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What's a cheaper helmet-mounted headlight?
nash wrote:
All tolled an easy $20/30 with tax. "All tolled", Gracie? Good one. Bill "intentional...right?" S. |
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What's a cheaper helmet-mounted headlight?
SMS wrote:
Yes, that's the problem with most of the el-cheapo LED lights. I always laugh when I see these flashlights with a gazillion LEDs, since a single 1W Luxeon LED, properly focused, is far brighter. The Princeton Tec EOS uses a 1W LED and comes with a helmet mount and handlebar mount. It's $29.99 from Amazon, with free shipping, $39.99 most other places, see "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O6XE12/sanfrancisc0b-20" Considering that a 1W Luxeon flashlight sells for $10, that's pretty expensive, but you're paying for the mounting system. I may do a home-built. A $12 CREE led on a cheapo flashlight head, run off a $20 rechargeable battery pack. A cree run at ~1.5W would do just fine for me. All these expensive HID systems have 10W or 15W HID lamps, I don't need that much light,,, and,,, I don't wanna pay their prices. I'm still looking for a way to get two or three different power levels for it, though. ~ |
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What's a cheaper helmet-mounted headlight?
DougC wrote:
SMS wrote: Cateye says that their EL120 and EL410 can mount to a helmet. "http://www.cateye.com/en/product_detail/341" I didn't see any EL120 on the website. I got a EL410 and it doesn't really attach very well, and it isn't really bright enough anyway. It's only a 3-AAA light but the problem (I think) is that it uses three LEDs with plastic lenses in front of them, instead of using a single LED in a proper full reflector. Yes, that's the problem with most of the el-cheapo LED lights. I always laugh when I see these flashlights with a gazillion LEDs, since a single 1W Luxeon LED, properly focused, is far brighter. The Princeton Tec EOS uses a 1W LED and comes with a helmet mount and handlebar mount. It's $29.99 from Amazon, with free shipping, $39.99 most other places, see "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000O6XE12/sanfrancisc0b-20" Considering that a 1W Luxeon flashlight sells for $10, that's pretty expensive, but you're paying for the mounting system. |
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