This tool, the Lucido TX1 headlight, headlamp or head torch (which I will call headlight from now on), is an item I bought from my outdoor shop at the beginning of my tour. I especially liked it on the recumbent bicycle as my rear light was not very good. The headrest on the recumbent was carbon fibre but finally broke in China when a man tried to stop me from riding away. Therefore I show how I mounted the headlight to the headrest exemplary on a phone handset.
Some people I met on the tour have reported problems with the power cord breaking after some time on other headlights. I never had a problem like that with this headlight even though I used it on a daily basis for 20 months.
Now this is a picture how the light had been mounted on the headrest (side view). I had some loss in comfort when leaning my head against the headrest but had the full power of the light directed to the back. The full power, that is the 1W Luxeon LED in the center for the long distance light, the two smaller LEDs for near-field wide angle flood light and the three red blinking LEDs at the battery box. In Iran for example I also added a reflector west to the bike for increased visibility on the dangerous highways at night.
The battery box takes 3 AA (mignon) batteries of which I had many, all rechargeable ones for environmental, economic and performance reasons. I didn’t have any trouble not even in very wet environments. The picture below is with two batteries still in use after almost 2 years usage on tour. They were ANSMANN 2500 mAh batteries if I remember correctly.
There are two buttons for controlling the functions of the light. They’re right at the top of the light. Here are the functions which each of them serves:
- Left) Push it once will enable/disable the long distance 1 watt LED in the center, push for 3 seconds will enable the 1 watt LED and the two flood light LEDs sitting beside it for full power to the front
- Right) Push it once will enable the two LED flood light in low-power mode, push it another time will switch to the high-performance mode and a third time will disable them. Push it for 3 seconds will enable/disable the 3 red LEDs at the battery box in blinking mode.
Now to protect the optics and LEDs under harsh conditions or when you don’t use the light and have it together with other (heavy) equipment in a bag, you can turn around the front LEDs so they’re protected. That will look like this
I am still using the light now after the trip for jogging and cycling at night time. The only problem I have right now is a loose connection which makes it a bit uncontrolable at times - I have to check whether the Mammut company will exchange or repair it on guarantee.
During the tour I have met and cycled with people without such a strong headlight with the near-field and distance features. I often had to lend my light away to them. That’s why I have written this review, because it’s one of the tools I don’t wanna miss and I would have missed a lot on my tour.
The only drawback is the pretty high price of almost 80 €. I was lucky to have a gift card of 200 € from my outdoor shop with which I could pay for the headlight.
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