Rear lamp: Basta Ray

Specifications:

Mass: 73 g (with washers/nuts).
Size: 114 mm width, 66 mm height, 50 mm thickness.
Light source: 0.6 W bulb.
Mounting method: On the rear rack, 50 mm or 80 mm bolt distance (centre to centre). To change the bolt distance you need to open up the lamp.
Cabling/connectors: There are 2 clamp connectors for bare wires.
Price: ca. € ??,-

Pictures:

Beam shots

See the camera settings page for more on the setup and settings to make pictures of the beams of taillamps.

Out of a corner (showing how much light is cast upwards, forwards and to the sides) [ F3.9 & F1.8 ]:

Wallshot (showing the beam pattern):

Visibility from various angles (0°, 45°, 90°, 135°) [ 0.5m, zoom x3, F3.5, ISO80, 1/250s & 1/60s ]:

Neutral white torch shining on the taillamp at various angles ((almost) 90°, 45°, 0°) (pictures will be remade in August):

Comparing taillamps

Experiences

Annoying for following traffic until which distance?: Not annoying.
Visibility: Less good than the SP15 but I need to do another test to be sure how much it differs. Even though it gives far less light and has a smaller illuminated surface than LED based taillamps with lines or fully illuminated reflector (Line plus, H-track, Riff steady, Plateo), visibility is not bad. I will test this at long distance soon to be sure how good it is as I didn't get round to it on my first long-distance test.
Visibility by reflection: To be tested.
Ease of connecting wires: Good once you have removed the insulation layer at the end of the wires (that takes some work if you don't have a cablestripper). There is no provision for 2.8 mm plugs.

Design- and thus review considerations for taillamps

See Theory for taillamps.

Conclusion

To follow...

Last modified: Fri Mar 30 03:22:01 CEST 2012