Demo an Exposure Light at the 2012 Sea Otter

Did you wish you had a new light this past Winter - Been thinking of buying one of the latest generation LEDs? Going 24 hour racing? Now is a great time to 'try before you buy' with no obligation.

Reading reviews doesn't always tell the whole story, but taking one out in the dark will give you valuable feedback when you are ready to replace the old light!

Again this year, we will be offering free overnight demos
Thursday - Saturday, April 19-21, to Sea Otter attendees. Whether you are camping or staying in a hotel, grab a light to check out and 'try before you buy'. Exposure Lights pioneered the cable free design, with LED based, high output, super bright lighting systems for cyclists. They continue to lead the market with the current range.
Take the opportunity to check out the 2012 lights including the Diablo, Maxx D, Six Pack and Toro.

To obtain a confirmed reservation on a specific night, please email us with your preferred date and we'll confirm your reservation and provide you further details and instructions by email.

Sorry, demos limited to those over 21 years old with proper ID and credit card for security.

We are in booth #303 in the first grass expo pod closest to the food court.
Look for the Exposure Lights tent and flags.
See you there!
Steve & James at Exposure Lights USA.

How do you use your Exposure Lights?

We recently had a customer send us this really cool little video of Martin's First Jog. Here the Diablo and RedEye are used to create safe passage for the Martin family's first run. We're quite honored the little guy loves our lights. This is a great testament on how diversely the lights can be used. We've had folks tell us their lights have been used while night cross country skiing, used while climbing mountains, while camping, used out night time moto dirt-bike riding and of course on bicycles of all types. We would love to hear from you if you've got an awesome Exposure Lights story, picture of the lights in action, or video of a favorite ride.

Pro Adventure Racer Mike Kloser explains how he uses Exposure Lights.

Photo courtesy of Mike Kloser

Joystick and Diablo are Kloser's lights of choice


"I’ve used a variety of lighting setups over the years for the various racing and training outings I do. From multi-day Expedition races, such as Eco Challenge, Raid Gauloises, and the Adventure Racing World Championships, to the renowned Elk Mt. Grand Traverse (Crested Butte to Aspen back country ski race), 24hr mountain bike races, night time Randonee Ski competitions and just general night time outdoor adventures, I have had my share of time with a head lamp on. Light technology seems to advance like the computer industry, it’s hard to keep up with all the improvements that come along every few months.


I was first introduced to Exposure Lights by Team Helly Hansen while filming them during the 2010 Patagonian Expedition Race. I couldn’t help but notice how bright, compact and simple their light setup was! I of course had to know what these were and who manufactured them. My team “Blackwater” was going to be racing the AR World Championships in Spain later that year and I didn’t want to be left behind in the dark.

We got outfitted with their lights and accessories for the race and couldn’t believe how much amazing stuff they make for their product line! We primarily used the Joystick and the Diablo, but had other lights of theirs which we mounted on the bikes. For the trekking sections, and there were many at night, we rigged up the Joystick with a single cell Piggyback battery. Nathan Faave and I were constantly joking during the race about how long this single setup (light weight if I may add) would last without needing a charge. We intentionally didn’t worry about turning the light off at times when we would normally power down to save battery life. We calculated that it was in the neighborhood of 70 hours of light if regulated between the low setting (which is still amazingly bright) and the high setting when needed for spotting distant terrain!

During the winter months, I do a lot of early morning and night time Alpine Touring (AT or Rondo Skiing as we like to call it) skiing, the Joystick and Diablo are perfect for this. If I am using a helmet, I simply mount it in the slick little light mount on the helmet, if not, I use the nifty head strap they offer.Now when I’m out training or racing and my fellow competitors or friends see my Exposure Light set up, they are the ones asking the questions and of course have to have one as well!

Life’s an Adventure, Live It!"
Mike Kloser
OutThere! USA

Diablo MK 3 Headlamp Option

Check out the Diablo MK3 and the optional headband. Below is a quick review from one of our cycling athletes, Kevin Day.

Just when I though my Dia­blo MK. 3 couldn’t get any bet­ter, it did. Or at least the optional acces­sories. For those of us who spend a fair amount of time in the dark, here’s an way to brighten up the aver­age head­lamp or cause the crit­ters in the wild to go blind.

I can’t tell you how nice it’s been to do a lit­tle trail run­ning with 975 lumens beam­ing from my head. In the past, I’ve depended on a few great options from Petzl, for trail running. They’re a bit lighter in weight but no where near the light out­put. Strap­ping the Dia­blo MK. 3 will put an entirely new spin on trail run­ning, alpine tour­ing and xc ski­ing this sea­son. 


The MK 3 has been one of the most versital lights I've ever owned. Because it's so small in size and very light weight, it's super easy to pack along as a backup if you're already running a Max D, Six Pack, or Toro. It's been on every camping trip since I got it and is always available in emergency situations. 

Flash/Flare Review

This one comes to us from our good friend Kevin Day, regarding our power packed Flash and Flare combo.

"For those of you in the com­mut­ing busi­ness, you may want to check out the Flash and Flare lights from Expo­sure Lights USA. Weigh­ing in at 46 grams each and spit­ting out 100 lumens of blind­ing light, after one test, you’ll make this combo a sta­ple for your nocturnal navigation.

The Expo­sure Flash Flare combo seen below comes equipped with recharge­able bat­ter­ies that will burn for 17 hours. You can choose between high beam and flash modes to get you where you need to go and to make sure that oth­ers on the road can clearly see you. The Flash and Flare lights are built with a bomb proof alloy body and are fully sealed to pro­tect them from the elements.

I’ve really enjoyed using these on early morn­ing and late after­noon com­mutes. They’re small, extremely light weight and super easy to pack around. These are the kind of lights that are great to have in your pack to bail you out if you find your­self in the dark, or want to draw some atten­tion to your­self while ped­al­ing down the road."

Field Report: 24 Hours of Moab

This report comes to us from the top Co-ed Pro team from this yeas 24 Hours of Moab race, The Fantastic Four. All of them are veterans to the race and have their share of race wins and time on the famous Southern Utah course. The team consisted of Chris Holley, his wife KC Holley, Matt Harding and Josh Wolf; who all put in some amazing lap times during the day and with the help of Exposure Lights, kept it strong and fast through the night. Here is there report:

We competed in the Coed Pro Am category at this year’s 24 Hours of Moab.  The rain the day before helped make the normally soft, loose course tight and packed. While the course was fast, the weather was chilly and cold at night.

Our day laps were fast and things were going good.  Our main competition was coming from a 4 man pro team from Colorado.  They were laying down some very impressive day lap times and putting quite a bit of time into us.  Once the sun went down our Exposure lights came on and the our lap times were much closer to the Colorado team but they had built a big enough lead that there was no way we were going to catch them. We ended up finishing 2nd over all with some of the fastest overall night laps.

Each of the members on our four person team ended up running a MaXx-D as our main source of light. These lights were awesome. With the MaXx-D mounted on our handlebars, the smaller LEDs from other manufactures we used as secondary lights on our helmets were pretty much useless. The MaXx-D is so much brighter it just drowned out smaller lights.

The Exposure lights were not only incredibly bright, they are light and compact. No wires stringing to batteries. So We did not have to struggle to find someplace on the frame to mount a battery. They were convenient to use and set up especially while getting ready for colder laps at night.

The Expose lights worked flawlessly, were simple and quick to mount and were ridiculously bright. If you are looking for new or a first set of light, be sure to give Exposure a long, hard look. They are pretty sweet

24 Hours of Old Pueblo write up.

We've just had a debrief from one of our partner riders from Team Epic Endurance.  Bryan Alders checks in to let us know how things went at the recently held race in Tuscon, Arizona. Nice job guys and thanks for the write up!

"The Epic Endurance Cycling team has now had a week to recover from the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo down in Tucson, Arizona, and boy did we need it. Our first race could be considered more than a just a success as the two teams we entered in the 4-Person Men Open category finished in second and tenth out of 140 teams.

 Team Epic Endurance (team 1) takes second place over all.
Photo courtesy of Bryan Alders

The team came expecting to get out of the Colorado cold and enjoy the typically warm weather of Tucson, however, Mother Nature had other plans.  Wind gusts reaching over 40MPH, cold temperatures and heavy sheets of rain welcomed us racers as the sun set behind the nearby mountains.  At least we didn’t have to worry about the darkness of the night. Riders on both of our teams credit our flying night lap times to the dependability and sheer awesomeness of the lights themselves. Kelly Feagans on Epic Endurance Team 2 had actually only gone night riding once prior to the race and it involved just an average commuting light.  He was more than surprised when he hit the trail. “I can’t believe how the Exposure Toro and the Joystick light up the trail.  It’s like daylight out there.  I don’t even have to slow down!”  Epic Endurance Team 1 rider Chris Baddick, who arguably had the lap with the worst weather, wasn’t worried at all about his lights. “My lights and I are both from the UK and have been tested in conditions worse than this.  Neither of us let the weather shut us down”. “My night lap times were within seconds of my day lap times.” said Bryan Alders, “I had a 1:04:40 lap time at around 5:30PM (daylight) and a 1:04:28 at 2:30AM.  My lights were amazing".

Epic Endurance (Team2) Kelly Feagans's 24 Hours of Old Pueblo Exposure Lights set up.
Photo courtesy of Bryan Alders

At around midnight the rain finally stopped and the wind started to calm.  The course quickly turned from mud puddles to a singletrack speedway.  The dirt turned into what us mountain bikers like to call “hero dirt” it was smooth, fast and we could corner hard.  There aren’t too many ways to put a bigger smile on your face than racing your bike at 20MPH on singletrack, at 3:00AM, leaning so hard into a corner that your bike is on the trail but your body is over the cactus at the inside of that corner.  I know, we’re sick, but try it sometime, we dare you to not love the adrenaline rush.

Riders perspective on the course.
(looks nice and warm compared to our New England weather!)
Photo courtesy of Bryan Alders

The 24 hours of Old Pueblo was certainly the adventure we cam looking for.   Both teams battled hard to earn their respective finishes.  We can’t wait to head to our next race and get out on some more night rides!"
 
For further information and details regarding the Epic Endurance Cycling Team, visit www.epicendurancecycling.com, on Facebook, and twitter .

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Bryan Alders
www.bryanalders.com  

 Bryan Alders racing recently in the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo.
Photo courtesy of Bryan Alders