SolarStorm X2 LED Bike Lights

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Brian Dorey

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It's clear that what we are seeing is two side-by-side bicycles equipped with lights. That has to be taken in consideration when evaluating this unit. While you do say "lights", it's misleading.

riderxxx

*Here's the scoop.*
To start out, it's a great light. The light output is
absolutely amazing. Its like a car headlight! The problem is that inside
of this little bugger there is an aluminum plate the LED's are soldered
to. This plate gets hot... Really hot. The heat is supposed to transfer
from that plate to the black aluminum body and it does. It just doesn't
do it enough.
So... There are a couple modifications i made in order to
effectively dissipate from the system. The first mod is really simple.
Where the hot aluminum plate rests against the body, (it is pushed
against a little lip on the inside of the body) I simply put some
thermal paste all around the edge. That brings the efficiency of heat
transfer up to close to 85%, where without it, the plate can get
dangerously hot and greatly reduce the life of the LED's. Now the heat
transfers to the body really well, but the body can and will get too hot
to touch. I fixed that with a heatsink.
The way i installed the heatsink was with superglue. First i
sanded off all the nasty black stuff they coated the light with (it
stinks really bad so you don't wanna breathe in the dust) and put a thin
coating of superglue where they would go together, and i lightly and
gently set the sink on the top of the body so i could position it before
clamping it down good. To be honest, superglue reacts with the moisture
in the air to set, so a few good hot breaths on both pieces before you
apply the glue should really help the process.
After i did all that, I replaced the plastic mount on the bottom
with a Cateye H27 light mount by removing the foam and unscrewing the
screw and then screwing the Cateye piece to it. Then a tiny dab of
superglue later and i have a real amazing light. I made my own monster
battery pack for it and it burns for four hours on high power before the
pack shuts off.
So... All that being said, I do recommend this light, but i
recommend it even more if you wanna take some time and use some
resources to make it better. I will probably have this light for many
years and it will last a very long time *because* of the modifications I
have made to dissipate all the heat the LED's produce. Without the
modifications, well... You get what you pay for. A six month light.

vallenlarsen

Great light. I recently bought one off EBay for $13.55 shipped. I wanted a light for riding around the beach where I live at night and while night fishing which I previously just had a cheap LED flashlight mounted to the handlebars and wow what a massive difference. It came with an 8.4v 6400mah battery that seems to last over 2hrs on high and I picked up an extra larger battery pack for around $10 that seems to last over 3 hrs on high.

timb

Can you tell where the flickering in the light is coming from? It's mainly in the beginning of the video. Cool light by the way.

MischaGielen

Mine is weird when...you know there's a 3 led indicator and only 2 is lighting up it means 50% mine will shut down and it won't turn on at 50% why is that?

jaysealenduro