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Light and Motion Stella 180L $300.00

Light and Motion Stella 180N $200.00

Description:

Light Head Close ups:

Mounting options:

This Stella can be mounted on the handlebar or the helmet. This light can be aimed left to right easily.

Light Meter Measurements:

The Stella measured 12 lux in our ambient light meter test. This compares to 21 lux for the Cateye Tripleshot and 12 lux for the Niterider Trinewt.x2.

Strengths:

• Very Light
• Run time at full power is an impressive 5 hours
• Wide halo on the beam pattern helps peripheral visibility
• Very light head unit makes this ideal for helmet mounting

Weaknesses:

• Beam pattern has a pronounced hotspot
• Installing the helmet mount is pretty difficult compared to all the other lights

Bottom Line:

This is almost the perfect helmet light. It lasts forever and is pretty bright. The only knock on it is the beam pattern has a pronounced hotspot. Also, it’s unfortunate that Light and Motion doesn’t have an LED bar light that would match up with this light. But give it a nice wide bar mount light and the Stella as a helmet light will complement it very well.

Beam Pattern Photos:

Stella, Stella

Value Rating:

4 out of 5 Stars

Overall Rating:

4.5 out of 5 Stars

Read or write reviews:

(Stella L) http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Lights/product_130037.shtml

(Stella N) http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Lights/product_130038.shtml

Light and Motion Vega $175.00

Description:

Light Head Close ups:

Strengths:

• First of the self-contained light systems
• Light is handy around the house and serves as an awesome flashlight
• Good for commuting with flash mode

Weaknesses:

• Not bright for trail riding
• Beam is too narrow for a bar mount

Bottom Line:

The self-contained pioneer is showing its age. It’s still good as a commuter light and it doubles as a very bright utility flashlight.

Beam Pattern Photos:

Vega, Vega

Value Rating:

3 out of 5 Stars

Overall Rating:

3 out of 5 Stars

Read or write reviews:

http://www.mtbr.com/reviews/Lights/product_124612.shtml

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