Solidlight 1303 review

This looks basic, but has neat practical features. The centre-pointed three-LED output gives decent coverage for middle ring single-tracking, although it lacks depth compared to HID lamps.

Our rating

4.0

The Solidlight is extremely simple to set up and use.

Guy Kesteven

Published: December 1, 2006 at 12:00 am

Our review

Not pretty, but solid close-up singletrack performance if you have enough bar space

This looks basic, but has neat practical features. The centre-pointed three-LED output gives decent coverage for middle ring single-tracking, although it lacks depth compared to HID lamps. With both small battery pouches linked up it runs for a fair time, and it has a dimmer cruising setting to conserve battery life.

The weatherproof glass-free head, locking cable connectors, 'flash when connected' battery life indicator, tiny pouch batteries and thermal regulator mean easy set-up and running. It's light, though the broad head can be a fight to fit on higher rise bars. The single battery pack version is £250, and the single LED 1103 option costs £195.

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Guy Kesteven is one of the world's most experienced bike testers. Having started out working in bike shops, Guy moved into journalism in 1996 and has since written for some of the most respected bike publications out there, including BikeRadar, Cyclingnews and Bike Perfect, while also running his own YouTube channel GuyKesTV. Yorkshire-born Guy is a mountain biker through-and-through, and after more than 25 years as a bike tester, knows what separates the wheat from the chaff. Still, Guy is more than comfortable on drop handlebars, too, not least with the rise of gravel riding. Guy is 180cm tall.