I have several B&M Senso-enabled headlights and they never switch off with oncoming traffic. The sensors are in the rear and sense ambient light. The light from car headlights is probably too focused to register with the sensor.
Anton On Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 10:58:11 AM UTC-5, William! wrote: > > I’ve been using another B&M Senso light (the Eyc T) for a few years and > have never had an issue with it switching off when it shouldn’t. The > daytime brightness seems to be quite reasonable, and most of the beam at > night is focused where it should be (on the path in front of me). I’ve > never had drivers or other riders complain about the light’s brightness. > > The one complaint I have had is when the bike is at *very *low speeds > (often when I am walking with the bike), the light blinks. It’s not > particularly garish compared to many blinky lights, but the fact that it is > always on is annoying and has led to some awkward situations. I’d prefer if > it didn’t blink at low speeds, or at least not during the daytime. > > Best, > William > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:38 AM Eric Norris <campyo...@me.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Haven't tried it, but I think it would take more than an oncoming car to >> make it switch. The manual says the light waits a few seconds before >> switching when conditions change, to keep the output from fluctuating too >> much. >> >> --Eric N >> www.CampyOnly.com <http://www.campyonly.com> >> CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com> >> Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy >> >> On Mar 8, 2016, at 6:07 AM, David Banzer <daba...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> I'm curious about the senso-only mode. Does it work well? My concern >> would be oncoming traffic lights making the IQ think that there's >> sufficient light and switch to daytime lights. Maybe I'm overthinking this >> one. >> David >> Chicago >> >> On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 8:33:24 PM UTC-6, Eric Norris wrote: >>> >>> My report thus far on the IQ-X headlight: >>> >>> >>> http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/2016/03/busch-and-muller-iq-x-headlight.html >>> >>> >>> --Eric Norris >>> campyo...@me.com >>> www.campyonly.com >>> campyonlyguy.blogspot.com >>> >>> -- >> >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/xELa1Nc2_ik/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
