Philips SafeRide LED Bike Light – 2012 Mtbr Lights Shootout

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There’s a aggregation of newborn cycle lights discover there but with whatever immoderate innovations. That’s why we were extremely excited to essay the newborn Philips SafeRide.  This reddened is completely unique from the pasture of acquirable cycle lights because it attempts to completely curb the shine pattern. The shine ornament is not ammo same a flashlight. Rather, it is panoramic and perpendicular same a car headlight.

The problem that it tries to cipher is a aggregation of a tralatitious cycle light’s shine ornament is pointed towards the eyes of start drivers. In Europe, there are laws against this. In the US there is no accumulation most this but common sense dictates that it is not saint to shine gleaming lights on to start drivers’ eyes. As diode lights embellish more, and more powerful (exceeding 2000 lumens), cycle lights today crapper disconcert drivers and create chanceful conditions for the pedaler and other agency users.

Philips SafeRide controls the shine ornament by carefully controlling its reflectors. One countenance at the reddened nous and it is country that the main gimmick is the diode emitters are not even circumpolar from the front. This effectuation that the reddened from the diode is echolike and directed only. It is not allowed to intercommunicate direct to the front. This organisation allows the SafeRide to have a very panoramic and insipid shine pattern.

Does it work? Indeed it does. As you crapper wager in the shine ornament picture below, there is a country cut-off between reddened and no light. You crapper intend the reddened broad enough to wager farther aweigh but never touch a motorists’s eyes.

The other incentive of much a organisation is more of the reddened is touch the ground. Thus this reddened is more efficient at leading reddened and it appears brighter than it is. Typically, 20+% of a ammo shine ornament is lost as it just goes to thin air. The SafeRide minimizes this waste.

The downside of this organisation is the reddened is not appropriate for elevation biking use on its own.  If there is a canopy, baritone ornamentation obstacles on the trail, those objects module not be circumpolar  with this reddened and haw accomplish the rider on the nous if not seen.  On panoramic unstoppered blast roads, this is not an issue.  But when complemented with a helmet light, it actually is a enthusiastic elevation biking setup. The Philips SafeRide crapper reddened up the trail and the sides patch the helmet reddened crapper reddened up the bunk Atlantic where baritone ornamentation obstacles haw exist.

Light Price Claimed Lumens Measured MTBR Lux Run time Light nous weight Battery Weight Installed Weight Philips SafeRide $199 na 40 lux 2:00 Hours 306 grams na 334 grams

Light Meter charts and comparison plateau acquirable here.

Light Meter Measurements:

This reddened rhythmic 40 lux on our reddened cadence setup. This puts it at around the arrange of a 550 lumen reddened compared to our other lights rhythmic with this reddened meter.  Last year, the Lupine Piko claimed 550 lumens and rhythmic 45 lux on our reddened meter. The Exposure Strada claimed 600 lumens 40 lux.

Strengths:

• groundbreaking reddened shine ornament puts the every acquirable reddened to the ground
• beam ornament module not  blind/distract drivers
• uses accepted ‘AA’ batteries sot it’s easy to change and carry spares
• Excellent materials and construction. The housing is every metal with a brushed surface. It looks beatific and dissipates heat
• USB charging
• Optimized for commuting
• self-contained with no wires
• excellent switch and fuel guage
• created and backed by the Philips, the maximal illumination company in the world.
• 2 High supercharged Luxeon Rebel LED

• Light says cool even at flooded noesis and baritone airflow

Weaknesses:

• targeted for traveling so not saint for elevation biking unless matched with a helmet light
• form bourgeois is a taste bounteous and panoramic for a torch style
• there’s whatever artifacts at the periphery of the shine pattern.
• uses accepted ’4 AA 2,450ma NiMH rechargeable batteries so heavy and bulky compared to metal batteries.

Bottom Line:

It’s most the shine ornament when it comes to this light. The knowledge to curb the reddened production is what the SafeRide is every about. The reddened is directed baritone and panoramic to the ground and not to the eyes of start drivers. In the end, this reddened seems brighter than it is since more of the reddened is directed to the ground. And because of the shine ornament that is cut soured at the top, it is a safer light. It genuinely is the saint commuter light.

Beam Pattern Photos:

Beam Pattern and side by side comparison page acquirable here.

 

Value Rating:

4 discover of 5 Stars

 

Overall Rating:

4.75 discover of 5 Stars

For commuting, this is much an excellent light. Our exclusive desire is it was a taste brighter and had more run time. For elevation biking. It entireness substantially when used with a helmet light.

 

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