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    Philips LED bike light

    swhs, Thanks for your continued testing! Now that I've seen your reviews I couldn't be more happy that I chose to go with the Philips LBL and just modded it for extended runtime. At the end of the day what matters most is consistent, quality light output, and the Philips LBL has that in spades...
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    Philips LED bike light

    This should work really well for you, then, as long as you don't need it for more than 1.5-2 hours at a time. That is my only complaint; if I were taking shorter rides, I would have been a very happy camper with the light as-is. I'm not sure how much voltage the internal buck converter can...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Bike24 is the definitely the way to go. The fact that you don't have to pay the VAT pretty much offsets the cost of shipping to the U.S. Now that I've had a chance to use this light for several weeks, I will give an update on my impressions: 1. This is the best light I've ever seen for the...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Okay, so the against-the-wall test is completely useless -- this thing throws down way more light than my P4's. It's a whiter light, and the beam pattern is both much wider and longer than my P4's can deliver at the same brightness. You can't really appreciate how the beam will project until you...
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    Philips LED bike light

    I just received my Philips LED Bike Light via the postal carrier. I popped in some AA NiMH batteries I had which were recently charged, and turned it on. My initial impression (against the wall, in the middle of the day): bright, but not noticeably brighter than my dual X2000 P4 setup. I could...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Well, I ordered the Philips LED Bike Light from Bike24.com. (Darell adds link) I never heard back from Philips regarding whether the light can be charged while it's on, but I'll give it a shot, and if it doesn't work I can always modify the light to use an external battery pack. Including...
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    Philips LED bike light

    My math is simpler: 0.7A * 2 * 2 hours = 2.8Ah, which is more capacity than your batteries have. Also, I managed to dig up some specs from their website which says 0.625A, which would fit perfectly in line with the 2450mAh batteries and claimed run time of 2 hours. Still, I don't really care all...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Unlikely, as your 2250mAh batteries would not have been able to last two hours at that rate. However, good enough is good enough. My only concern at this rate is with the low run time. Okay, whatever it is, it is. Nobody will know for sure until it is available and measured. As I mentioned...
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    Philips LED bike light

    @swhs: I see that you've posted run times on your site. Looks like the light is exactly as-advertised with the 2 hour run time. It must be drawing ~0.6A per LED, which would definitely seem to indicate more than 270 lumens total, since a single Luxeon Rebel at 0.6A should be close to 200 lumens...
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    Philips LED bike light

    You should just be able to use a USB type A to mini B (the kind that come with digital cameras and other electronic devices) to connect from your USB port on your computer to the light. I'm curious whether the light will still function while plugged in, and whether it would extend the run time...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Another question: how water-resistant is it? I don't generally ride in the rain, but it would be nice to know that if I get caught it the rain it wouldn't damage it. EDIT: I don't see it in this thread, but I'm also curious whether this light can be charged on-the-fly via USB. Since it's...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Please, please! You've got me very close to buying one of these, and those are two very good questions. If it really does last two hours on a freshly charged set of batteries, and if it switches to economy mode automatically instead of just shutting off as the batteries near exhaustion, I think...
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    Philips LED bike light

    Yeah, looks real nice. How quick is it to change the batteries? Are any tools required? It would be nice to have a spare set in my pack for those long, early rides. Also, since it's not available here in the U.S., what kind of adapter would I need in order to use the wall charger? I might just...
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    Is it possible to run a dynamo-based LED light from a battery pack?

    So far, I've had nothing but good experience dealing with them regarding e-mail inquiries. My bad! I didn't actually check what the shipping was on the bike24.com, or I would have realized the fixed-cost shipping (which is not bad). I've experienced some outrageous shipping costs from Germany...
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    Is it possible to run a dynamo-based LED light from a battery pack?

    Nah, I'm not going to bother with it if it's this hard to come by. I've sent e-mails to Peter White before and gotten no response, so I'm really not interested in giving him my business, and there's no way I am going to pay $100 or more for shipping on something that cost $150. The Supernova...
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