I have two Busch & Müller Ixon Core battery powered lights that I got from Peter White. Yes, I love them. Great beam pattern, doesn’t blind anyone, and running two is plenty of light. One of the reasons that I got them is that I read somewhere (can’t find where now) that you can charge the light and run the light at the same time. Indeed, this works! I have a USB battery bank in my front bag plugged into the lights. I can leave the light on and charge it at the same time. I have successfully used this on several long rides where the lights otherwise would have run out. I have run them for over 10 hours on high power and the lights stayed on the whole time. My Zendure battery pack was only ¼ down in power, so I suppose I could run them continuously on high power this way for 40 hours??? I haven’t tried because that seems silly, but maybe I’ll have to do it…For Science!
The Ixon Core lights are mounted on my Mark’s rack and plugged into the Zendure battery pack in my Sackville TrunkSack Small. I just leave them like that always. I even rigged rain proof booties made from a cut up inner tube for the Ixon’s so that the charging port can’t get wet in the rain (even with the USB plug inserted into the light). I plug the battery pack into a USB wall charger when I get home. The Zendure has a “charge through” capability so the battery pack charges itself and the lights at the same time. In the morning, I’m ready for another day of riding. I just leave the lights on continuously during my rides day or night because…well…because I can and why not have daytime running lights? I can also use the battery pack to charge my phone and use it for navigation (which otherwise runs down the phone battery rather quickly). The Ixon Core lights are plenty good for 95% of my riding, but I would like to have a more powerful light mounted on my handlebars for use as a high beam when I’m riding through the woods at night. The Ixon Core’s are a little dicey by themselves in that situation, especially on a fast descent. Anyway, I was told that this “light up and charge at the same time trick” will NOT work for many other lights. Specifically, I was told that the Light & Motion Urban 800FC Headlight can’t do this and that it turns off as soon as the charger is plugged in (according to an Amazon customer who answered my question). Hmmm…I’m testing it now with a Cygolight Streak 350 USB that I have. Seems to be working…at least the light didn’t turn off right away when I plugged it into the battery pack. I’ll have to let it run for a while and see what happens. So now I’m wondering what other lights this works for and which ones it doesn’t work for. I guess it doesn’t really matter because I would use the third bright light only as a High Beam for short periods when I really need it. I’m not going to leave it continuously on and blind people. So…has anybody else tried something like this…successfully or otherwise? Which lights work and which ones don't? Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
