Helmet Lights

[steve.c]

Hi all.Just a little idea i have done this to my cycle helmet and think its rather good and any one that doesn't wear a helmet ( I'm starting that one again) you could glue them to your head???

 

[JohnCade]

Good thing the UFO reporting office has been closed.

 

[Kuorider]

Just a note of caution, to some drivers these could look like a car some considerable distance away rather than a bike up close.

 

[KirstinS]

I like it

Shop bought or shed-built ?

 

[KirstinS]

Just a note of caution, to some drivers these could look like a car some considerable distance away rather than a bike up close.

Not sure I buy that - these are low powered LEDs - only viewable relatively close

Plus any car that bounces around like like a cyclists bonce has some serious suspension issues !!

 

[RobF]

The trailer for this weekend's Dragon's Den showed a helmet with integrated lights.

Looked like it could have been a cycle helmet, but may not have been.

Worth a look at the programme if you can stand the sanctimonious know-all panel.

 

[EddiePJ]

I have one of these mounted to my helmet as an emergency back up light. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/topeak-headlux-helmet-light/rp-prod47006?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom&gs=1&gclid=CNOhma3npMACFW3JtAodwhoAAA&gclsrc=aw.ds Whilst I've not used it yet, it still nice to know that it's there.

Lidls were also selling cycle helmets with integrated lights a few months back.

 

[steve.c]

They realy are quite bright and they fit into the helmet a treat and the 9v battery pushes up into the air vents a treat as well. Also no offence ment to non helmet wearers (sorry)?????

 

[jackhandy]

Do you think this might make them see the light?

 

[Deus]

I think helmet lights are dangerous and should be banned we were driving behind two cyclists at night and one turned around and looked behind and the light from his helmet was so bright and distracting that my partner clipped the curb as as she was dazzled, it was also very distracting to other road users as he was looking all over the road and the beam from his helmet was going everywhere but the road surface.

 

[Cyclezee]

I think this is possibly the one that is going to be featured on Dragon's Den http://www.torchapparel.eu/

Video link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1652790707/torch-bicycle-helmet-with-integrated-lights

Here is another one

 

[D8ve]

They realy are quite bright and they fit into the helmet a treat and the 9v battery pushes up into the air vents a treat as well. Also no offence ment to non helmet wearers (sorry)?????

Ignoring the requirement to be CE certified, ie legal.
Putting a battery into the vent negates the protection offered by the crushing of the helmet. In fact it provides an artificial point of penetration to focus impact force into the skull.
But the principal of a high light to make you visible is good?

 

[steve.c]

I have one of these mounted to my helmet as an emergency back up light. http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/topeak-headlux-helmet-light/rp-prod47006?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom&gs=1&gclid=CNOhma3npMACFW3JtAodwhoAAA&gclsrc=aw.ds Whilst I've not used it yet, it still nice to know that it's there.

Lidls were also selling cycle helmets with integrated lights a few months back.

Hi.Not the same as the Topeak one as you cant see them hardly and they only cost £1.80 or so but they are pretty bright.
Regards Steve

 

[steve.c]

Do you think this might make them see the light?

Only in the dark hopefully ??? but they are pretty bright and so cheap you loose nothing.

 

[RobF]

I think this is possibly the one that is going to be featured on Dragon's Den http://www.torchapparel.eu/

Video link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1652790707/torch-bicycle-helmet-with-integrated-lights

That is the one.

I see it was crowdfunded in 2012 and is on sale for about £90, so I wonder what the Dragons can do with it.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I still use the Aldi snowboarding helmet, which has a clip down the back, presumably for goggles. My Smart Lunar rear light clips on to it perfectly at just the right angle, so I use a little Aldi rear light on the frame - the type with a band that clips round anything. I set it to flash so that people recognise me as a bicycle, and the bright Lunar light keeps them clear.

 

[Kuorider]

Drivers operate with a set of expectancies, predisposing them to believe that things will happen in a certain way. There is an increase in driver perception-response time when the expectancies are violated.
This increase can lead to increased driver errors .

Find a small hammer the same weight as your battery, hit your head with this hammer. This is how your battery will feel in a fall or sudden deceleration.

 

[oldtom]

While I wouldn't use a head torch for cycling, I do think they are very useful, hands-free light sources for lots of other purposes.

Aldi have some 3w Cree LED stock coming in on the 24th and those have changeable mode function and a red light at the back! £7.99.

Tom

 

[steve.c]

Drivers operate with a set of expectancies, predisposing them to believe that things will happen in a certain way. There is an increase in driver perception-response time when the expectancies are violated.
This increase can lead to increased driver errors .

Find a small hammer the same weight as your battery, hit your head with this hammer. This is how your battery will feel in a fall or sudden deceleration.

Aaawwwwoooooo your right it hurts !!!!!!! that means ill have to carry the battery in my mouth but must not touch the 2 terminals with my tongue ??? Remember doing that when we were young boys & girls !!!!

 

[axolotl]

Remember doing that when we were young boys & girls !!!!

Still do it now - it's the quickest, easiest way to tell whether a PP3 battery is fresh or not.