> Tom put it this way: your pupils are shutters that automatically control how much light comes into your eye
Apertures, not shutters, and just like a camera lens, you get more depth-of-field and sharpness with more light. You may acclimate to lower brightness, but you won't see nearly as much detail. It's wild to me that an inability to drive or cool LEDs at high sustained brightness is considered a "feature."
I've been riding at night with a group that has a number of Outbound lights. They're fine. Not amazing, fine, and only if you can't be bothered to use an external pack. My light is a $40 Amazon special with a 6-cell pack (search "5000 lumen bike light") that puts the Outbound bar light to shame in beam spread and evenness, brightness, and runtime. It's the highest value-for-dollar of anything I've put on my bike.
Nov. 19, 2024, 5:23 p.m. - Alex D
> Tom put it this way: your pupils are shutters that automatically control how much light comes into your eye Apertures, not shutters, and just like a camera lens, you get more depth-of-field and sharpness with more light. You may acclimate to lower brightness, but you won't see nearly as much detail. It's wild to me that an inability to drive or cool LEDs at high sustained brightness is considered a "feature." I've been riding at night with a group that has a number of Outbound lights. They're fine. Not amazing, fine, and only if you can't be bothered to use an external pack. My light is a $40 Amazon special with a 6-cell pack (search "5000 lumen bike light") that puts the Outbound bar light to shame in beam spread and evenness, brightness, and runtime. It's the highest value-for-dollar of anything I've put on my bike.