Super sweet!
I wish I bit the bullet and got the downhill package but better late than never. Having the trail evo is a huge game changer! Night rides have never been less scary and confident!
I have the new Portal and the Evo light fit my mountain bike and detour gravel light. Super well made, easy to use, insanely bright and focused just where you need the light. Perfect!
The customer service is also spectacular! 👍 highly recommended product and company!
I had a Bright Eyes 1800 lumen light, it was bright, I hated the brick, you have to park the bike close to an electrical outlet to be able to charge it. When it is really dark your eyes adjust to the bright light in front of you and everything else gets blacked out that is a problem if a large dog is running at you full speed not barking because you will not see him until he is right on you so I discovered. Scared the mess out of me. And you will miss turns if you don't know exactly where you are. The Bright Eyes is bright I had pedestrians shielding their eyes and cars flashing me so I was constantly adjusting the light on the fly. It had great distance but blinded everybody in front of me also could not see directly in front of my tire, that's not good. Tilt the light down so as not to blind everybody and I had good light in front of me but not much distance. Not a problem in the city but country roads are a different story.
The Outbound Lightening is not as bright but has a much wider field of view more defused light so you see the whole road well and don't have the dark tunnel effect. The second lenses is the bomb lights up my front tire and the road right in front of my front tire super well. Great design love the light, no more brick for me. Super convenient to pop the light on and off of the bike very secure mount the over all build quality is excellent.
I choked on the price a bit but after using the light a few times I got over that real quick. You gotta have good light if your going to ride dark country roads and this is a good light.
This is a real bike headlight not a strap on flashlight.
Swift delivery to Bavaria within less than a week, wow! During my first extended night ride the Portal Downhill Package kept all promises on quality and durability. Plenty of light, already in low mode which is certainly sufficient for every type of approach or uphill riding. Going downhill with high mode was a day-like experience! After nearly 3h in freezing conditions both battery indicators still showed 75% charge. I can only recommend these lights, especially in combination!
The Hangover has been my go-to helmet light for a couple years now but I'll be using the Portal on my solo gravel night rides from now on. Might stick with the Hangover for group night rides.
The Portal is heavier on paper and in hand than the Hangover, but that weight difference was not really noticeable once on my helmet. What IS noticeably different is the light beam - the Hangover is a spot light, whereas the Portal has a good solid core but also a wider spread that lights up the periphery, which is a bonus on the tighter twisty sections on my favorite trail. I paired the Portal on my helmet with a Detour on my bars for a recent gravel rip and had ample light, even with both lights on medium.
I might choose the Hangover for group rides as its spot beam is easier to control (and thus less likely to accidentally blind my fellow riders) but is still plenty bright for lighting up turns.
But wow, this new Portal really puts it out there.
Well done, folks!
orignially bought the hangover as a helmet light, but use it mostly as a bar light now as its so good. When I broke the mount after 8 months, Jason at Outbound told me “it doesnt matter if it fell from a Redbull airplane from 10,000', we'll get you taken care of.” and they did, back in my hands within a week
These lights are awesome sight is greatly improved
I ordered some accessories and inquired via email about something that I needed that they didn’t sell. I exchanged several emails with a guy named Jason and as it turns out, they have what I needed but don’t sell it. They added it to my order for free. That was nice but the thing that stood out is that Jason took the time to actually correspond with me and very patiently and thoroughly answered questions and sent me multiple emails as if he didn’t have hundreds of other inquiries to respond to. It’s not often that anybody takes that much time for a single customer who’s not spending a lot…..all I ordered was a couple of bar mounts and a bag for 2 lights. Even though the lights are expensive they are the best and Outbound matches their quality products with quality service. I’ll be buying their lights for a long time.
Well these are vastly differ when I did this 20 years ago!! (I’m 52) Don’t have to put that huge battery in my bottle cage!! These lights LIGHT the trail UP and the headlight is a perfect match as BOTH are really needed to be safe and have fun!! So thank you for an awesome product with NO BS! Now getting another set for my wife who recently got back into mountain biking again!!! Opens up a whole new world of fun!! PS.. get the cable holder thing, my buddy got the same lights but failed to get the cable holder and noticed his cables bouncing around on him, what cables I said??!!! 🤘🤘
So bright. So clear. Hell yeah! Whenever I drive home from a night ride after using Outbound, I realize how bad my car headlights are. I thought it was because I’m old now and have poor night vision. Clearly it’s my headlights. So thank you for making me feel better about myself.
This light is amazingly powerful given the size. Not cheap, but a great example of "you get what you pay for" and completely worth it. Pics are high, medium, low output.
The Evo / portal combination is more than I expected. It’s really turns a dark trail into daylight. Very pleased with the combination. The overlap of the two lights is amazing. No weird hotspots or any real difference felt in brightness. So when turning head into direction about to go. Once the bars come around with the Evo. The two lights just seamlessly blend back together. Plenty of throw and a nice warm light . Both lights feel very well made. The weight of the portal was felt but not weighing down my helmet or causing it to want to shift the helmet around. Probably thanks in part to the low profile of the light. Overall very happy with the investment.
This is the best helmet light I have used! Lights up the singletrack perfectly!
Good morning, I received my Trail Evo Bike Light in a very timely manner. Installed the mount to my road bike with the intention of swapping to my mountain bike when needed. I was super impressed by the quality and the difference settings. Mounting over my bar tape and cables was a bit of a challenge and a little squishy. I was able to move it over inline with the stem and just under my quad lock for my phone. It’s now secure and looks awesome. The adjustable mount sure helps with how far you want it to project. The confidence I have now with night time road riding is a game changer and the safety it provides is a good feeling. I only wish I would have bought the package deal to include the helmet lights. Well done by the designers. I would buy it again. Thank you.
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