I have the Herrmans on a bike, as well as the Topline Plus on another. The Herrmans is very bright at a lower price, although there is no off switch. One must just let the capacitor drain for the light to go out.
On Monday, June 22, 2015 at 11:35:45 AM UTC-4, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > The Toplight IS nice, although my preferred brand has become Herrmans. > Reasonably priced, the one on the left is SUPER bright; I can't imagine a > blinky providing better safety, and the stand light feature is the best > I've ever seen... BB[image: Herrmans H-Track hub dynamo (dynohub) tail > lamp - The brightest we have tested!][image: Rear light Herrmans H-Goggle > dynamo LED] > > On Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 4:30:22 PM UTC-4, Reid wrote: >> >> Starting this thread so as not to step on the new fender taillights >> announcement. >> >> I've always had dynamo headlight taillight set ups on my bikes. At work >> one time, another bike commuter was interested in dynamo lights, but was so >> convinced that a flashing taillight (blinky) was the only safe way to go on >> a bike, that he would not even consider a dynamo set up. His insistence >> made enough of an impression on me, that I ended up adding a blinky to my >> commute bikes. Just in case! >> >> Could a dynamo, with it's constant generation of juice, power a blinky >> taillight or would that burn out the dynamo or the light? Is there some >> technical limitation, or is "constant on" just "the way it's always been >> done"? I would vote for a dynamo powered taillight that could be switched >> from "constant on" to blinky. Does anyone have any data on this? >> >> Thanks for any info. >> >> Reid >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
