Review for: Solidlights 1203d
Found at: http://www.solidlights.co.uk/products/1203d.php
Cost: 155 GBP

Note: TLDR summary at the bottom of article.

For the last two years, I've been using a Lumotec Oval Plus and have
been quite happy with it. Still, I can admit to a small amount of envy
for my batteried brethren who spray the darkness indiscriminately with
decawatts of light. On the other hand, no amount of shininess could
compel me to use one again considering I often go on night time rides
that last longer than five hours.

While lurking in the uk.rec.cycling newsgroup I heard discussion of a
company Solidlights that made LED dynamo headlights with dual LEDs.
Dual 3 watt LEDs. Evidently the Audaxers and commuters who had stumped
up the cash for it were delighted with it.

A dynamo light with two 3 watt LEDs that ramped up as your speed did? A
flashing and a solid mode? A five minute standlight using the same
LEDs (thus making adjusting the beam angle much easier).

On Sep 7, 12:55 pm, Dane Buson unseen.edu> wrote:

Dane Buson wrote:

What does the gasket look like? I hear too many tales of light failure,
perishing gaskets and water ingress even on fairly new units to swap my
E6 for one at the moment.

On Sep 7, 12:55 pm, Dane Buson unseen.edu> wrote:

Dane Buson wrote:

On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:55:16 -0700, Dane Buson unseen.edu>
wrote:

Thanks for the review. It sounds like the best light around for those
of us who prefer to grind our own lumens.

The website pics are impressive.

Ugly or not, it sure beats a desk lamp or flashlight.

I saw several photos of bikes on PBP that had these weird looking square
boxed headlamps with two lenses. This is what those are. Too bad that
the Web site doesn't include the beam pattern for this particular unit.
It looks quite interesting.

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I have a Dinotte, and the AA
rechargeble's are the way to go. I
tried Lithium AA's and they went dark
way to quick. Sometimes the bumping
will knock an AA loose, and you lose the
light, but I solved it easily by putting
a rubber band around the holder and the
bats, so they can't shake loose. The
only thing about the DiNotte light, is
that it is a flood, and the spot doesn't ...

On Sep 8, 7:28 am, Zog The Undeniable yahoo.com> wrote:

I used a fairly new one on PBP. It was ideal for that but the O rings
were slightly perished, though the unit was new, and the unit got
quite moist inside. It continued to work well throughout PBP and the
ride home to Twickenham but failed a few days later while JRA.

On Sep 9, 3:06 am, Tim McNamara bitstream.net> wrote:

The unit gives a general wash of light with a very bright central
area. Best results seem to be obtained by angling the unit down far
more than you would with most lights so the bright spot is 4 - 5 yards
in front of the bike. The road beyond the bright spot will still be
lit well enough to travel confidently at 30 mph, both verges will be
plainly visible, and distant signposts will light up. With the unit
angled down like this oncoming vehicles will not be dazzled but you
will still get comments from people about how bright the lights seem.