Specifications:
- Price: $230
- Claimed Lumens: 1400 Lumens
- Measured Lumens: 1091 Lumens
- Measured MTBR Lux: 110 Lux
- Light Head Weight: 64 grams
- Installed Weight: 316 grams
- Run Time: 3 Hours with 4-cell battery in photos
- Category: High End
2013 Gemini Line Up
Strengths:
- Such a small yet bright package
- Configurable battery options makes for a custom setup for on helmet battery mounting or long run time
- Excellent craftsmanship with a solid company supporting the product
- Versatile mount allows it to be mounted on the helmet or bars easily
- Excellent switch action. Good programmability options
- Clean optics and consistent beam pattern with no hot spots
- 1091 measured lumens is lower than 1400 lumen claims
- Looks a lot like the Lupine Piko
- Green switch light is always on and is quite bright
Mounting is a very simple helmet strap and a rubber band system. The band allows the light to be tilted up and down easily. The helmet mount is on near the front of the helmet so it is pretty low profile and doesn't stick up so high where it can get caught in low-hanging branches. Because of the band mounting system, it can be mounted on the bars too.
MTBR Light Meter Measurements: Compare all lights here.
This light measured 110 Lux on our ambient light measurement facility.
Integrating Sphere Measured Lumens: Compare all lights here.
1091 measured Lumens. Claimed Lumens by the manufacturer is 1400 Lumens. The Lumen-hour graph below shows how the light performs over the first three minutes of its battery cycle.
Backyard Beam Pattern Photo: Compare all lights here.
We photographed the lights in the same location setting with the same camera settings. The photos were taken in the back yard that is approximately 25 yards long. These photos feature many objects and a distinct background to analyze detail and beam pattern.
Tunnel Beam Pattern Photo: Compare all lights here.
The location is useful since it has walls and a ceiling that can display a bike light beam pattern. The walls have a lot of graffiti on them and actually show detail when they are lit up by a light with a wide angle. Cones and targets are set up with the far target set up at 80 yards.