I heard that this light is extremely directional. If it is pointed off center just a little the brightness is dimmed quite a bit. Anyone notice this?
239004
It is absolutely very directional. It is very good at showing drivers directly behind you your position. Most drivers are in this position, but the ones even more likely to hit you are coming around corners and at different angles. For that reason, I double up with this plus the light and motion vis 180 and get the best of both worlds. (that tail light shoots light in every direction.)
239005
I haven't noticed this. I find that taillight to be the best I have ever used. Drivers tell me they can see me from well over half a mile away.
239006
The brightness of rear lights is about getting noticed, not seeing your way. I feel very confident that anyone approaching from behind will notice me with this light. But I also have an additional light on each side of my bike to be sure that vehicles approach from the side, or at an angle, will see me.
1120703
Yes, when light is angled down, light is pretty much centralized. The more it is angled up, the more area it will light.
596175
It's a dim blue LED. It shines upwards, not sideways. I doubt it's a problem for you.
231117
I think it would make a pretty good light, bu you might need to prop it up on something to get the right angle. I have tried it and found that it is a really good light and I will be buying another!
2260331
yes we have noticed that the light will go dimmer on its own after it's been on for awhile. We have been using rechargeable batteries & everyday exchanging them & then the light is bright again.
1784138
I'm not sure what type of dimming it has, but it definitely seems to be changing the brightness level on it's own, for some reason. I'd like to disable this feature, if I could figure out how. I turned off "Dynamic contrast" and "Dynamic backlight", but this didn't help.
844439
Yes, you can rotate lights to just about any direction. I bought two of these and they are in my kitchen. Great light! On the down side... Terrible packing job; I had two broken bulbs out of 8 and 3 of 4 post end caps were also broken. I called company about end caps; they sent some to me in a timely manner. I just replaced bulbs from Lowe's. Love the lights.
737580
You can brighten or dim the light. If you dim it all the way it appears as if it is off.
547550
Well, the 3 bulbs on gives quite a bit of light, but you have to remember that the shades are opaque so no light comes through them, therefore the light is very directional.
1111837
It's a fairly narrow spot. I use it on my bike but also working at night ( getting firewood this winter) but it's so dang bright you get a nice field of view. Great light! It's pretty much bright enough with 1 led on.. with 3 it's extremely bright.
1123521
Sounds like a loose wire. I did have another brand of led side marker light that did that. After I tried everything I reversed polarity and it worked. Just a though if you haven't found the cause.
471555
That's a really subjective question. I think it's a bright light when turned up all the way (we have ours on a dimmer) - glaring almost.
1322611
I think thaty that I have seen that it was Dim-able. I use mine where I need a lot of light. Like the area to eat and cool. They have enough light that even when fly tying you do not have to have a close light.
2000502
It is a very bright light but you are not supposed to look directly at it. Bright enough that it is difficult to look directly at it even on the "low" setting. It is meant to sit off to the side of you and only for a half hour to an hour.
476266
If anything te brightness was understated. I'm very happy with mine. Both at wide angle and focused beam it's brightness is impressive compared to every other flashlight I've owned. Makes mag light look silly put it that way...
927935
It has quite a span in brightness. It goes from very dim to pretty bright. I personally like it as bright as it will go but it can go so dim there is barely any light at all. Hope that helps!
305129
Yes, you can mount it that way , you can get it to point in any direction. I really like this light alot.