11-08-2016, 12:47 PM
(11-08-2016, 10:41 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(11-08-2016, 10:32 AM)plam Wrote: We also have a Quattro which I use. I got a burlier light as well, but the Quattro is fine for visibility, not so much for providing illumination.
By the way, I've heard that flashing mode is harder for oncoming people to get a distance estimation (and it bugs me to see it too). I use flashing mode for the rear light but not for the front light.
I find it's okay for illumination the occasional time I use the very straight Iron Horse Trail after dark. However, now that my commute will regularly take me on trails after dark, and winding ones, it's probably not sufficient. It is certainly a brighter than a simple visibility light though.
I've also heard that about flashing lights. It's hard to say, but you can have the best of both worlds, as some lights have a "steady + flash" mode.
Is your "burlier" light helmet mounted? My biggest problem is that on winding trails, the light is pointing the wrong way most of the time around corners, and I thought helmet mounted would help that. What do you have?
I have either this one or one of its competitors.
https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5051-604/C...ront-Light
It is noticeably brighter than the Quattro and projects to a wider field.
I've never tried a helmet mounted front light. In the past I've used a helmet mounted rear light. When I use headlamps for hiking, which is a pretty different use case, the fact that the beam turns with my head is not that useful, I think. More just that one wants a broader beam for many things.