Awesome bike lights designed by a friend

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on November 15, 2012 at 11:38pm

Awesome, agreed. And the website is top-notch.  I hope they succeed many times over.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on November 16, 2012 at 7:38am

very much agree.  Smart idea.  What they didn't include was, "and don't get your mount stolen", which is what happened to me.....

h' said:

Awesome, agreed. And the website is top-notch.  I hope they succeed many times over.

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Permalink Reply by Will on November 16, 2012 at 4:41pm

I like the design, a lot. A couple of drawbacks, I think, but the strengths of the design are many.

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Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on November 16, 2012 at 4:48pm

A great idea, but again, the Kickstarter is pretty expensive for the front/back light deal.  At first I was concerned that they didn't look really bright in the video, but then I saw the 220 lumens rating.  Would love to see it up close.     

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on November 16, 2012 at 5:04pm

Considering the material and machine work that has to go into a set of those the price is very reasonable when you compare it to other lights out there.

Downside for me is having to park your bike near an outlet to re-charge and the fact that they are not easy to switch bike to bike.

Also not real useful if you have a 1" quill stem...

Zoetrope said:

A great idea, but again, the Kickstarter is pretty expensive for the front/back light deal.  At first I was concerned that they didn't look really bright in the video, but then I saw the 220 lumens rating.  Would love to see it up close.     

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Permalink Reply by Will on November 17, 2012 at 11:18am

I agree with Doug, pretty reasonable price. Not cheap, but not out of line.

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Permalink Reply by wig [ isaac ] on November 17, 2012 at 11:57am

wow! thats a amazing light.

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Permalink Reply by Zoetrope on November 17, 2012 at 12:07pm

It's not outrageous, but more than I'd want to pay.  My Cateye Opticube (my favorite bike light ever) goes for about 30 or 35 bucks, but I'm not trying to split hairs.   The more I look at this light though, the bigger (potential) issue looks to me like the angle of the lights.  I feel like a lot of the 'throw' can be wasted by having that awkward, downward pointing angle to it.  I think if this light had maybe 2 adjustment settings this could be taken care of.  Still hard to say without seeing it in person. 

Will V. said:

I agree with Doug, pretty reasonable price. Not cheap, but not out of line.

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Permalink Reply by Will on November 17, 2012 at 12:43pm

I'm not crazy about the lack of angle adjustment, and as Doug pointed out, the difficulty of transferring it bike to bike, and the charging/proximity to outlet issue. I'm sure the Cateye Opticube looks like a great light for the money, but it's way more likely to be stolen if left on your bike, and it runs on a disposable battery (AA, correct?), unless you use a rechargeable in it.

Zoetrope said:

It's not outrageous, but more than I'd want to pay.  My Cateye Opticube (my favorite bike light ever) goes for about 30 or 35 bucks, but I'm not trying to split hairs.   The more I look at this light though, the bigger (potential) issue looks to me like the angle of the lights.  I feel like a lot of the 'throw' can be wasted by having that awkward, downward pointing angle to it.  I think if this light had maybe 2 adjustment settings this could be taken care of.  Still hard to say without seeing it in person. 

Will V. said:

I agree with Doug, pretty reasonable price. Not cheap, but not out of line.

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