![]() ![]() Both lights feature a wireless remote that straps right on the handlebar with no adapters. Both the X2A and the XS lights tested here have interchangeable lenses making the set-up options incredibly versatile. Gloworm are known among many riders as "the light people." Their X2 Adventure is a smaller battery version of their X2. By no means do you need to stick with the same brand on the helmet and bars, that's just how I grouped things together. There's a Gloworm option that couples the helmet with the bar mounted unit, one with Niterider, and so-on. The lights are reviewed together for each brand, when applicable. Thermal Rollback is when a device, in this case, lights, gets hot and then lowers its output in order to decrease the operating temperature, thus preventing damage to the light, causing burns or worse. We did our best to make this easy to understand, but I'm going to guess that a number of people don't know what "Thermal Rollback" is. He has torn apart and analyzed nearly every bike light available so there's no better person to help pick apart a few lights than him. He has multiple LED chip design patents to his name, is also a mountain biker, and rides at night as much as in the day. Specifically, for seven years, he ran an R+D department at Cree - the manufacturer of LEDs used for nearly every bike light on the market, including all of the ones in this test. ![]() Because lights function differently in varying conditions and a good looking light doesn't always mean it functions well long term, I consulted and collaborated with my friend Tom 'Danger' Place, who has years of light and LED experience.
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