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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
I have heard good things about the Lightman strobe, and I'm considering
getting one. The pics I've seen make the mounting arrangement unclear. I cannot mount it on my seatpost, because I use a rack trunk which obscures same. I currently mount a blinkie on my trunk's blinkie loop. Can the Lightman be mounted the same way? Mike |
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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
I had two. One died immediately, the other has been going strong for 2
years. It comes with a variety of mounting devices including a a clip that will work in the blinkie loop (at least mine did). It is incredibly bright - I use it with the white shade on the front of my recumbent (mine came with white and orange shades). I use rechargable AAs and get about 1.5 hourse out of a charge. Aside from the 50% failure rate, its good, but for the rear I would also look at LEDs which are quite bright and should run longer per charge. Mort |
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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
gooserider wrote:
I have heard good things about the Lightman strobe, and I'm considering getting one. The pics I've seen make the mounting arrangement unclear. I cannot mount it on my seatpost, because I use a rack trunk which obscures same. I currently mount a blinkie on my trunk's blinkie loop. Can the Lightman be mounted the same way? Mike The newer ones (as of about a year ago) are not as bright as the old ones (say 3 years ago). The mounting kits seem to be variable, one having something you could strap to a seat stay. It's not bright enough in either case to notice in clear daylight. It's fine in dark / cloudy conditions. In all cases, the ``bolt'' is plastic and breaks immediately; and worse, it's deliberate because the ``threads'' are also plastic and they want the bolt to break first. You really have to tighten it to barely-tight-enough, which is not very satisfying. (You can replace the bolt at the hardware store, but you then have the threads problem.) I use a single strobe between two solid-on LED taillights, the taillights serving to localize the strobe and send a message what kind of thing it is up ahead. There's as much importance to being intuitively recognizeable as what you are, as to being noticed, which might just lead as quickly to being ignored like a motel sign. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
"gooserider" wrote:
I have heard good things about the Lightman strobe, and I'm considering getting one. The pics I've seen make the mounting arrangement unclear. I cannot mount it on my seatpost, because I use a rack trunk which obscures same. I currently mount a blinkie on my trunk's blinkie loop. Can the Lightman be mounted the same way? I don't love mine, but I like it. While I probably need to (immediately) start using rechargeable batteries with high capacity, I find that it a) goes through batteries quickly (another post said 1.5hrs. I'd buy that), and b) the flash rate deteriorates quickly over the latter part of that time ... leading ... at least me ... to look back periodically, wondering if it's dead. My other bike has a Cateye LED. It's a no-brainer. Bright, consistent, multiple blink pattern options, and great battery life. YMMV. -- Live simply so that others may simply live |
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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
Neil Brooks wrote: I don't love mine, but I like it. Ditto for me. After trying various mounting options I finally settled on zip ties through a bracket mount that's so that it's facing rearward from my messenger bag. My Lightman Strobe has been reliable. It chews up the batteries pretty quickly. I use the amber lens to emulate a construction zone or snow plow. RFM http://www.cyclelicio.us/ |
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Anybody have a Lighman strobe?
gooserider wrote:
I have heard good things about the Lightman strobe, and I'm considering getting one. The pics I've seen make the mounting arrangement unclear. I cannot mount it on my seatpost, because I use a rack trunk which obscures same. I currently mount a blinkie on my trunk's blinkie loop. Can the Lightman be mounted the same way? If you have a 12V system, you can use one of the Velleman strobes, see "http://nordicgroup.us/s78/taillights.html" where I have pictures of it mounted on my rear rack. |
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