Vision Stick Rechargeable Lights
I got sick of running into things in the dark when riding, so when I was in the Bike shop I noticed they had a sale on of Vision Stick rechargeable lights. I was lucky to get a pair as one of the lights had a globe and seal missing. They supplied a globe, so I walked away with two batteries, the water cage holder for the batteries, two chargers, one high beam light and a low beam light, all for the price of one.
The lights have halogen globes with with rechargeable batteries. The batteries sit in a mount that bolts to a water cage mount. I have mine behind the water cage.
View of the lights. It's the lower set, not the one on top.
The batteries sit in a bracket bolted to the water cage mounts.
The good thing about these lights is that the head units come out of their brackets and attach directly to the top of the batteries, thereby making it an effective torch when camping.
The light attached directly to the battery, making a torch.
Both light units have a screw thread on the end that attaches them to the quick release mountings that enables them to be mounted anywhere on the bike. My set also came with a helmet mount for mounting one of the lights directly to the top of my helmet.
There is plenty of cable supplied to allow the lights to be mounted on the handlebars and the batteries anywhere on the bike. Recharge time is about 7 hours, and running time depends on the light that is used. I got about 3 hours out of the 15W spotlight, and about 5 hours out of the 10W.
One light is a spot beam and the other has a better spread. I found that having the low wattage spread light on, it was very easy to ride on the road and see. When I needed the extra light, I switched on the spotlight.
I have the lights mounted up on my aero bars, so the switch on top of the lights is within easy reach of my hands for turning them on and off.
When touring the chargers will need to be carried. You could probably get away with taking one and using it to recharge one battery overnight. The whole unit came in a nice fold up carry pouch, with pockets for all of the parts.
The cabling is quite strong, and coiled, which helps to keep it neat and tidy on the bike. The fact that these lights convert very easily into torches, gives them dual use capabilities, which is handy for any tourer. I suspect given the solidness of the batteries, one could probably use a battery for tapping stubborn tent pegs into the ground. However, test this theory at your own risk.
Due to the dual use of these lights, and excellent mounting system for the batteries, I give them a 7 out of 10. What is a let down is that there is no indicator lights on the chargers, so one does not know when the batteries are fully charged.
