At NiteRider, we work hard to stay ahead of the curve when designing our future product lines. It is an exciting, dynamic time in the world of lighting and battery technology with developments occurring at a lightning pace.
It’s all about
At NiteRider, we work hard to stay ahead of the curve when designing our future product lines. It is an exciting, dynamic time in the world of lighting and battery technology with developments occurring at a lightning pace.
It’s all about lumens! There is a lot of information today about LED technology as it relates to bike lights and some of it can be confusing. Inevitably when talking about LED light output the conversation leads to “How many lumens?” But what is a lumen and how is it measured?
A lumen is the unit of measurement of luminous flux, a measure of the power of light perceived by the human eye.
Measuring lumens – Many bike light manufacturers arrive at their lumen outputs by simply quoting the LED manufacturer’s specifications. The problem with this theoretical method is that it does not take into consideration light transmission loss, which can be over 30%! This can lead to a gross overstatement of real world lumens.
At NiterRider, we believe in doing things differently. We strive to ensure our quoted lumen outputs are measured and accurate just like our run times and charge times. At our headquarters, we randomly select 10 completed lighting systems, test each of them in a device used to measure lumen output called an integr