Will the light reflect off of street signs at night? Will this light be good to use on an unlit path?
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Excellent questions. It will illuminate reflective street signs to a point, but I found I really needed two lights, one aimed ahead, for signs, pedestrians, etc. and one aimed down, for potholes and debris. In fact, I did buy two of these lights. I mounted the straight-ahead one on my handlebars and got a handy device to be able mount the downward one on my front fork, at wheel-level.As for illuminating an unlit path, this light is good if you ride at a slow, leisurely pace. You will "outrun" the light if riding im dark conditions at 10-15 MPH, though.In thd end, I settled on a 600-lumen NiteRider (lots of other, similar choices are commonly available now) to provide a single light for signs and surfaces. Excellent questions. It will illuminate reflective street signs to a point, but I found I really needed two lights, one aimed ahead, for signs, pedestrians, etc. and one aimed down, for potholes and debris. In fact, I did buy two of these lights. I mounted the straight-ahead one on my handlebars and got a handy device to be able mount the downward one on my front fork, at wheel-level.As for illuminating an unlit path, this light is good if you ride at a slow, leisurely pace. You will "outrun" the light if riding im dark conditions at 10-15 MPH, though.In... » Read More Excellent questions. It will illuminate reflective street signs to a point, but I found I really needed two lights, one aimed ahead, for signs, pedestrians, etc. and one aimed down, for potholes and debris. In fact, I did buy two of these lights. I mounted the straight-ahead one on my handlebars and got a handy device to be able mount the downward one on my front fork, at wheel-level.As for illuminating an unlit path, this light is good if you ride at a slow, leisurely pace. You will "outrun" the light if riding im dark conditions at 10-15 MPH, though.In thd end, I settled on a 600-lumen NiteRider (lots of other, similar choices are commonly available now) to provide a single light for signs and surfaces. « Show Less
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Yes it will reflect of street signs at night. It's fine for unlit paths but you can't see off to the sides very well as it is more of a spot type of light and don't plan on riding at a high speed because you'll outrun the light. I don't know what your budget is but if you can afford to spend $150 or more Bush & Mueller or cygolite are the best options in my opinion.
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Any sign that is reflective will really be lit up like there was a bright fixed light source on it with just one of these lights. I actually use two of these simultaneously and they light thing up the road well well. I have one set for about bright 30-40 coverage and the second for further down the road. They are pretty economical in battery use (2 AA).
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In strobe mode, I see it reflecting off street signs during the day. Street signs usually have corner reflects so they tend to bounce light back in the direction of the source quite well. If you're on an unlit path you should be able to make progress at 10-15mph if you aim the light a short distance in front of the bike in low or high mode (NOT strong mode). Your familiarity with the path will be as important as the amount of light produced by the torch.
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It is a low power unit. If you need to go on unlit paths at speed suggest you get a NiteRider.
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It is a very, very faint illumination. If you are sure that it is getting enough sunlight to recharge it during the day, then you should be able to see a light glow at night for a few hours. You do have to look very close. It is a cool feature but not the best one functionally. :D
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Tilted slightly down, in the high mode, it casts a beam of about four feet, 10 feet down the road. The center of the beam is bright enough to light up dark roads; the edges are slightly diffused. If tilted level, in the strobe mode, it lights up road signs as far as 50 feet away.
405177
This one is not reflective, I used night vision as well as just a led light from 12 feet, no reflective appearance compared to the wheel reflectors. Jud.
733392
Yes, this light should work for your sign just fine. Specially if you are talking outside at night Time. Yet, this is not a spot light. It is not super bright. To go brighter you may want to go with the same type light but 20w instead. Also keep in mind the 10w is a 12v. Great if you plan to connect it to solar power.
97814
its weak unless you are using it on road and there are street lights. For mountain biking I would by one of the cheap 4000 lumen lights on ebay for about 30 bucks, that's what I did and it worked out great
542511
I ride a road bike but have used this at night on a tree covered trail that goes through the country side in the rain for a 25 mile ride 5 times a week. It does have multiple brightness settings. I ride a paved trail, I can see sticks, small animals on side of trail but it is flat. Not sure how shadows would show for bumps or dips in dirt.
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I am not sure. I am both far and near sighted and used it on a recent trip to read regional road maps with small type. The light was very useful at night especially since many of the roads (we got lost on ) did not have streetlights.
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No it's not as strong as a car light (compare lumens when trying to determine brightness) It is bright enough to light up the road however. "Blindingly bright?" no,but it's pretty powerful.
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Yes, it lights up the road very well. I've ridden in the dark on trails without streetlights, and it works great.
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I would have to say yes. It gives off about as much light as a dim candle, and flickers as well. I wouldn't say it's completely "safe" to wander around with only this at night, but I manage just fine.
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This is relatively bright. It lights the path enough for limited visibility on night runs, so it may be a bit too bright for reading in a dark room, especially if you're trying to be a little discrete.
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I think it's something in between. I use it to illuminate a flag and it gets a lot of the trees next to the flag. It seems bright to me, but I'm not lighting a sign or something that would need to be read. I'm confident it will work for your application.
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it is VERY bright we live where there are no lights and it shines a great distance .. don't know well it would work if it is not really dark..
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you should be good I would maybe not use it at night with all you lights on. I installed one on my fathers golf cart and he has had no issues
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Absolutely not! It's blinding. You should only use it when there's enough light for you to see where you're walking.
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We purchased this for the exact purpose to find end of our driveway in the dark. It wasnt as what we expected. You can see some but not as reflective as we wanted. In the end we just bought some reflective markers and lenses from home depot. Hope this answered your question.