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My father bought me this XTAR BK10 with bike handle attachment and spare battery because he was worried my bike light wasn't bright enough. Although I think my bicycle light with 10 LED's was fine, the BK10 generally blows it out of the water. 450 lumens is really an order of magnitude brighter than most bike lights with LEDs. Now when I ride, although I aim the light down, plenty of people give me a look when they see how bright it is. It's really like having a car lightit can actually illuminate the road in front of you in the dark.
This torch also comes with a hand strap with an adjustable plastic slider which can tighten it around your wrist so you can let go of the torch, but the torch will not slip from your wrist. I'd like to be able to give a report about night hiking, but I haven't taken it with me yet. I happened to go ona night hike recently with a tiny 1LED torch, so I'm pretty sure this will be more than adequate.
The issues I have with the torch are:
short battery life. 3 hours at max? Sure, it's bright, but it's not long. that's just 3-5 bicycle rides for me, before recharging is needed.
It's not ideal for a bicycle light. The aim of a bicycle light is to both shine light forwards (hopefully providing a bit of road illumination at night), and for others to see you. Many LED bicycle lights are made with transparent plastic, so the light can be seen at 90-360 degrees away from straight on. For example, my previous front torch was completely black, but had two clear plastic slots on the left and right sides which shined light from the torchpeople from the front and the side could see the flashing light. But with the BK10, there are no side slots, it's solid metalno transparent plastic, and the front torch rim extends 3mm in front of the glass coverso the light can only be seen front on. Of course, no one front on will be able to miss you ;)
I hope this review is of some help. I haven't dropped it, or left it at the bottom of the ocean so can't tell you about how rugged or waterproof it is...yet!
Cheers!
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