sweet thanks! keep a close eye on petey piranha something tells me he has ideas…
i really want there to be an off color joke to be in your post but i cannot find it, which means too much time online for me today. so i’m going to jack out of the internet for the day.
Having seen these in person, they’re a joke tbh. I doubt it would even work on a board because it needs to be high enough off the ground. And they are not nearly as bright as they look in those photos. More like a dim line.
Yeah the lines are lasers and the images are a diode projecting through a lens with a cutout shape. Can find em in kids toys. In the city with ambient lights and street lights, you almost have to know where to look to see it. I would never trust it for visibility purposes. Nice bright red/whatever color light to let people know you’re there. I guess just having it for fun, don’t see why not.
What about mounting the light on the side of the helmet? Or on the visor? I’m planning to do that so I can put my goggles up under my visor when I’m taking a break from riding. Maybe it’ll look dumb tho, I dunno.
Also, does the headlamp you got have a hard plastic part that curves backwards on the light itself? It looks like it does in the Amazon photos.
Edit: Also, what’s the footprint of the battery pack?
My recent light attempt was a failure. The light mount I designed worked great, it’s designed so the angle can be adjusted so I can use the same design for my Evo and other builds and also have davega mounted at the same time.
I got some plastic knurled inserts that I’m going to install. I have my gopro mount on the very top and the headlight fits perfectly under the visor without being blocked. I’ll take some photos and measurements in a bit.
i’m using a knog pwr-trail light with a head-torch attachment. i like the knog b/c it’s a multi-tool, i use it as a battery back up for my phone when traveling, and as flash light.
my wife is a runner and i “support” her by skating to different spots in her longer races to provide supplies and take gear. races out here typically start well before the sun is up and the light has been great. what i have noticed are:
the torch on my head + me on my board can put the light into pedestrian’s eyes. this is minor as i adjust the lamp tilt depending on environment but noteworthy as we should be respectful of others.
having it under the visor, while convenient in darker hours, reduces the efficacy of the visor and is particularly challenging in morning or dusk when the sun is lower in the sky.
i leave the head torch straps on the helmet all the time and remove the battery (in back) and lamp as needed. Eager to see if @Venom121212 comes up with a better location. i’ve been kicking around the idea of positioning the lamp in the front of the chin bar.
This is the #1 reason I prefer handheld over helmet mounted – because you can’t direct your gaze toward a pedestrian or motorist without also blinding them.
Make it huge and sturdy and put a solid flashlight on it. I’d take a taser attachment but I’d settle for a window breaker built into the hilt of the remote.
I used hysol 2 part epoxy to mount that shredlight to my maytech waterproof remote and it popped off clean, breaking neither piece somehow.
I suspect it has something to do with the Nano waterproof coating on it.
Honestly your feedback really helps. I’ve been struggling with this. I use the visor a lot and almost always keep it in the lowest position. I’m thinking on top but considering the side somehow.
This is a good point, probably the most practical and they way my lighting solution was for a while.
Admittedly my situation is niche however i found it was quite helpful being able to use both hands + see while getting stuff in/out of my backpack while doing race support activities.
i think i started with it above the visor but had a shadow from the visor which lead to putting it below. i’ll fiddle with tonight when its dark to see if there is a better/different spot. i briefly moved it to the front of the chinbar a few min ago and i dont like it. my particular lamp is already tilted down so i’d need to wedge it to be straight ahead for riding at night and that seems a little to much effort.
they are probably only considering themselves and being seen by cars and is disrespectful to others. i frequently tilt my bike lights down at night to avoid blinding those in the opposite direction.
last thing i want is a driver who is already distracted being blinded by my light. i mean even if they are revved up like a duce, they can’t see how awesome this runner in the night is