Comparing bike lights - the beam comparison engine 

A standardized outlook on the amount Lumens & Beam Patterns that these manufacturers claim is the type of "consumer-focused" content that is more meaningful than the "Commercials" that GCN often post. Thank You for the har work.🙏 P.S. Where, on your website, should I navigate to in order to find this light comparison (I didn't see any direct link in the description)?

this has a blair witch project vibe.

I live in the countryside, a MaxxD doesn’t half slow down vehicles coming the opposite way 😀 Especially useful for single track roads.

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This is awesome, and understand the work it takes, as i did something similar for offroad use. Went through most of the data base and it reinforces my view of 90% of bike lights on the market are trash... Round beam on street = blinding oncomming...needs cutoff ir atleast a decent dipped beam. Round beam on the singletrack/wood = shitty light...new peripheral lighting, tunner vision/black matter... fatigues eyes quicker. Test some lights like Infun GT200 Outbound lighting Detour Novsite 1600

Nitecore BR25 in front and MagicShine SeeMee300 and an Elops on the rear. Both main are lighting under the bike too.

I love my raveman pr1600, so many other factors come into play than just brightness (it’s still very bright) beam pattern, ease of use, battery life etc and honestly the raveman does it all. My only gripe is after 2 years the charge life is half hour less now.

Wish we had bike light standards in the UK similar to the german one. Ideally it should be an EU law to cover the whole of EU which wold then trickle out over here. Would make em so much cheaper if the cheap chinese factories decided to switch to them for the EU market.

Excellent work gents 👍

I mostly use the Reelight CIO+ on my commuter bike. However, for early morning and night riding I also use the NireRider Lumina Dual 1800 on flash or its lowest setting. I like having the option of 1800 lumens…even though I have never used it at that setting while on the bike.

Can't beat a good stvzo legal light

I really, really wish bike light manufacturers would put more effort into making their devices easier to use. This whole nonsense of having a single button and LED indicator which have multiple purposes yields one of the least intuitive machine interfaces available - it’s almost like the manufactures seek to make use of their products as obtuse as possible. It would be great if usability to be assessed during reviews - not just whether you can operate that single button wearing gloves. This isn’t a criticism of any particular brand, it’s a pox on all their houses. Many bike lights are quite expensive, so is it unreasonable to have three marked switches - one for on/off, another for brightness and a third which selects mode (flash/constant)? Is it asking too much for when the light is switched on it returns to the last used brightness and mode rather than having to repeat a morse code of button presses every time you switch it on?

Do Germans regulate car beams so they don't assault cyclists as well? im actually curious.

Stay away from Serfas lights!!!!!!! Unless you've got money to waste.

You guys talked for ever,instead of showing the light

see the comparison engine at lights.road.cc - which would get your money?