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Eliran

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Does anyone has been told that their own 18L have an aggressive strong light?
Almost every day (dusk - night) someone that I cross by raises their hand protecting thei eyes and some even tells me that my light is too strong. Anyone with the same problem? What to do though?

Regards.

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Ive had one person say it, but they were sitting down, and my light was on strobe and i was leaning down to turn it off at the time they said it. I just apologized because im Canadian and they huffed and puffed a little. 

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On 8/14/2019 at 10:41 AM, Eliran said:

Does anyone has been told that their own 18L have an aggressive strong light?
Almost every day (dusk - night) someone that I cross by raises their hand protecting thei eyes and some even tells me that my light is too strong. Anyone with the same problem? What to do though?

Regards.

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9 hours ago, Eliran said:

Nope, I had one XL and it was the same issue.

I commute to work a lot before dawn and on 18L it was a nightmare for fellow bike commuters whom I met on my route every day who were travelling the opposite direction. On my current 18XL no issues at all so I assumed they fixed the problem.

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On 8/16/2019 at 9:52 AM, Seba said:

Great article. 

By the way @Eliran, when you look at the light, can you see a leap on the top? On the first version of the light it wasn't there and it was worse. Also I prefer having the EUC tilted a bit forward, which also improves the situation. 

 

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5 hours ago, Eliran said:

Check this out @Jean Dublin

That's the old version alright. I also had those at the start. They actually don't have a proper heat sink and after 6 months the white light stopped working for me, I got both replaced. 

If under warranty, ask for the replacements, if not, I suggest you get the new ones from some Aliexpress seller, even if they don't have it listed they can most likely order them for you. Or you may check with your local dealer if they have them in stock. 

When asking, say you only need the lamp board, not the whole headlight. 

Left, new one, longer (V1.4). Right, old one, shorter (V1.1). 

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Or maybe adding something like this, or even more simple, tape something to cover the top end of the headlight. 

However I still recoment getting the light board replacement, as those will stop working sooner or later. 

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