I opened the box, when it arrived. I was not prepared for how good this light looked. This light is "manufactured from machined aircraft grade aluminium and finished with military spec anodising". Whatever. It looks really good and really expensive. It is the Maglite of bicycle lights and I haven't even turned it on yet.
The first thing to do is read the manual. Everything really just fits into place and is very logical. However, be warned, it does state not to use the Max light setting without travelling at least 10kph as it heats up very quickly. Fair enough. Max setting is 1800 lumen.
A quick check to make sure it is charged. Here is the first thing you'll notice. It is not charged by a USB charger. So yet another charger in the bike shed. At first I thought this was a negative. However, as the company explained, a standard charger simply couldn't output enough power to the light to charge it in a reasonable time frame.
So more spaghetti at the charging station :-) Take note of the red LED on the charger (one on the left). The manual states the light will turn green when charging is complete. It doesn't specify where the light is. So I was worried none of the three lights on the Indigo5 were lighting up during charging. Then I noticed the LED on the charger itself had gone from red to green and the penny dropped.
As mentioned, the charge input connector is not a mini/micro/USB connector. The LEDs above the power connector are the power on light and indicator as to how much charge is left in the battery.
Mounted on my bike. Make sure you mount it correctly as the first time I mounted it, my knee kept hitting it when I was out of the saddle. User error only.
So. How bright is it? Holy Moley! It's bright.
Video I took of the four different solid light settings.
So what do I think? The Indigo5 is to bicycle lights as GoPro is to portable sports cameras. This light looks and feels top quality and as can be seen from the video, 1800 lumen lights the whole street up. I thankfully purchased the bezel so I only light the road in front of me and don't blind oncoming traffic. I have used this in the dark and while it was raining. Even though it was covered in road grime and dripping wet, it did not feel like it was ever going to be a problem. Great for mountain bikes.
Have a look at http://indigo.lighting for further details including the latest price. They are now selling for $249 with free shipping. In my opinion, it is well worth the price. I've even been looking forward to early morning rides so I can use the light :-)
Oh and it is an Australian company based in Adelaide.
