Saying goodbye to my Task Force lights

For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...duc ts_id=138

The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...duc ts_id=138


The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

Although I must say that if you try to signal distress with the SOS
mode, you'll have less luck than the Titanic. It cycles . . . - - - -

On Oct 31, 12:04*pm, z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...nfo&cPath=4_41....

The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

A reflector and no lens; the beam pattern seems perfectly suited to
blinding anything traveling in the opposite direction.

-pm

pm wrote:
On Oct 31, 12:04 pm, z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...nfo&cPath=4_41...

The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

A reflector and no lens; the beam pattern seems perfectly suited to
blinding anything traveling in the opposite direction.

-pm


Haughty one,

No different than the TF lights I was using before and like a majority
of the lights. $1k lights like the Lupine Betty are no better.

Who makes a $90 light with the beam pattern you describe? Not Dinotte.
Not NiteRider. Not Light & Motion. Not even the B&M Ixon. Not at the
speeds I frequently ride.

Besides, how do you know I don't also ride on trails with low hanging
branches?

z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...duc ts_id=138


The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

The spill is *better* than a DX'd Task Force? That's impressive.

nate

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In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...th=4_41&produc
ts_id=138


The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

The spill is *better* than a DX'd Task Force? That's impressive.

Depends on interpretation. "The spill is better" also implies that "the
collimation is worse."

Tim McNamara wrote:
In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...th=4_41&produc
ts_id=138


The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.
The spill is *better* than a DX'd Task Force? That's impressive.

Depends on interpretation. "The spill is better" also implies that "the
collimation is worse."

well, I have a TF with a DX collimator, and it's not "poorly done" - but
the side spill is more than adequate for any possible use I'd have for
it. Clearly whoever designed that particular collimator intended to
produce a fog light like beam pattern, and they succeeded. If you shine
it against a wall or garage door, the hot spot is a thin horizontal line
that's incredibly wide.

nate

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replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
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Tim McNamara wrote:
In article ,
Nate Nagel wrote:

z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...th=4_41&produc
ts_id=138


The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.
The spill is *better* than a DX'd Task Force? That's impressive.

Depends on interpretation. "The spill is better" also implies that "the
collimation is worse."



Well yes, I already mentioned that. But the collimation on the TF light
as it is sold is very, very good. So good it's not really practical as a
standalone bike light.

The broadness of the TF with the horizontal (vertical ribs on lens)
light is, I'm guessing, roughly 90 degrees. That is wider than the new
light. But the lens kills a lot of the light's throw. I mean a whole
lot. The new light does not have quite the same angle, but the amount of
light in the spill is much more useful.

BTW, if anyone wants/needs one of the horizontal TF lenses, speak up.
Not to the worthless email address I use here, but on this thread and
I'll email you and send one to you. DX sold them in packages of five and
I still have three left with no need for them now.

On Oct 31, 2:01*pm, z wrote:
pm wrote:
On Oct 31, 12:04 pm, z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.

But they have now been supplanted.

http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...nfo&cPath=4_41...

The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.

Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.

At $90, it was a no-brainer.

A reflector and no lens; the beam pattern seems perfectly suited to
blinding anything traveling in the opposite direction.

-pm

Haughty one,

No different than the TF lights I was using before and like a majority
of the lights. $1k lights like the Lupine Betty are no better.

The TF lights, by your own description, have less spill. How is it
that you now claim they are "no different?"

Who makes a $90 light with the beam pattern you describe? Not Dinotte.
Not NiteRider. Not Light & Motion. *Not even the B&M Ixon. Not at the
speeds I frequently ride.

"no one makes a cheap thing that's good, so I use a cheap thing that's
awful."


Besides, how do you know I don't also ride on trails with low hanging
branches?

I know from your description previously posted that you don't ONLY use
it off road.

Change your story some more.

pm wrote:
On Oct 31, 2:01 pm, z wrote:
pm wrote:
On Oct 31, 12:04 pm, z wrote:
For two years I've been using a pair of the 3W Cree flashlights, one
with the regular beam and one with a lens that dispersed the light
horizontally. I've been very pleased with them.
But they have now been supplanted.
http://www.geomangear.com/index.php?...nfo&cPath=4_41...
The nice mailman brought this yesterday. I charged it up and last night
I was (despite the pun) delighted. The sheer distance of the Task Force
is _slightly better_, but the Magicshine is quite sufficient for even
riding at 30+ mph and the spill is tremendously better than the
combination of the Task Force lights.
Overall mass is much less and I can easily switch it between bikes,
which was much more cumbersome than the conduit brackets I was using to
mount the TF lights to the handlebar.
At $90, it was a no-brainer.
A reflector and no lens; the beam pattern seems perfectly suited to
blinding anything traveling in the opposite direction.
-pm
Haughty one,

No different than the TF lights I was using before and like a majority
of the lights. $1k lights like the Lupine Betty are no better.

The TF lights, by your own description, have less spill. How is it
that you now claim they are "no different?"

Who makes a $90 light with the beam pattern you describe? Not Dinotte.
Not NiteRider. Not Light & Motion. Not even the B&M Ixon. Not at the
speeds I frequently ride.

"no one makes a cheap thing that's good, so I use a cheap thing that's
awful."

Besides, how do you know I don't also ride on trails with low hanging
branches?

I know from your description previously posted that you don't ONLY use
it off road.

Change your story some more.

Sue me.