I finally purchased a quality Mtbike helmet light after years of using inexpensive and homemade Frankenstein lights from spare LED parts (I work for a commercial lighting company). The beam pattern and spread of the Hangover light is superior to other lights available. The controls are intuitive and easy to use. Nice work Outbound Lighting!
I wired this directly to my Ebike light output with a 12 to 5v converter. Works fantastic!
Bought a trail evo and a Gloworm adventure light for my bikes and between the two I like the trail evo more. Easier to install and use charges faster and no external battery wish charge lasted a little longer but is more than enough for a good night ride in the woods also from what I can tell so far has a great warrenty and people to back it up. Buy this light with confidence you made the right decision.
This is by far the best lighting company out there. I thought there was an issue with my handle bar mount being slightly bent and off center. Turns out it’s just my OCD. But none the less Tom was very helpful and sent me a new one to try out. After that I’ hit the trails where this light did not disappoint. I thought my Old Trail edition was bright but this knocks it out of the park. That one is now on my son’s bike. Together it looks like daytime in the woods. I feel so privileged to be able to run such bright and quality lights.
I have been using an old cygolite light for about a decade on my bars and various small lights on the helmet. The batteries in my current set up are finally kicking the bucket so I decided to upgrade or I bought the outbound lighting. I did buy a nice night rider Lumina 2000 that worked pretty damn well.
Ultimately, I decided to buy this for my birthday and it truly is the best light I’ve ever used a cast such a wide beam. You can see everything. Every night writing video I post on Instagram get several questions about what light I’m using.
Great attachment to the handlebars and the helmet. The light beam is awesome and the intensity is just perfect. The combo is the best, but even the Evo is enough(I forgot to bring the Hangover a few times).
After 3 rides with my Evo and Portal (and loving every minute of them!), I decided to try their feature of through-charging for an upcoming 6 hour night race. I'll test it at home tonight and report the run time. At their suggestion, I opted for one of the brands listed in their article on power banks. This is a Ravpower 20-watt/20,000 mAh unit. (MY guess on the unit I bought). Such a brilliant feature they build into the circuitry.
I would not consider anything other than outbound lights. I have used and seen others use other brands, I have not seen any light that compares to-the quality of outbound. Sure the physical lights are great, I am talking about the actual visual spread of light that they provide. I can see every tree that I got at night in the woods. LOL
Purchased the Trail Evo for gravel bike riding and it’s been an amazing light! My vision at night has deteriorated but with the beam pattern and brightness of the Trail Evo I don’t have any issues. The wide angle beam provides pretty good visibility when going around corners so using a single light is possible if you don’t want to use a helmet mounted light as well. Using the action camera mount (not included) I can mount the light under Coeffiecient bars without any clearance issues and it looks super clean. It’s nice to have a single unit light without any wires running to a battery pack. Well made, solid unit, and if you’re in the market for a light, would highly recommend you take a look what Outbound has to offer.
I wrote an initial review that was a little negative on not having extra shims for the mount. Well mine was off center competing for space with my Garmin mount requiring an odd shape shim. After analyzing throughly I came up with a simple solution. I switched to a different Garmin mount requiring enabling both devices to be in the center not requiring additional shims just a little electrical tape. So everything is great now. Time for a ride in the dark.
Then you need this light. It’s just on another level when compared to the other lights on the market. Bright, functional light! Extremely well made. Great battery life and awesome customer service.
Have had an Outbound Hangover since the beginning and LOVE it! I live and ride in a suburban area, not the trails, but need all the features! When I have to ride the streets, drivers are crazy... even the oncoming traffic, so I make sure they see me with the Hangover in daytime strobe mode. When I go ride the various 10-50mi paved trails in the area in the early morning, I use medium or adaptive modes, so the runners/walkers can see me approaching, but also so I can see things approaching me. On Thur of this week, the THING approaching me was a croc on the path. He scampered off thru the weeds and into the water (dark spot in the water just above the handlebars). The Hangover is perfect for a helmet mount OR a stem/bar mount. One key thing that lead me to the Outbound Hangover from the light I was running, is that my old light when powered on, generated enough signal interference to disconnect my wireless computer from the sensors on the bike. I changed to Outbound and never had that problem again. Outbound stands behind their products with an amazing and responsive team and the best warranty in the business! Thanks Outbound!! (now make me a tail light!.. I'd even take a Hangover with red lights).
I’ve been looking high and low for not just a great light, but one which enabled me to mount the light UNDER the handlebar without mounting the light upside down and throwing the light pattern the wrong direction or in the best case scenario, forcing you to turn it on and off via a button, now (upside down) on the bottom of the light!
This light has been extremely well thought out. I’ve been able to mount it under my bars with the light in the correct orientation and can still easily operate the button. If you can’t understand why having your headlight mounted UNDER your bars is important, than two things are obvious. Number one you’re riding in a park!🤣 Seriously, if you’re riding single tracks at NIGHT, it’s not IF you’re going over the bars, it’s WHEN. Secondly, if you’ve ever had to service your bike on a ride (like change or patch a tube), you know the easiest way to do that, whenever the trail permits, is to flip your bike upside down on your BARS and seat. If you’re light is mounted on top of your bars that makes service difficult and crashes calamitous for a headlight. AND I’m not some inconsiderate dick who just doesn’t give a shit because you guys are so awesome and will replace it. That’s all good but, any warranty claim would cause downtime which I’m trying to avoid. I say “trying” because again if you ain’t smashing, you ain’t crashing and I didn’t drop $8k on my bike just to ride it in the park on a warm Sunday afternoon. That having been said, both my Evo and my Portal purchases have been money well spent and though not cheap, if you’re ride is worthy of some worthy lights, look no further.
I got the lights and I was excited to try them out on my upcoming bike packing trip, but the mount did not clear my handlebar bag so I reached out to Customerservice and they custom 3-D printed a much taller light mount so the light would not interfere with any bike packing bags mounted up front so awesome. They have my business and I will be referring friends to this company. The mount is just as high quality and secure as the one that comes with it. Dont waste money on cheap anazon light mounts
Got this last night and took it for a 10pm start time ride up in the Utah Rocky Mountains. lit up the world, saw so many deer, elk and it never skipped a beat. Charged enough on the 1.5 hr drive that it lasted the few hours on adaptive mode that we rode.
The Best Bike Lights for your helmet and handlebar with performance so powerful you'll forget you are riding at night.
The best self-contained wireless handlebar light on the planet. No comparision. Incredible brightness and battery life.
Bringing a headlight from your car to your bike. Featuring a panoramic, perfectly even cutoff beam pattern that prevents blinding oncoming riders, pedestrians and traffic.
Slim, lightweight, designed specifically for your bike helmet. The perfect companion for your adventures.
