I am looking for a light that will show the path ahead of me when riding after sunset on a road with no street lighting. Will this light do the job?
748088
Yes, it will light your way exceedingly well. For the price, it's an awesome light.
748089
Yes. These lights are fantastic. We use it on our bike at night and it is as bright as a car headlight. You need to aim it down so as not to blind on coming cars. Amazing at the price.
748090
Yes, it has a very powerful light beam and will provide more than sufficient lighting. Unfortunately battery life is not the best due to the 5 leds used, you will obtain max 2 hrs set at the max illumination.
605916
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
476267
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..
1905090
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.
675473
helloFor my night road tryning on the road bike is very useful, I do in Mexico than the road are very dangerous than the US, the wide headlight efective ahead is around 120° to 150° , maybe is the only weak point i detected for this item, but is a very powerfull light for only 360 lumens
103220
I have used it at night on light city street and the recording is quite clear but have never used on a dark country road. I live outside of NYC so all of the streets are light up. Hope this help you. For the record recording during daytime is excellent. A good buy.
699440
I am using this to supplement a Night Vision camera. It has a decent angle and covers my drive way. When looking at it, it is a red square of lights, noticeable but not bright. When seeing it on night camera it is a large spot light. I have not found a good final placement yet, so not sure if it will end up meeting all my needs. The one area of concern is that it is on from dusk to dawn, have not figured out the energy consumption yet. Would be nice if I could tie it into the Camera motion sensor
2117871
Of course. Just make sure the light is pointed out to whatever is behind you for maximum visibility. You don't want it aimed at an upward or downward position.
817211
It won't light up a huge amount of space, but it will definitely provide very bright light in a moderate size spot wherever it's pointed. Less lantern, more flashlight. For the purpose of seeing a trail, it will work great, but you won't be able to illuminate things well too far off the trail.
1442712
Yes, they get brighter when motion is detected. I love them. My back yard was completely dark before. Now we have a clear path.
1775787
I have no idea. It is bright enough to be seen but not bright enough to light up a dark trail.
1361337
I would say that it would work for that. I've used to for night walks and camping and haven't had any issues. It has three brightness settings.
1946395
It is quite bright and I guess I will do the job as long is dark enough. But, you will be expending more on batteries, cause once the run down, it wont be as bright.
321466
As long as it's not facing the streetlight, it should probably go on............but only when there is movement. Put your hand over the light sensor to check that it's working.
1056859
Note sure. Here is a video from my morning commute, which is also a good low light test.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=024-LE16nFI&feature;=share&list;=UUJUZ0nqh02uuLNLM9sPCLgg&index;=3
1676536
Not sure if it actually illuminates the road behind your bike. I think most tail lights are designed to make YOU visible to others and not necessarily for lighting the road like a headlight does.
2034293
I use the light on lit and unlit roads where it is very good. I do not ride off-road.