Comments on: Gemini Olympia 1800 Lumen Light

By: battlestag

battlestag — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:19:18 +0000

Cree t6 1200 lumens (ok take with a pinch of salt) with lithium battery long enough to run from a backpack, £19 free delivery on ebay, i really cannot understand paying more. You could get 10 of them for the price of this! looks good though!

By: ali

ali — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:56:14 +0000

My Magicshine MJ 8sumthing is well good, 1600lumens maxpower. lasts long enough for me, and only £100!!!

By: treeehuggergraeme

treeehuggergraeme — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:43:55 +0000

After having battery issues with my Dealextreme I can definitely see advantages of buying from a company so you have a point of contact for any problems, warranty issues etc… definitely considering one of Hope’s latest offerings for next winter – buy British peeps.

By: hairy

hairy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:00:36 +0000

Deal extreme £40 spesh 2 years old plenty of light never needed more.

By: Eoin

Eoin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:57:54 +0000

Hate to say it, but I just dont see how you could not go for 2 chinese lights. Still under 50% of the cost and advantages are 1) the ability to do both bars and helmet at once, 2) second battery pack for longer rides (one light is enough) and 3) spare light/circuitry should you bang one off a tree or get a dodgy one or for when someone forgets to pack theirs. My group uses 6 different 30euro specials and none have gone wrong at any point. I was sceptical, but now dont see any value in getting anything else.

By: billy

billy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:29:24 +0000

A bit of well placed gaffer tape comes to the rescue again! You can sometimes use the cable routing points as anchors for the velcro strap which will stop it sliding, depends on your top tube. It can’t go far with the short cable if that’s enough. THough I was thinking the other night about some sort of gizmo that clamps/holds the battery in place.

By: billy

billy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:20:48 +0000

I think the Ebay jobs are a bit hit and miss. Alot of these lights might all look the same on the outside but pretty sure the quality of the componentary varies quite dramatically. I bought a 30 quid 1200 lumen Ebay spesh, it’s been okay for 6 weeks but just noticed the connectors have split exposing the fragile wires. It’s taped up now, so alls good.

By: paulhaysom

paulhaysom — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:08:15 +0000

I’m using this on the bar at the moment, any problems with the battery sliding along the frame? I’ve had it happen a couple of times. Amazing beam though!

By: Zero Cool

Zero Cool — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:56:47 +0000

I have a similar one, but I bought it on Amazon for £40. Been great and reliable for the past 12 months commuting and off road. I think similar ones can be bought from China on eBay for less than that. Yours is probably brighter, and I’m sure it’s better, but is it 5 times better?