![]() There's a Hyperconstant setting too, which is low power with a full-beam strobe that's brilliant for getting seen in the daytime. ![]() Most of the time I stuck to low power, using the higher beams on deserted lanes. Even on Normal I got flashed a couple of times by cars thinking I was a motorbike stuck on full beam. On the road, it's often too much: certainly when you're in traffic it's just too bright to use considerately. ![]() In the woods it's fantastic: the amount you can see is astonishing, to the point that your skill, not the visibility, is often the limiting factor. Normal is generally fine for that but if you're really screaming down a descent then you can go for the mega beam I seldom used it on road. The All-Night setting is plenty of light to navigate by in the darkness, although when you're heading downhill you'll want to switch to a higher beam. From a light this size that's mighty impressive. In fact, assuming it's summer riding and you're frugal with the high beam, you could probably do a whole weekend. That means you can genuinely ride all night with the Volt 1200. You get two hours on full (Cateye's battery life predictions are pretty accurate), five hours on Normal (about half power) and a whopping 17.5 hours on All-Night, which I reckon is about what the original Nano Shot used to kick out, 250 lumens or so. But the Volt 1200 puts out masses of light on full, more than some lights that are rated higher in terms of lumen output. We loved the 250-lumen Nano Shot and we loved the 600-lumen Nano Shot Plus. They've been steadily increasing the power of their torch-style lights over the last three years and they've come out with some crackers.
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