Cree LED Bike Light with wide angle lens vs regular lens?
2069162
I've used it both ways - without the wide angle you see a brighter light farther ahead --- with it, you get a wide swath of light but it doesn't illuminate the road as far ahead.
2069163
Wide angle is better for obvious reasons; it improves your sight lines exponentially.
2069164
Wide Angle lens works best when you need to see ahead of you. I tried with and without and I really like the way the light is concentrated in the front of the bike.
2069165
I'd say skip the lense. In order to get a more diffused light, I made a disk of lens tissue slightly larger than the included glass lens, placed it on the inside face of the glass and put the cover back on. This does dim the overall output a bit, but it's very bright, so the diffusion is worth it (for me). It's still painfully bright, do NOT look into these lights, you'll have a blind spot for 20 minutes!
2069166
The diffuser lens is awesome - instead of the spot light, it creates a horizontal stripe which is perfect for winding trails - gives really good visibility to the sides. A buddy of mine uses it as well for jogging, which scares him a bit because now he can see all the animals to the side that he never saw before. For riding, it's great - it's nice being able to see the curves before you actually turn - highly recommend using one! It does, of course, scatter the output and light a bit, so it's not as blinding as the spot, but the light itself is like carrying the sun with you, so toning it down a bit isn't necessarily a bad thing!
2069167
Depends on what you want to use for. As the wide angle lens is an extra, you can always switch between them. For biking i would recommend the wide angle lens though.
2069168
The diffuser lens is awesome - instead of the spot light, it creates a horizontal stripe which is perfect for winding trails - gives really good visibility to the sides. A buddy of mine uses it as well for jogging, which scares him a bit because now he can see all the animals to the side that he never saw before. For riding, it's great - it's nice being able to see the curves before you actually turn - highly recommend using one! It does, of course, scatter the output and light a bit, so it's not as blinding as the spot, but the light itself is like carrying the sun with you, so toning it down a bit isn't necessarily a bad thing! The diffuser lens is awesome - instead of the spot light, it creates a horizontal stripe which is perfect for winding trails - gives really good visibility to the sides. A buddy of mine uses it as well for jogging, which scares him a bit because now he can see all the animals to the side that he never saw before. For riding, it's great - it's nice being able to see the curves before you actually turn - highly recommend using one! It does, of course, scatter the output and light a bit, so it's not as blinding as the spot, but the light itself is like carrying the sun with you, so toning it... » Read More The diffuser lens is awesome - instead of the spot light, it creates a horizontal stripe which is perfect for winding trails - gives really good visibility to the sides. A buddy of mine uses it as well for jogging, which scares him a bit because now he can see all the animals to the side that he never saw before. For riding, it's great - it's nice being able to see the curves before you actually turn - highly recommend using one! It does, of course, scatter the output and light a bit, so it's not as blinding as the spot, but the light itself is like carrying the sun with you, so toning it down a bit isn't necessarily a bad thing! « Show Less
2069169
The standard lens is a spot. The Wide angle creates a horizontal rectangle of light. The ideal set up for night mountain biking is to have the spot on your helmet and the wide angle on your handle bar. Works great!
542508
Yes, I prefer to use a helmet mounted light and a handlebar mounted light for trail riding but that's only to have a back-up. This light is plenty bright to light your way on its own.
2006553
Since they sell a 10 W 900 lumens light for half the price, I presume that the 1800 lumens is for both of them, as together they draw 20 W. (would have been cheaper to purchase two singles though, since one is 30 bucks) see .LEDSTORE 10W CREE High Power LED Work Light Lamp Off Road Bike Motorcycle 2" 30 Degree Spot. Looks similar? There is a nice customer picture with one mounted too.
906110
It depends heavily on how bright you want the effect to be and how far away you are able to place the fixture. In addition, there are two different lenses that allow you to have a wider or narrower field of effect based on your needs. In essence, there is no good way to answer. I can tell you from experience that I have had a usable effect covering an entire wall at the end of a large ballroom using the narrower lense in extremely low light, but to do so I had to place the unit itself at the opposite end of the room.Sorry if this is less than helpful...
1544745
On my 1999 Yamaha Royal Star Venture, the lense is stock. All the Radiantz LED does is replace the stock incandescent with a flat board with LED's. It is the len itself that allows the white light of the LED's to shine up to license plate.
1213132
Measure your lens. My lens was in the 38mm range +/- 2mm (kinda hard to measure with it installed in the lamp). FYI, between my son and I, we have 4 of these. I prefer the wide angle lens for single LED lamps. I ended up taking if off my three led lamp because it made the beam very oddly shaped. But it works beautifully on the single LED lamps completely eliminates the hot spot in the middle of the beam.
1939775
The LED lens has a limited range of motion of about +/-20deg. The axis of rotation is fixed along the center of the two side clips that intersect the center of the LED and about 1/4 inch below the front surface.
238928
Look up "wide angled lens for majicshine" Action led lights has both clear and red wide angle lens. Neat trick: use two back to back with the ribs at right angles and the beam goes larger in both directions. I run mine in daytime as a be seen light and at night I prefer the larger area of coverage. Be Safe.
1679850
LED lights require an opening so they will not over heat and shorten life of Bulb. So without the lens covering bulb it will be fine but with lens it will shorten bulb life
736618
I would expect the CREE lite to be brighter than the Cygolite. I also have the CREE 1800 and it makes night riding like daytime. I like.my Cygo but really like the CREE because its so bright.
906111
It depends heavily on how bright you want the effect to be and how far away you are able to place the fixture. In addition, there are two different lenses that allow you to have a wider or narrower field of effect based on your needs. In essence, there is no good way to answer. I can tell you from experience that I have had a usable effect covering an entire wall at the end of a large ballroom using the narrower lense in extremely low light, but to do so I had to place the unit itself at the opposite end of the room. Sorry if this is less than helpful...
962968
This item is only the insert wide angle lens,to replace the stock lens.its not the whole light.
1588662
I didn't test lumins but it makes the light look brighter because of a wide spot,perfect for road use. I am ready to order my second lens so I have one for both of my lights. Hope this answers your question.
1653788
Not too bad if you aim it just a few feet in front of you. But that means you can't go too fast and the beam is pretty narrow. I found it's not much brighter than some 1 watt lights I have had. I replaced it with a Cygolite Metro 360. It's about $20 dollars more but it's a far, far, better light with a much wider and brighter beam, good for safely going about 18mph. Best light I have ever had. I would highly recommend it as a reasonably cost effective alternative. (There is also a Cygolight Metro 400 which is only a couple dollars more than the 360) I believe the top of the mount of the blaze will swivel if you loosen a screw but I'm not positive of that. Don Solt
174791
yes very wide angle...sorry no pics..im doing a custom install also, not done yet.. think about upgrading bulb to hid later... lights have a nice "u" pattern ......
1926081
I also used the PolyTac, it was available as a bundle. It seems to be a good light, battery life is somewhat short but its very bright.
856559
I would chose the 60* option. The LED lights do not have as wide of a field of light as a halogen light. The amp draw is low so you can add more lights to compensate.