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First look: Nuke Proof Reactor light

By Matthew Cole

This Nuke Proof Reactor light is the latest piece of kit to drop in the office, and we’re looking forward to putting it to the test as the evenings get depressingly darker.

Using a Seoul Semiconductors P7 Emitter with a claimed 900 lumen output, the Extreme package at £249.99 has interchangeable lenses – spot, wide flood or medium filter – and comes with a helmet mount and four-cell battery with a claimed full-power burn time of four hours.

A cheaper Eco light is available at £199.99 with a two-cell battery that gives two hours' run time at full power.

There’s a power level indicator on the battery to let you know whether you can keep blasting at full whack or need to switch down a power level.

For commuters who like their front light to flash, there are three modes to choose from, and we’re told that a rear light is on its way which will pump out up to 400 lumens. We can’t wait.

Available through Hotlines UK, keep your eye out for a full review of the light on BikeRadar.

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  • 900 lumens is a lot of light for an LED of that size. That's about the same amount of light as a 75 Watt incandescent light bulb.

    Over-statement of LED light output is very common.

    This is what the US Govt are doing about it:

    http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/caliper.html

    For example, download summary report 5 and look at "misleading product literature" on page 12.

    As always, beware manufacturer claims, but PARTICULARLY for LEDs.

  • nice looking light, nasty looking bracket.

  • Looks similar to the new Luu lights On-One are doing on special offer for £140 - similarly stated output for half the price - mine's on order

  • 700 lumens is more normal for a P7 (the clue is in the name). 900 is a theoretical max output - without optics - and only if you can get the efficiency of 90 lumens per watt. So this would pull 10 watts for 900 lumens, and give 4 hours burn-time? It appears to be an LUU* P7 in a different shaped housing that has NukeProof written on it. LUU* P7's are £199, and give a 680 lumen output, for just under four hours, on the same (looking) four cell battery as in these pictures. Either something is lost in translation, or someone is garnishing the truth with theoretical outputs and burn-times.

  • Add to that the fact that it looks a bit like a Philishave colourway :) The LUU lights are great value for what they are and I'm sure the sales of them compared to these will reflect that.

    I would be interested in seeing the insides of a LUU and a Nuke Proof. I'm guessing that they are basically the same apart from the housing. Both probably assembled in China for < £50.

  • or for 250 quid you could buy around 7 p7 torches from DX tape them together and burn the retina of anyone in your path.

  • £200 for a P7 torch in a pretty housing, blimey, I'll take 10!

  • You can get a P7 emitter based bike light with a 4 cell li-ion battery for $80 / £50 on dealextreme. This is exactly the same thing in a different looking tin can for £200+.

    I'm sure they will make a tidy profit, but you'd have to be a mug to buy one at these prices!

  • ive got one of these but im no mug as i got it as a replacement for a faulty niteflux photon max (big shout to high on bikes for 1st class customer service) i also have the dealextreme p7 4cell light and side by side there is a big difference. i reckon the nukeproof is actually beaming 900 or there about lumens the dealx light id put in the neighbourhood of 700ish the nukeproof comes in a smart tin with lots of extras the dealx comes in a nice box but no extras just the basics. battery life for the dealextreme light is between 2.5-3 on high the nukeproof burs for over 4 hours full tilt which tells me its using a higher grade emitter and better quality cells. for the money the dealextreme light is an amazing light but for longterm reliabilty and performance the nuke is an accomplished package

  • thought i would give this light a quick review, Bought a few weeks ago so Ive now had a chance to test this out. I have used this light on both road bike and full bouncer.

    Firstly, its a great looking solid light, it will compliment any handle bar , road or MTB. attaching to the bike is a simple clamp and screw job.

    The light is very powerful, and holds it own with most lights that the guys i ride with own, whether it is the full 900 lumens, I will never know, but most of the sets-ups in the group are all around 700/800 and its equal to that no probs.

    the battery seems to be pretty accurate to the manu's timings aswell,

    so that all the good, now the bad, well not much really, the clamp is a little annoying, you have to tighten this up to the very max to keep the light from moving around when hammering down tracks or riding fast on rough roads, it does have a tendancy to work its way up in the air, which is where you dont want the light to be pointing, but im sure budding engineers out there can stick in an extra bit of rubber to help the washers out in doing there job of keeping the light firmly in place.

    the other thing i would mention is that i bought the eco pack, this was at the top end of my budget already but I kinda wish i did stretch that little bit further and got the endurance pack , we normally ride for atleast 2/3 hours, so that extra battery power, will give you that comfort of not having to alternate and manage the power outputs and you get the helmet clamp aswell.

    All in all, if you want a quality light that shines very brightly and looks good on the bike then this is the one, the clamp with a little messing can be rectified,

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