I went on a quick night ride tonight, and since last Friday's night ride was thwarted by a burned out lamp, I had borrowed a demo from the local shop Bike Link. Good people there...pay them a visit.
And now that I'm done with the plug of one of the local bike shops, let's talk lamps.
I demo'd the Serfas 1000 lumen lamp. Compared to the 10 year old halogen lamp I have been using to ride through the winter nights on the Oak Mountain trails, this was a real change. I had no idea how bright these things were. My old lamp (a vintage 2003 Light and Motion Solo Logic MV) must be putting out a whopping 200 lumens now and will last about 2.5 hours. This Serfas will throw off 1000 lumens continuously for 3.5 hours, 650 lumens for 6 hours straight, and up to 21 hours on the lowest level, but who cares about that last one. I'm not planning on riding at the north pole during winter where I would ever need 21 hours straight of lighting.
Holy crap it's like having the sun packed into a bulb on your head. Without all the heat, radiation, and massive prominences of course... I was also told that having a set of stadium lights on my head was quite the conversation starter...
The Niner illuminated!
After spending 2 hours riding around in the woods as fast as I could go... I noted that this lamp may be more effective than my car headlamps. You be the judge.
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| The Car |
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| The Serfas |
More reason to spend time outdoors in the dark! But with less of the dark part!
