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New B&M Lights with Wide Beam and Daytime Mode Available
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http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-lumotec-iq-cyo/ are the lights that Andre was talking about (the ones with premium in their name). They have a much wider beam and there's a model with daytime running lights. No flash mode for daytime use unfortunately, but perhaps someone can modify one to add a flash mode for use outside Germany. While these still don't meet all the requirements for lights (Google "Choosing a Headlight for Your Bicycle" and see the sixth result) and aren't as good as the Supernova E3 Triple http://supernova-lights.com/en/products/e3_triple.html for commuting, they are definitely a huge step up from previous B&M lights, and are a lot less expensive than the Supernova E3 Triple. |
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New B&M Lights with Wide Beam and Daytime Mode Available
On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:18:59 PM UTC, sms wrote:
I think these http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-lumotec-iq-cyo/ are the lights that Andre was talking about (the ones with premium in their name). They have a much wider beam and there's a model with daytime running lights. No flash mode for daytime use unfortunately, but perhaps someone can modify one to add a flash mode for use outside Germany. While these still don't meet all the requirements for lights (Google "Choosing a Headlight for Your Bicycle" and see the sixth result) and aren't as good as the Supernova E3 Triple http://supernova-lights.com/en/products/e3_triple.html for commuting, they are definitely a huge step up from previous B&M lights, and are a lot less expensive than the Supernova E3 Triple. Yup, that's them. The proper commuter lamp is the Premium R model, for "reflector" because it has the reflector built in. "Plus" means it has a built-in stand light function to keep the lamp on when you're temporarily stopped.."Senso" means a built-in light sensor switches it on when ambient light levels are low. The lifetime of the LEDs in these lamps is 50K hours plus, so you can run the lamps permanently, just leaving them on day and night, so you don't need the sense function but you generally have to take it if you want the other desirable functions. Whether these new lamps are desirable -- speaking now to cyclists who aren't BUMMbuddies (who always have to have the latest BUMM lamps, and think they're the greatest because they're the latest) -- depends on whether BUMM have fixed the problems of the wretched recent series of Cyo, most notably the gross hotspot. Andre Jute |
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On 11/13/2013 3:34 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
Whether these new lamps are desirable -- speaking now to cyclists who aren't BUMMbuddies (who always have to have the latest BUMM lamps, and think they're the greatest because they're the latest) -- depends on whether BUMM have fixed the problems of the wretched recent series of Cyo, most notably the gross hotspot. Companies are finally learning to design optics specifically for LEDs rather than trying to re-use the optics that they used for decades on incandescent lamps. They also seem to now realize that they have sufficient light that they don't have to focus all the available light onto a small patch of road directly in front of the bicycle. The last few lights I've purchased have had almost no hotspot. You can see a slight hotspot if you look really closely but you'd have to be actually looking for it. All of these have had spot to zoom optics. The next goal of B&M should be to offer a version of their product with optics and features that are highly desirable but that are not allowed to be sold in Germany. Either they can follow what Supernova did and state that the lights are not for on-road use, or they can do a version for the rest-of-world with symmetrical optics and a flash mode. It would greatly expand their TAM. |
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On 11/13/2013 07:34 PM, sms wrote:
On 11/13/2013 3:34 PM, Andre Jute wrote: Whether these new lamps are desirable -- speaking now to cyclists who aren't BUMMbuddies (who always have to have the latest BUMM lamps, and think they're the greatest because they're the latest) -- depends on whether BUMM have fixed the problems of the wretched recent series of Cyo, most notably the gross hotspot. Companies are finally learning to design optics specifically for LEDs rather than trying to re-use the optics that they used for decades on incandescent lamps. They also seem to now realize that they have sufficient light that they don't have to focus all the available light onto a small patch of road directly in front of the bicycle. The last few lights I've purchased have had almost no hotspot. You can see a slight hotspot if you look really closely but you'd have to be actually looking for it. All of these have had spot to zoom optics. The next goal of B&M should be to offer a version of their product with optics and features that are highly desirable but that are not allowed to be sold in Germany. Either they can follow what Supernova did and state that the lights are not for on-road use, or they can do a version for the rest-of-world with symmetrical optics and a flash mode. It would greatly expand their TAM. Why the **** would they take a perfectly good light and give it a ****tier beam pattern and a useless flash mode? Do you have any idea what makes a good headlight, Mr. Self-Proclaimed Expert, or do you just talk talk talk and never listen? -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:05:55 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote: On 11/13/2013 07:34 PM, sms wrote: On 11/13/2013 3:34 PM, Andre Jute wrote: Whether these new lamps are desirable -- speaking now to cyclists who aren't BUMMbuddies (who always have to have the latest BUMM lamps, and think they're the greatest because they're the latest) -- depends on whether BUMM have fixed the problems of the wretched recent series of Cyo, most notably the gross hotspot. Companies are finally learning to design optics specifically for LEDs rather than trying to re-use the optics that they used for decades on incandescent lamps. They also seem to now realize that they have sufficient light that they don't have to focus all the available light onto a small patch of road directly in front of the bicycle. The last few lights I've purchased have had almost no hotspot. You can see a slight hotspot if you look really closely but you'd have to be actually looking for it. All of these have had spot to zoom optics. The next goal of B&M should be to offer a version of their product with optics and features that are highly desirable but that are not allowed to be sold in Germany. Either they can follow what Supernova did and state that the lights are not for on-road use, or they can do a version for the rest-of-world with symmetrical optics and a flash mode. It would greatly expand their TAM. Why the **** would they take a perfectly good light and give it a ****tier beam pattern and a useless flash mode? Do you have any idea what makes a good headlight, Mr. Self-Proclaimed Expert, or do you just talk talk talk and never listen? It is likely that the Light People are reacting to popular demand. Some bloke writes in a blog how useful the flash is and the Light Boss reads it. Monday he calls the Engineering Guy and says, "George, everybody is raving about flashing lights. Can we make out light flash", and George thinks a bit and says,"Yup, we'll have to add a little solid state thingee - they'll cost about a half a cents each but we can do it." The Boss calls the Sales Guy and says "Roger, if we had a flashing light would it sell better?" and Roger thinks a bit and says, "We could call the New Improved Version and raise the price $5.00." The Boss makes a management decision that XYZ Bicycle Lights will shortly be marketing a new, improved, bicycle light that is vastly superior to older versions. A news conference is scheduled to introduce the NEW Z-Lite! The best thing to happen to bicycle lights since the invention of the candle. And Swarf tells us about it. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 11/14/2013 8:06 PM, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 07:05:55 -0500, Nate Nagel wrote: On 11/13/2013 07:34 PM, sms wrote: On 11/13/2013 3:34 PM, Andre Jute wrote: Whether these new lamps are desirable -- speaking now to cyclists who aren't BUMMbuddies (who always have to have the latest BUMM lamps, and think they're the greatest because they're the latest) -- depends on whether BUMM have fixed the problems of the wretched recent series of Cyo, most notably the gross hotspot. Companies are finally learning to design optics specifically for LEDs rather than trying to re-use the optics that they used for decades on incandescent lamps. They also seem to now realize that they have sufficient light that they don't have to focus all the available light onto a small patch of road directly in front of the bicycle. The last few lights I've purchased have had almost no hotspot. You can see a slight hotspot if you look really closely but you'd have to be actually looking for it. All of these have had spot to zoom optics. The next goal of B&M should be to offer a version of their product with optics and features that are highly desirable but that are not allowed to be sold in Germany. Either they can follow what Supernova did and state that the lights are not for on-road use, or they can do a version for the rest-of-world with symmetrical optics and a flash mode. It would greatly expand their TAM. Why the **** would they take a perfectly good light and give it a ****tier beam pattern and a useless flash mode? Do you have any idea what makes a good headlight, Mr. Self-Proclaimed Expert, or do you just talk talk talk and never listen? It is likely that the Light People are reacting to popular demand. In this case the demand is driven by solid scientific studies, the kind that a few people in r.b.t. abhor because invariably the results contradict their own claimed beliefs (though it's highly questionable as to whether or not they actually believe what they are posting). Flashing lights are three to five times more visible than a steady light of equivalent brightness (depending on which study you believe). The negative about flashing lights is that they make it more difficult to accurately judge the distance of the vehicle or bicycle with a flashing light (and this applies to both front or rear flashers). The optimal lighting setup for bicycles would be one flashing light and one steady light, but few cyclists want to deal with two front and two rear lights. There are a few higher end bicycle lights available with two sets of light sources and optics with each being independently settable, but that use one battery pack, i.e. the Light & Motion Stella 600 Dual. But not many cyclists are going to spend $300 on lights. Buying two separate lights works fine, and it is much less expensive, but it means dealing with two sets of batteries and chargers, and two mounts. Since a night commuter with dynamo lights is probably going to carry along a battery powered light anyway (in case repairs need to be performed), what makes sense is to make that battery powered light one that can serve double-duty as a front flasher in the daytime. You can buy a high quality, 600 lumen, single Li-Ion cell, zoomable light, with flash mode, for about $35 including a battery and charger. Just add a TwoFish mount. The bottom line is that if you value your safety you don't want to be riding in the daytime without a front flashing light of sufficient brightness. |
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On 11/13/2013 06:18 PM, sms wrote:
I think these http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-lumotec-iq-cyo/ are the lights that Andre was talking about (the ones with premium in their name). They have a much wider beam and there's a model with daytime running lights. No flash mode for daytime use unfortunately, but perhaps someone can modify one to add a flash mode for use outside Germany. Why are you constantly obsessing over flash modes? While these still don't meet all the requirements for lights (Google "Choosing a Headlight for Your Bicycle" and see the sixth result) and aren't as good as the Supernova E3 Triple http://supernova-lights.com/en/products/e3_triple.html for commuting, You misspelled "are likely far superior to the Supernova E3 Triple for commuting although not as good off road" they are definitely a huge step up from previous B&M lights, and are a lot less expensive than the Supernova E3 Triple. -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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New B&M Lights with Wide Beam and Daytime Mode Available
On Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:03:09 AM UTC-8, Nate Nagel wrote:
On 11/13/2013 06:18 PM, sms wrote: I think these http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and-mueller-lumotec-iq-cyo/ are the lights that Andre was talking about (the ones with premium in their name). They have a much wider beam and there's a model with daytime running lights. No flash mode for daytime use unfortunately, but perhaps someone can modify one to add a flash mode for use outside Germany. Why are you constantly obsessing over flash modes? While these still don't meet all the requirements for lights (Google "Choosing a Headlight for Your Bicycle" and see the sixth result) and aren't as good as the Supernova E3 Triple http://supernova-lights.com/en/products/e3_triple.html for commuting, You misspelled "are likely far superior to the Supernova E3 Triple for commuting although not as good off road" A flasher can be useful this time of year when my commute is in dreary conditions, and a solid beam can be lost in the light noise. I switch to flasher mode in a few places along my commute route. I would like that option on a dyno light, although it is not critical. I also like a lot of light when riding in the rain at night, so the Super Nova makes sense. OTOH, I don't think a truly symmetrical beam is very efficient. I've never used a light with a hard cut-off, so I don't know whether I would miss the spew of my current light (which has some, minor beam shaping). I do know that the spew is handy for the climbing and descending portions of my hilly route home, but I waste a lot of lumens lighting the tree boughs and sidewalks when riding home on my flatter routes. Someone should design a light with variable beam patterns. -- Jay Beattie. |
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New B&M Lights with Wide Beam and Daytime Mode Available
On 11/14/2013 7:33 AM, Jay Beattie wrote:
A flasher can be useful this time of year when my commute is in dreary conditions, and a solid beam can be lost in the light noise. I switch to flasher mode in a few places along my commute route. I would like that option on a dyno light, although it is not critical. I also like a lot of light when riding in the rain at night, so the Super Nova makes sense. OTOH, I don't think a truly symmetrical beam is very efficient. I've never used a light with a hard cut-off, so I don't know whether I would miss the spew of my current light (which has some, minor beam shaping). I do know that the spew is handy for the climbing and descending portions of my hilly route home, but I waste a lot of lumens lighting the tree boughs and sidewalks when riding home on my flatter routes. Someone should design a light with variable beam patterns. I rarely see any adult commuters without a daytime flasher anymore (OTOH I see a lot of school-age kids riding with no lights at all, day or night). It would be incredibly clueless to not use a flasher if your lights have that functionality, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a battery powered light without a flash mode. While I almost never see anyone with dynamo powered lights, for those that do choose that option they can either use a Planet Bike Blaze Dynamo in the daytime (to get the flash mode) and switch to a Supernova E3 Triple at night (to get sufficient illumination and an optimal beam shape) or simply add a separate battery powered light for flash mode in the daytime. The thing about a powerful daytime flasher is that it helps prevent drivers from doing stupid things. Not always of course, but enough to make using one a very intelligent thing to do. |
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