Bidi 2015 XML dynamo headlamp

Specs will be added soon.

This is not a lamp I would normally use in NL, but I am considering this lamp for use in parts where there's less streetlighting, more bad roads and/or roads through areas with for example trees so that a symmetric beam can be useful to evade branches and get a more relaxed feeling while riding on roads you may not be familiar with. This is for example the case for people making long travels with bicycle through various countries. I still haven't got enough experience with the 2013 version of this lamp, and this lamp under those types of conditions (there is too much street lighting and not enough wild nature in NL!)

The on-off switch of this lamp is fantastic just as in the original Bidi, the nicest I've ever seen on any bike lamp. You just rotate it such that the green bulb (which is not illuminated by the way) is on top, rotating red on top switches it off. You can rotate in any direction, it moves freely (and sticks into place in the positions on/off opposite each other). The cable to the dynamo is also superb, the nicest I've seen so far in any headlamp. It shows how much the designer of the lamp looks at all details and tries to make it as good as he can. If you want a symmetric beam lamp, why not get this one instead of Supernova? Less cost, and a better product...

The lamp is very well made and delivers a good amount of light. As per my tests from 2010 which were confirmed in all later tests I did, a symmetric beam can not easily get the throw of a beam with cutoff, and this is an issue you must keep in mind, but with the Bidi 2015 I seem to get similar results to the best dynamo lamps with cutoff. Perhaps also because of the light colour. The one I have uses neutral white LED, near the lower limit I think, and it works very well. I need to do some side by side comparisons with the Roxim D6...

Beamshots:
F4 ISO200 2s and 4s exposure shots using a Sony RX-100 camera:

I should compare it to Kerry's latest version and the Exposure Revo...

More to come...

Conclusion

This is a low volume light made with a lot of work, and yet the designer is interested not so much in making a lot of money, and is willing to sell it about €70,- which I think is rather low, too low (often a too low price means people do not appreciate the product, I noticed this selling bicycle products, that if you sell too cheaply then all you get is questions asking why it's so cheap and the rest are mainly people who are so cheap that even that is not enough and want an even lower price).

But it's not up to me. And such a price would be great for anyone who wants such a symmetric type light and it would mean you should could buy a good lamp with cutoff beside it and still not go broke, and mount that too and switch between them (a good waterproof switchbox would be nice for this, hmm...). If he sticks to that price it would be unbeatable in value for money.

Soon it will be for sale on http://www.bidi.pl, or email me, at least in gray it will be available soon, ca. EUR 90,- incl. taillamp (taillamp is small, black). Email if interested...

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