MTE SSC P7 from DX

[TomBrown]

I've been looking at the 4 die emitter - MTE SSC P7 900-Lumen 5-Mode Super LED Flashlight from DealExtreme.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12060

DX feedback seems to put this light at roughly 400 lm. That's a lot of light for $45.

Is this the best bike use flashlight currently available? Has anyone tried one?

 

[ktronik]

What really counts when bike riding is 'lux' (punch froward) not 'lm' as the faster you go the more you need the light to be projected ahead of you... with such a large focal point its hard to get good 'lux' out of a P7... its more of a flood type beam rather than a spot type...

K

 

[LEDninja]

A picture is worth a thousand words.
A video is worth ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFcjQWeAhiQ

 

[sstmax]

I've been looking at the 4 die emitter - MTE SSC P7 900-Lumen 5-Mode Super LED Flashlight from DealExtreme.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12060

DX feedback seems to put this light at roughly 400 lm. That's a lot of light for $45.

Is this the best bike use flashlight currently available? Has anyone tried one?

They seem to get great reviews, I read about them here initially:

http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/mountain_bike_lights_review_led.html

My concern about these lights is the build quality. Checking around on this forum, it seems quite a few people have had to rewire them etc to get them to work as advertised.

Anyone recommend another floody P7 for bike use that's perhaps a bit better built but not too much more expensive?

 

[herulach]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14741
^Thats good, somewhat spottier, and I suspect not actually a C Bin - still, good output on direct drive & nice robust host (ali reflector rather than the chocolate one in your first link)

 

[Jarl]

What really counts when bike riding is 'lux' (punch froward) not 'lm' as the faster you go the more you need the light to be projected ahead of you... with such a large focal point its hard to get good 'lux' out of a P7... its more of a flood type beam rather than a spot type...

K

I beg to differ, having used a P7, more specifically, this one. IMO they're pretty much ideal as bike lights; nice and floody, but with enough punch to give you 30 to 40 metres vision without problems. TBH, with any cheap DX P7 light, there's a chance you'll have to rewire it. At least with the models that have been out for a while you know how high the failure rate is going to be....

 

[mrled]

I use an MTE P7 for night rides they are great! For the money you won't go wrong. Admittedly I have a halogen lumicycle set-up as well but the P7 works nice on it's own.

I'd carry a spare batt though.