Sea Otter / MTBR.com competition - win a Free Maxx D!

Announcing our latest competition!  Win an Exposure Lights Maxx D!

You can play at MTBR.com or stop by our booth at Sea Otter or send us an email!

Here's your chance to ditch the cable and clunky external battery and enjoy the new generation of high powered, cable free lights!

Your ipod doesn't have an external battery and your cell phone sure doesn't either (they used to before consumers wised up to the benefits of a self contained unit!)

We would like to demostrate that ditching the external battery doesn't mean you lose anything - especially burn time!

The spec burn time on the brightest 960 lumen setting on our top of the line model – the Maxx D is 3 hours, but as all users know, it delivers over that by a significant margin!

Here’s what we are asking you to do:

If you are at Sea Otter – come by and enter and you get the inside line on how much time has already elapsed by checking the VDO stopwatch! We’ll be running separate burns all weekend.

OR

Simply post the hours, minutes, seconds in a post at MTBR.com.

We’ll be monitoring the burn time on the stopwatch and will check the stopwatch against the posts at 12pm Sunday and then announce the winner by posting an image of the stopwatch on the forum and blog.

Good luck playing!

2010 Sea Otter Classic preparation

One of our Exposure Lights displays in mid-build

We're in the midst of our prep for the 2010 Sea Otter Classic.  Now in it's 20th year, the Sea Otter Classic held at Laguna Seca Raceway near beautiful Monterey, California is such a great event to attend. This will be our 4th year in a row that we break from the regular routine in the office and head to the left coast for some social interaction with consumers, industry journalists and other bicycle industry folks. It's always nice to leave New England in the early spring when the weather is sometimes dreary and cold, jet setting to where the grass is green, the sky is blue and the sun shines most of the time. 

We fully staff a booth at the event and display our fine products from Exposure Lights, USE, and VDO Cyclecomputers.  We traditionally also have a contest giveaway every year, and this year will be no different.  We're planning on giving away to one lucky attendee a 2010 MaxxD light from Exposure along with some runner up prizes from USE, plus we'll be bringing back the very popular and fun bean bag game for a chance to win some free VDO bicycle computers.

In years past, we try to hit a different restaurant every night, by far my favorite is our tradition of heading down to Nepenthe, Big Sur.  It's such a beautiful drive and the food is amazing!  

 Also, we try to hook up with our friends from Cannondale.  They usually set us up with a demo bike so both James and I take half a day and get out for a nice ride on the cross country race course.  It's a grueling 20 mile ride that travels through some amazing country around Fort Ord and the Laguna Seca recreation area.  The race course includes some vicious climbs, fast flowing descents and some of the prettiest single track I've ridden on.  The last 3 miles climb up the three sisters road, which just adds insult to the hurt you've put on yourself the previous 17 miles of riding. 

So if you're headed to Sea Otter and want to win a light or other goodies, be sure to stop by our booth and check out all the fine wares.  We may even have a top secret new product from Exposure...You'll just have to stop by and see what I'm talking about!

Peace Out,
Steve @ Exposure Lights USA

Exposure Lights 24

Exposure Lights 24 - World's first dedicated solo 24 hour race and qualifier for the Solo World 24 Hour Championships.


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Exposure Lights Diablo review from Velo News tech editor Zack Vestal

This appeared in the April issue of Velo News, page 64 "Commuter Gear".

"The Diablo headlight is a compact, powerful and sophisticated front light. It's petite and versatile for commuting, but adequately powerful for threading a little singletrack after work.  In contrast to the Light and Motion Stella series or the MiNewt from NiteRider, Diablo is a self contained unit, with the lamp and the battery housed in a machined aluminum body similar to a small flashlight.  Other companies make self-contained lamp and battery lights, but at 700 lumens claimed output on "high," the Diablo is much brighter than anything we've found of its type. Plus, at just 130 grams with the included aluminum quick-release handlebar bracket, it's very light. 

One cool feature is the Smart Port, which functions as an input jack for piggyback batteries to extend burn time, a jack for a handlebar mounted remote on/off switch, or an output jack to power an accessory helmet or seatpost mounted rear light.

The Diablo has four light settings (high,medium, low and flashing) toggled via a single on/off button on the rear of the light body. Claimed burn time on high is one hour, but in a test burn I coaxed almost 90 minutes out of it. Running the light at lower output extends the burn time significantly. Time to full charge is about four hours. Burn times and basic operating information is conveniently etched on the light body. The on/off button doubles as a charge/low battery indicator light. 

After a few months of commuting in all conditions, I've found it to be a sweet little light. It's visibly brighter than other lights I've used, and throws a nice focused beam with just enough dispersion for peripheral vision. Plus, the flashing mode is great for safety in high traffic intersections. The construction is bomber. I love the absence of battery cables and heft, especially when used with the included helmet mount. The aluminum handlebar bracket works well, too, but installation requires a 4mm Allen wrench. It's quite secure, but I switch bikes frequently, so I need to swap the bracket from bike to bike, which isn't quick.  Additional handlebar brackets are available separately." - Z.V.

Facebook Exposure Lights Diablo Giveaway- Winner Announced!

We are announcing the winner of a Exposure Lights Diablo helmet mounted bicycle light. Dylan Menges we're happy to provide you with "The finishing touch to your new Surly Pugsley: an Exposure light!" Please email us your address information at info at exposurelightsusa dot com and we'll ship it... out to you. Congratulations Dylan!

Become a Fan of Exposure Lights on Facebook.  Stay tuned, we'll have more Lights giveaways coming soon!

Exposure Lights Toro

Toro - New for 2010!

Featuring the most advanced LED available – the new P7 that produces up to 700 lumens of retina searing brightness.

Almost as much brightness as our brightest light, the MaXx D. No cables and connectors to come loose or get wet, all in a tiny package that weighs an incredible 276 grams with the mount included.

The Exposure Lights Toro bicycle light is super bright with an even beam pattern to give you great peripheral vision and depth perception.

Toro could possibly be the best kept cycling light secret so far: super bright from the amazing new P7 emitter, long burn times at the highest setting, small, lightweight and, of course cable-free.

Specifications:

Weight: 276g with mount
Output: 700 Lumens
Emitter: 1 X Seoul P7
Functions: MaXx / High / Low / Flashing
Burn Times: 3 hr / 10hrs / 24hrs/ days!
Dimensions: Diameter at widest point 45mm/ Length 114mm
Features:

Includes Quick release handlebar mount compatible with all bar diameters
Collimated lens with dual beam optics long and wide beam pattern.
Fully sealed against the elements
Cable Free- Fully contained design
Lithium-ion rechargeable battery
Fuel Gauge battery life indicator and light level indicator
Emergency reserve fuel tank
Accepts Smart Port Technology accessories such as Piggyback batteries and a Red Eye rear light.
Sophisticated CNC machined alloy body, anodized and laser etched for tough durability
Comes with branded protective zip up storage case.
Exclusive USA compatible 2 pin Smart charger with charge level indicator.
Warranty:

Exposure Lights are not available through bike stores. Purchase direct from IBEX Sports, the exclusive authorized US importer to ensure you get the correct charger and for technical and warranty support.

LEDs lifetime
Complete light including battery: 2 Years.

Accessories other users have purchased for this light:
Joystick
RedEye
Spare Bar mount

14 day Money Back Guarantee!
We're confident that Exposure Lights will exceed your expectations but, if you want to see for yourself why over 10 reputable magazines have given the lights the top ratings, please follow our common sense return policy by clicking here.

Exposure Lights Toro bike light review at Road.cc

Road.cc tested Exposure Lights Toro - a few words from their verdict: "Excellent" "Compact" "Powerful" Check out the link to the full review.

Ignore the price comments as the Toro price from IBEX Sports (exclusive North American importer and Distributor) is $269 - the lowest price ever.