jimoots
09-08-2014, 08:57 PM
Hey all.
I came across this kickstarter campaign earlier this morning in my early morning interweb trawls.
I'm not usually drawn to kickstarter efforts... but this one is out of my hometown by a few local product engineers, so it immediately 'cut through' and caught my attention.
But the keeping the 'local' fact aside (as local to me is far-far-away to many on here), it does seem like a really nice little product.
Basically what it is, is a really nice light. It kicks out a fair bit of light, but it is a broad beam... so I'd call it 'usable' and less anti-social light.
The package is also pretty nice - an all in one unit, good battery life on lower (but still bright) modes and really neat mounting options. I'm a big fan of under bar, and it checks that box, but there's also an integrated Garmin mount option which seems quite nifty if you're that way inclined.
They're asking A$155 (approx US$145) for a pledge, where you get the light and basic mounting hardware (the Garmin mount is extra). I think that's a pretty good deal considering how nice the light looks. RRP after the launch is said to be somewhere around A$250.
Anyway if you want to check it out, the link with a real nice video is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64634946/indiglo-5-the-brightest-single-led-bike-light-go-f?ref=nav_search
And some concept images I will place here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/465/887/ca52ae794c8f3ba9dfbc2dea380f0256_large.gif?1408586 886
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/544/095/43c35113b56efc701f95ca0d9217c640_large.jpg?1409988 825
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/483/630/1f521c839ab8c545a0e034d9b43faea0_large.jpg?1408953 230
Finally I have no interest in this project other than hoping that it gets off the ground so I can get one. I've pledged $155 to the project, my affiliation ends there.
I came across this kickstarter campaign earlier this morning in my early morning interweb trawls.
I'm not usually drawn to kickstarter efforts... but this one is out of my hometown by a few local product engineers, so it immediately 'cut through' and caught my attention.
But the keeping the 'local' fact aside (as local to me is far-far-away to many on here), it does seem like a really nice little product.
Basically what it is, is a really nice light. It kicks out a fair bit of light, but it is a broad beam... so I'd call it 'usable' and less anti-social light.
The package is also pretty nice - an all in one unit, good battery life on lower (but still bright) modes and really neat mounting options. I'm a big fan of under bar, and it checks that box, but there's also an integrated Garmin mount option which seems quite nifty if you're that way inclined.
They're asking A$155 (approx US$145) for a pledge, where you get the light and basic mounting hardware (the Garmin mount is extra). I think that's a pretty good deal considering how nice the light looks. RRP after the launch is said to be somewhere around A$250.
Anyway if you want to check it out, the link with a real nice video is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64634946/indiglo-5-the-brightest-single-led-bike-light-go-f?ref=nav_search
And some concept images I will place here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/465/887/ca52ae794c8f3ba9dfbc2dea380f0256_large.gif?1408586 886
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/544/095/43c35113b56efc701f95ca0d9217c640_large.jpg?1409988 825
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/483/630/1f521c839ab8c545a0e034d9b43faea0_large.jpg?1408953 230
Finally I have no interest in this project other than hoping that it gets off the ground so I can get one. I've pledged $155 to the project, my affiliation ends there.