Moon Sport Rigel Max (1500lm)

It’s coming up to that time of year again when the darkness starts encroaching on our days earlier and earlier and a decent lighting system for your bike is essential. And it’s all about the LED’s these days and quite right too! Gone are the simple days of a light bulb in your torch to light the way, instead we get something like this that can knock out up to 1500 lumens to light up even the darkest road at night with a good viewing distance of about 10 metres or so when at its maximum setting.

Of course, it’s not just a ‘switch on and done’ kind of light. Firstly, it has 6 different output modes to choose from, ranging from the maximum 1500 lumens, 500 lumens and an S.O.S. setting for when you need to stop in the middle of nowhere for emergency repairs. If you have it belting out at the max setting, the battery will be good for about 1 ½ hrs but the perfectly good 500 lumens setting will last about 4 ½ hrs if you’re planning a longer journey or are mainly city cycling. It comes with mounting for your handlebars as well as the option to mount the torch on your helmet and it fits with a Go-Pro mount too.

Charging time is about 3 hrs and is via the usual USB port that most devices come with in this day and age and it also has an ‘intelligent operation’ feature that automatically turns itself off during daytime. In addition (and the one thing that my partner absolutely will love – she hates the glare from LED lights when driving!) is the addition of an anti-dazzle lens that you can attach either way up depending on whether you have the light underslung or on top of the handlebars so you don’t end up blinding drivers, keeping you much safer! RRP £89.99

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