Need a floody light

It seems most people go for a good hot spot and throw.

For my application (mountain biking) I need a goof light with a bit of flood to mount on my handle bars.

I used a 1watt ROV and it did ok the spill was nice but I would like the spill area to be a little brigther.
I am going to use my 3w ROV as a helmet light (where a spot is good) but need some additional light.

I am looking for suggestion from DX or kai since I am in the process of building my own triple seouls. I just need something to work until I am done with those.

I asked about a good light in the cycling forum but no answers were given.

thanks as always

What kind of budget are you on?

This thread might be of interest.
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/177638

I like the look of the zebralight, ALL flood. But it might not be bright enough for a cyclelight, it's probably more suited for close tasks.

For now under 30 bucks since I will be finishing my bar mounted light. Its going to have 2 x 15 degree lenses with 1x 25 degree.

The zebra light is a bit too floody. I have been looking through posts and can only find beamshots of a meter a way from the wall or so. I need one thats 2-5 meters.

I have tried several flashlights on handlebars in addition to and instead of a Princeton Tec Switchback 3 bicycle light.

The lights that have worked out well are:
Huntlight FT-01XSE (Cree, 18650, good beam pattern, multiple levels + strobe)
Rexlight 2.0 (AA, good runtime, good beam, same levels as Huntlight, remembers last mode)

Not so well:
Fenix P1D-CE (runtime too short, does not work well with rechargeables)
AmiLite Neo T5 (good beam but does not provide adequate runtime, does not work with rechargeables)
Jetbeam C-LE 1.0 (runtime too short)
LED Logic Striker-VG (not enough flood, heavy)


The multi-LED lights are the up and coming thing for bikes, no question. I was considering a ElektroLumens FireLion be decided to go with a Dinotte 600L instead. My PT3 has a great beam pattern as well. I would definitely look for a 18650 battery -- otherwise run time and operating cost will be problems.

diesel_dad said:

AmiLite Neo T5 (good beam but does not provide adequate runtime, does not work with rechargeables)

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My T5 has never been fed a primary! All I use are AWs protected RCR123s @ 3.7v and it works great! I sometimes swap the body to the T3 if I want a more compact twisty and it works great then as well! If I recall William Lafferty also runs the T5 head/T3 body without an issue.

Hope you don't mind me tellin' all your secrets Bill :wave:

The T5 looks like it would have a great beam pattern but its a bit out of my budget.

I am just looking for a temp fix till I finish my DIY bike light.

jcompton said:

My T5 has never been fed a primary! All I use are AWs protected RCR123s @ 3.7v and it works great! I sometimes swap the body to the T3 if I want a more compact twisty and it works great then as well! If I recall William Lafferty also runs the T5 head/T3 body without an issue.

Hope you don't mind me tellin' all your secrets Bill :wave:

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The runtime with the AW RCR123's on high is about 20 minutes. Your rides may be a lot shorter than mine. I really need 4 hours for a good weekend road ride and a minimum of 80 minutes or so for one day's worth of commuting.