheaper to replace than those camera batteries. I don't know if it's as bright as that but its a lot brighter than my cateye led light which is supposed to be over 500 lumens. Two would be adequate for high speed use I think.

I looked up my cateye 530 and it says 7,000 candle power. I have no idea how many lumens that is but probably a lot less than 500 more like 100 or so. I think the newer generation led flashlights are powerful enough for most of us. My new maglite is the brightest flashlight I have ever seen besides a spotlight. And the lens is wonderfull, good spread and projection without any circles or dark spots or overly bright spots.

 

[amberwolf]

Does this help?
http://www.theledlight.com/lumens.html

 

[maydaverave]

Does this help?
http://www.theledlight.com/lumens.html

I am both more eduacated and confused now lol :lol:

 

[adrian_sm]

I bought mine from www.dealextreme.com, heaps of options. Too many to choose from really, but ou can pick if it had different modes, ie. High, med, low, flash. Or just a single on/off full power.

I originally had two of these 250 lumen flashlights probably similar to what you got, which I ended up running from a DC-DC converter off my main pack.
UltraFire WF-501B Cree R2-WC 250-Lumun LED Flashlight Black $13.35 each delivered.

I prefer these mounts, as they were a bit more secure:
Universal Adjustable Bicycle Mount for Flashlights (2cm~4cm Diameter) $2.46 delivered

But you can buy your mount type for $1.80 delivered, here.

If you want more light ~900 lumens, go for the Cree MC-Es about $35, or a magicshine which I now run for $77 with batteries , or $45 light head only.

Or if that isn't enough, here is the 1400 lumen option, for about $120 delivered.

Hope this helps those looking for lights.

- Adrian

 

[knoxie]

Hey Adrian

Thanks for that m8, its bright! tested it last night although it was not a dark night? need to go out on a really dark night and take my camera, I dont intend to run it off the camera batteries, i got them in case the light was no good, didnt want to splash out on a A123 cell and charger if it wasnt bright enough, I may run it off my dc-dc converter however I dont ride much at night for any length of time to I will most likely leave it as it is.

 

[Kingfish]

Just ordered these today:
UniqueFire X8 Cree XP-G R5 5-Mode 300 Lumens Memory LED Flashlight (1*18650) $32.49 x 3
http://www.dinodirect.com/uniquefire-x8-cree-xp-g-r5-5-mode-300lumens-memory-led-flashlight.html

Last January I tried to order the Ultrafire version from DealExtreme, and though the website stated they were in stock I could not get them to ship it; delay after delay – after 3 months I cancelled the order :x

The UniqueFire is slightly updated and has a better reflector.

My Plan is to set one up as a thrower, one as wide-beam (I have a different reflector for that), and one as a flasher. Not sure yet which way I shall mount them; depends if I get a faring, modify a Harley-Davidson headlamp, or conjure up something new. Anyway – lights are ordered, and this should assuage attacks by ZOMBIES which infest our woods

~KF

 

[chroot]

Found lot info: A nice alternative to P7 LED (1100 lumen guaranteed)
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=589647


I am thinking get this for my 2nd ebike.

 

[BIG BEAM]

The best place to get info on flashlights and all types of batteries is candlepowerforums.com.Take it from a long time flashaholic!
DON

 

[Kingfish]

Last week I received Qty-3 of the UniqueFire X8 Cree XP-G R5 from Dino Direct. I had my stuff within a week from ordering. It arrived without damage. It was exactly what I ordered. The quality appears to be quite good 8)

In the image below, the reflector in the top-right is the only part of the order from DealExtreme that I received, and unfortunately it is designed for the UltraFire and therefore is not compatible with the UniqueFire bezel to the left

However I haven’t tested it just yet. The unit came without batteries or charger (with is fine), but I hope to integrate it soon into my system. At 1A each, there’s no way I’m going to tap off the Controller PS, so I’ll have to jury-rig some other solution.

Cheers, KF