New Tiger Light

[Idlogin]

Has anyone seen these or know much about them?

The beam shots look impressive.

http://www.tigerlights.co.uk/



Tiger Lights

One year ago, a crack mountainbiking unit decided the lights on their bikes were inadequate. They promptly consigned themselves to a maximum security research lab in the Somerset underground. Today, still targeted by the biggest lighting companies in the world, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you want a no-compromise, ultimate performance, mountainbiking light set, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can buy... The Tiger Lights.

Brighter than HIDs (825 lumens per lamp)
Rear auto-fading fuel gauge
Backlit button shows light level
Over 8 hours on low setting
Over 2.5 hours on high setting
State of art lithium-polymer battery
Charge from flat in under 1.5 hours
Total weight of 390g including battery and lamp
Over temperature protection with auto-fade
Super low setting available when battery gets low

 

[kaichu dento]

Tiger Lights

Brighter than HIDs (825 lumens per lamp)
Rear auto-fading fuel gauge
Backlit button shows light level
Over 8 hours on low setting
Over 2.5 hours on high setting
State of art lithium-polymer battery
Charge from flat in under 1.5 hours
Total weight of 390g including battery and lamp
Over temperature protection with auto-fade
Super low setting available when battery gets low

 

[RGB_LED]

Just read about these lights in MTB UK magazine... who appear to be really impressed by them. Looks like some good specs: I like the aluminum body (reminds me of my min-T... =)), 825 Lm output and fuel guage. Would prefer more runtime than 2.5hrs on high but, at 825 Lm, that's pretty impressive.

However, £391.48 (About $560 USD) for a dual setup is still a bit pricey... especially when the Lupine Wilma 5 is about the same price but with more rated lumens (@920) and about the same runtime. Ouch! Also, it only comes with one 2.5Ah battery. It would be better if they offered a 4.4Ah or more for added runtime.

They have links to a couple of review such as the MBUK review here, but I would like to hear if anyone has seen them or used them on the trails. Has anyone (esp. in UK) tried them out yet?

 

[Vtired]

Just read about these lights in MTB UK magazine... who appear to be really impressed by them. Looks like some good specs: I like the aluminum body (reminds me of my min-T... =)), 825 Lm output and fuel guage. Would prefer more runtime than 2.5hrs on high but, at 825 Lm, that's pretty impressive.

However, £391.48 (About $560 USD) for a dual setup is still a bit pricey... especially when the Lupine Wilma 5 is about the same price but with more rated lumens (@920) and about the same runtime. Ouch! Also, it only comes with one 2.5Ah battery. It would be better if they offered a 4.4Ah or more for added runtime.

They have links to a couple of review such as the MBUK review here, but I would like to hear if anyone has seen them or used them on the trails. Has anyone (esp. in UK) tried them out yet?

Remember that's 825Lm per light head, so over 1600Lm for a pair. I've got a single on order so I'll see in the next week or so what they're like. They've actually been good enough to send me a demo set first, with both a flood and a spot lens, so I'll be able to compare.

 

[longleg]

What do they do to get 275 (825/3) lumens out of each LED?

 

[Benson]

What do they do to get 275 (825/3) lumens out of each LED?

I'm not sure what LEDs they're using (I couldn't even tell there were three of them), but XR-E Q5 or R2 should hit that at around 2A, with good heatsinking. MC-Es would be seriously underdriven (translation: really good efficiency) for 275lm, so that's also possible, but the spot beam looked too clean for that size lens on a 4-die, so I doubt that's their game.

 

[longleg]

They use triple optics (not reflectors), and they say it's Cree, so I'm 99% sure it's not MC-E.
The OD of the housing is 42mm, so I would guess that the optics are MR-11. Maybe from Cutter?

How many amps would an R2 require to give 275 lumen?

 

[binky]

Thanks for the post.

That looks well thought out & well executed. Well, all except maybe the cord though it is nice that it's removable & won't get torn if yanked. After setting it up on my bike the next thing I'd do is zip-tie the neck of the cord to the neck of the lamp so it doesn't get yanked & go dark while tearing through the woods. (Yikes!) Come to think of it though, I never had trouble with the cord getting pulled out of an early NiteRider headlamp unit whose cord came in on the side and only plugged in, pretty much the same as this. I'm probably just being paranoid. I really like the fuel gauge they did. Wonder how well it works.

800+ lumens. That would be nice. 1600 lumens. That would be stunning.

 

[Phaserburn]

That is one seriously honkin' bike light!

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