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LED Bike Lights Shootout3

Bike LED lights have come a long way. They have come from bike tail lights to affordable commuter lights to decent trail riding lights last year. Everything about them was better than halogen or HID except for light brightness. This year though, we heard that they are now brighter than HID. Brighter than HID? This we had to see for ourselves.

Beam Pattern Comparison is here: http://reviews.mtbr.com/blog/bike-lights-shootout-beam-pattern-comparison/

Our own light output measurements can be found here: http://reviews.mtbr.com/blog/lights-shootout-light-meter-measurements/

November 3 Update: We received a new crop of amazing LED lights. They will be added to this shootout in the coming weeks.

‘09 Updated Lights

Light

Price

Claimed Lumens

Overall rating

Ayup Wide

$230

320

4.75 stars

Ayup Narrow

$230

320

4.75 stars

Ayup Standard

$230

320

4.75 stars

Blackburn System X4

$259

170

Blackburn System X8

$259

170

BR Lights C2-K

$399

1000

4.75 stars

Cygolite Rover II

$160

255

Dinotte 400L

$269

400

5.0 stars

Dinotte 800L

$439

800

5 stars

Exposure Maxx D

$399

960

4.75 stars

HID Technologies Lumen8r

$305

720

Light and Motion Seca 700 Race

$549

700

Light On! 900

$475

900

4.5 stars

Lupine Wilma 5

$590

920

Princeton Tec Switchback 2

$299

na

Princeton Tec Switchback 3

$389

na

Trail Tech MR16 30W

$398

1850

4.5 stars

‘08 Reviewed Lights

Light

Price

Claimed Lumens

Overall rating

Ayup bar (regular kit)

$190

280

4.25 stars

Ayup helmet

$190

280

4.25 stars

BR Lights C2.1H

$330

410

4.50 stars

BR Lights Jeni H

$299

410

4.0 stars

Cateye Tripleshot

$330

130

2.5 stars

Dinotte 200L

$249

200

5.00 stars

Dinotte 200L Dual

$349

400

5.00 stars

Dinotte 600-LI-4C

$399

600

5.00 stars

Exposure Enduro Maxx

$349

720

4.75 stars

Exposure Joystick Maxx

$199

240

5.00 stars

Exposure Race Maxx

$279

480

4.75 stars

Jet Lites Phantom Halogen

$295

675

Jet Lites Shadow Lithium

$500

675

4.50 stars

Knog 605

$399

300

2.50 stars

Levin Brightstar

$270

500

1.50 stars

Light and Motion Stella 180L

$300

180

4.50 stars

Light and Motion Vega

$175

75

3.00 stars

Light On Expedition

$409

500

4.25 stars

Lupine Betty 12

$1,185

1400

4.75 stars

Niterider Minewt.X2

$190

150

4.75 stars

Niterider Minewt.X2 Dual

$225

300

5.00 stars

Niterider Trinewt

$500

500

4.50 stars

Lupine Wilma 6

$695

830

5.00 stars

NiteFLUX Photon MAX

$400

800

4.75 stars

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