Bike Headlight Updated
This is something I have wanted to do for a while. Get a brighter front headlight. So hit my favourite online cycle shop and after looking at a few options decided on the Ravemen K450 Front Light. Visit the link to see the specs, the price at this date was $55.46NZ (on sale).
Note, I was looking for a light that can be charged with a USB-C port, which is my prefered port.
Performance Parameters
| brightness | lumens | runtime |
|---|---|---|
| high | 450 | 2.0 hours |
| mid | 300 | 3.5 hours |
| low | 150 | 6.5 hours |
| pulse | 300 | 28 hours |
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It was straight forward to mount and charge the unit in the lounge (which one does with any new shiney toy) at 6am. Talk about bright the moment I turned it on, wow! The power button will take a while to get used to, a bit of pressure is needed to hold it down the 1.5secs in order to turn it ON or OFF (3.5secs for the intelligent daytime riding mode, I don't intend to use this function)
Once on (pulse) subsequent button pushes cycles high > mid > low > pulse etc
That's all I needed to know, time to hit the streets
I didn't leave home until around 7:40am and already the sun was rising but still dark enough to see how all the traffic signs lit up in pulse mode. I am extremely happy with the change' I'm just hoping it doesn't annoy oncoming traffic.
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I did a lot of stopping today, taking many pictures and videos and generally having a great time out there. At that time of the morning with traffic head one way mainly out of the surburb, a peaceful ride. 18km is a decent distance to do a small test. BTW KFC is not open this early in the morning.
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Before the end of this week I must do 1 night ride.
Ride Video created in the HuaweiHealthApp, edited with YouCut, both for Android
Watch in 1080p for a better experience.
My Gear
- Huawei Band 10 Watch (heart rate monitor)
- Samsung Galaxy A33 5G (HuaweiHealthApp for Android: GPS Mapping)
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