Ugoe NBR31-221 & Ugoe NB11-10
- Hello, autumn is coming, I need a lamp, what do you recommend?
- Hey buddy, I have XXX and I recommend it
- I have XYZ and it's OK
It is a classic internet dialogue on any cycling group. It has exactly the same meaning as the answer to the question: "Siemka, I heard that Golf from 2007 is a cool car, it's worth it?" And the answer: "It's worth my friend, I have and it's great. The best choice. " It is true that the person recommending previously only ran a large Fiat and it does not matter what it would change - it will be great, and the buyer needs a vehicle just to ride with his family of 4 on vacation. As with cars, there is no such thing as "the best lamp" in the case of lamps. It can be the most universal or best suited to your needs.
If someone asks me what kind of lamp I recommend, I almost always answer that Convoy S2 modified by someone who knows about it. Reasonably priced, immortal, more power than needed for the road, with replaceable batteries.
I must admit that the face was quite skeptical when I received an email from Ugoe with the offer to check their lights. Well, what can one say about a lamp: it shines? Shines. The facial expression changed radically when I reached the end of the catalog and found a beautifully sounding name: NBR31-221 and values - front: 6000 lumens based on 6 CREE XM-L2 diodes, back 150lm on 3 CREE XP-G diodes. Abstraction, it must be a classic Chinese lie ... bending the truth. I check the price - 1349 PLN. YES, A THOUSAND THOUSAND HUNDRED FIVE NUNS. The set includes a pilot pad and a helmet holder. I write back right away that I want it!
Hello majfriend, greeting from Shenzen!
The first point when I see something that I have not heard before: aliexpress. Especially that the producer is Tobest. Why am I writing about it? Because its address is: Building A2, COSCO Guomao Science & technology Garden, Yang Chong Road 37, SongGang Bao'An district, Shenzhen. Most things from Shenzen can be bought straight from the east.
For the unknowing I also asked for a standard 500-lumen lamp: Ugoe NB11-10 (excellent model naming). Simple results to predict, let's look at the Polish catalog:
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I disregard what they differ from, and why one is almost twice as expensive as the other, even though it does not make sense on paper. To be honest, I would like to point out that the following prices are for the purchase of a minimum of 50 pieces, but for those who are looking for a long enough obstacle do not exist.
For the above prices, with a little bad luck, we would probably have a customs tax. For obvious reasons, however, I will add that it is better to order equipment from distributors, because .... ekhm ... warranty, support of the Polish industry, shipping time, service and stuff ;-)
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Rushing hands went right away to see how much cheaper to buy the second, monstrous set: Ugoe NBR31. Yes, I manage to find a set based on 9 (instead of 6) of the same diodes, apparently generating 3x more light for $ 85, but let's be serious. Between the descriptions of the girlfriends and the actual products, the difference is like between actresses in the cinema, and Live... both from the outside and inside. Unfortunately, the original is only available in the official store on aliexpress with a beautifully sounding name: sztobest with an indication that about $ 100. To make sure I wrote to Mr. Ulises Zheng asking for details and 5 minutes later I had the answer: when they order 10 sets, the price is 110 $.
Ugoe NBR11: Light like a lamp - shines
In the case of a cheaper lamp, apart from the price there is nothing to cling to. Orderly, charged by USB, these 500 lumens are probably true. This, in my opinion, is a completely minimal value, so that you can comfortably ride on suburban roads in the dark at night. It's hard to write something more about the lamp, but in my opinion it could calmly wear the logo of one of the big companies like Bontrager or Cateye. It is not much weaker than the Mactronic Bike Pro Noise 500, which prices start at PLN 250 (nominally the same number of lumens). The individual question is whether someone prefers charging directly from the outlet, or have replaceable 18650 batteries - each solution has positive and negative pluses (although the integrated battery has more negative in my opinion). Just a good lamp, with a decent fixing.
Ugoe NBR31: A lamp like a heater
Let's get to the clue of this entry: a killing kit for the Jedi. The lightsaber is a toy. Authentically - you have to be careful not to hurt yourself. Because yes: the back lamp has no light control - it has 3 LEDs that glow in different configurations and are also probably in continuous mode, but I did not find it. It looks like if you look at the light even by accident, you see black burnished dots in the next 15 minutes.
Outside, unfortunately, it's the same. In my opinion, this lamp can do more harm than good at night. Unless you are riding in the desert or you are sailing on the sea ... or you are riding during the day. Yes, it took me some time to find the optimal application, but on very empty roads, during the day, it works perfectly. Provided, of course, that you are traveling alone. On the other hand, there is the certainty that when traveling with someone, we will always be sitting on the wheel, because no-one would want to follow us. Loaded by USB with some bajerami, that when you stop moving it goes out after a few minutes and then it fires.
The front is an even bigger harder and I will tell you that firing it in the apartment ends almost always bad. This lamp makes the day from the night. A ray of light reflected from the white wall burns out your eyes. The lamp warms up so fast that the first test that I decide to do is attempt to set fire to the handkerchief - unfortunately, the beam of light is probably not too big. However, it remains nice to be aware that if we start to freeze somewhere in the middle of nowhere, or lose touch in our fingers, we have a heater with two hours, which will restore our circulation in a few seconds (and then burn). When trying to set things on fire, the lamp hangs only once (the battery must be unplugged) - a good result. In order to reach a temperature where I can not keep it in my hands, I need about 3 minutes to shine with full power.
The battery, of course, is external. For me it is disqualifying the device, but there is no other way. The whole current needs to be located somewhere - it makes the length of the cables in my bike grow by an eye of 5 times. The 8800mah battery with a bit of mathematics gives you about 85 watt hours, which is as much as half an hour of efficient-recreational cycling. This translates into some 2-2,5 hours of lightning with maximum power and from 10 to minimal (that is, from sunset to sunrise at the end of October). We charge it through an external power supply.
My lamp is more than yours, because mine is the sweetest one
The very performance of all elements does not raise any objections. We are dealing rather with a decent Asian restaurant than with a "Vietnamese" from home. The enclosures are fitted, the cables are decent, nothing gets stuck, some solutions are associated with other relatively decent products, such as SolarStorm lamps. It's hard to write something about durability after ~ 3 weeks of use, but it seems to me that the equipment will live a little, even if we do not care too much about it.
The available modes are: super strong, very strong, strong and flashing. Why would someone blink - I do not know. The most likely application is probably when we fly out of the band into the Ocean on the Canarian bend and the current will take us to a nearby, uninhabited island. We will be able to blink at planes and space stations asking for help. The big disadvantage for me is that the light always starts in the strongest mode, not in the last used one.
As it is not difficult to guess, when we overcome the resistance against adding 630 grams (which the dropping in case of a good highway is often counted in disgusting amounts) the amount of light that Ugoe gives us is enough to highlight both the path ahead and 3 villages that we will pass soon. By the way, we will also kill 4 drivers coming from the opposite direction. I will say straight: on the road, from my point of view, neither the front nor the back is working. Even racing in fatbikes at night around 1000lm are fully sufficient.
Czajna vs USA made in Czajna
- Mom, am I ugly?
- no son, you're special
As Scriber said: it is not that this lamp is good or not good. It is enough that it is well done, and the rest is a matter of preference. This one is specific. I can not quite imagine situations in which I would have to use at least 50% of her maximum power, but there are certainly people who will appreciate it. If you are looking for the most powerful lamp in the "human price", you can easily pack in it. Same with the rest as in other products of this company. They are neither better nor worse than those branded with the largest brands in the local store. I stay with Convoy, which is quite sufficient both on the road and on cross-country roads.
It's hard to call them bicycle lights, they are universal flashlights with a handle to be mounted, among other things, on a bicycle to be able to shine a light while riding alone through the forest.
But as a bicycle lamp for use on public roads, it is not suitable. The optics in these lamps are symmetrical, they shine evenly around in all directions - also upwards, blinding those who would approach from the opposite direction.
Real bicycle lights have asymmetrical mirrors that provide a clear cut-off like in car lights, so they do not blind and more light is directed onto the road.
On the one hand, you are right, on the other, reality looks a bit different from how it should. The example of Mactronic, which is a typical bicycle light, shows that most devices, in any case, cast a light beam with a completely round cross-section. From my own experience, I can say that probably all the lights I had shone in this way. It is obvious that when we have a light in front, we do not direct it in a line parallel to the ground, which I see very often on our roads ;-)
A circular beam directed downwards enough not to blind will be
illuminate only a small section of the road just in front of the wheel, and in addition it will be
lighting very uneven.
With Convoy or this particular Mactronic, maximum
will be at a distance equal to only twice the height at which it is located
he finds, that is, by mounting it on the handlebars a meter above the ground quite
it will strongly illuminate a point 2 meters in front of the steering wheel, but that's it
is 4 meters in front of the steering wheel will remain dark (even if some light still reaches there, the difference with the closer bright area will be so great that everything further away will seem completely dark).
That's why most people aim their flashlights higher and blind others in the process.
A typical bicycle lamp of the same power will illuminate quite evenly up to 20-30m in front
bicycle and not blind anyone in the process.
A bicycle light can be easily recognized because when looking from the front you cannot see the diode, only its reflection in the mirror (the diode shines towards the mirror).
In online stores, you can also recognize them by the fact that they provide not only the number of lumens but also the number of lux - i.e. how bright it is on the road.
Such typical bicycle lights are made by Axa, Bush & Muller – but you can also get cheaper Chinese equivalents of these lights.
And even the aforementioned Mactronic has something like this in its offer, e.g. the Citizen model
Is this 150lm rear light really not suitable as a light solely for daytime driving?
Half the price of Flare R, twice as many lumens, blinking mode – I thought it would be ok.
It seemed to me that 150lm for a daytime running lamp was just right.
In both: Bontager Flare R and Lezyne Strip Drive Pro I was missing a few more lumens.
So far I was leaning towards Bontrager, but this Ugoe NB22-00 looked reasonable on paper.
Of course, the lack of a weaker mode and, as it turns out, a continuous mode as well, disqualifies it as a night lamp.
I wrote to Majfriends about whether they could add such modes, but communicating with them is a nightmare.
PS. This 150lm rear model is NB22-00, but in fact the naming, or rather the numbering, is sick and you can get lost in it.
It should be fine for daytime driving only. You just have to place it sensibly so that it doesn't shine directly into the eyes of drivers. If you were missing lumens, you'll find them here, although I'm not sure if they're really needed. In my opinion - great if you plan on driving on rarely used roads during the day - even a drunk won't miss you.
Did you check out this C&B Seen 500lm lamp when you were in the UK?
and I had? ;-)
edit: oh shit, now I noticed it's the back one: they went crazy!
You wrote to me in private "Oh thanks, I'll check it out"
So, really, nothing binding.
Don't get excited about the 500lm, because with an 800mAh battery it is probably unattainable.
It's great that the battery is replaceable, which is probably unique among rear lights with a battery level indicator.
Unfortunately the whole lamp is terribly "bulky".
But the teddy bear logo is awesome ( :
aaa, I didn't connect that. My mistake: check - I did check, but I meant only on the internet ;-)