[KSagal]

I have mounted lights high and low for years. There have been many threads about the merits of mounting the lights at different heights.

Personally, I have lights mounted at different heights for different reasons.

My primary forward white light (a 5 watt digital segway light made my dinolte) is mounted on my cargo frame over the left wheel. The matching 5 watt rear light is mounted on the same cargo frame facing to the rear.

I have a 3 watt and 5 watt option on the front light, and generally use 5. I have several options for the red rear light as well, and generally use the 5 watt blinking. Many have said it is down right annoying to follow me at night, as the light is so bright and flashes in a way that is hard to miss. I love this light for this very reason.

I also have white lights in the form of a band of bright white LEDs mounted on the platform front, at the point where the batteries meet the platform. I have a matching band of red LEDs on the platform rear.

I further have some bright green LEDs in the batteries void area in the middle of the bottom of the segway. This illuminates the sidewalk or roadway directly beneath the machine.

Lastly, I have a handlebar mounted light or more, mounted at the highest point on my lean steer, actually above all on an accessory bar.

From the bottom up, all have their uses and capacities.

The green LEDs shine straight down, and while this is a personal choice, and perhaps the most fashion driven light system, it is none the less very noticeable to most people. It makes the machine seem to be floating on a green cloud.

The white in front, and red in back line of LEDs is to aide observers and drivers to easily be able to tell if I am coming or going. The segway when seen at night is often hard to judge some of the movements. I prefer that others see me well, and this traditional lighting concept is easy to understand.

Furthermore, because it is only 6 inches over the ground, the angle of lighting is very flat. Because of this, it highlights many surfaces that may otherwise be missed. Any small rock, or uneven sidewalk seam is well identified by its shadow.

Next up in height, over the wheels, so about 2 feet, is my headlight and tail light. Like most with those names, the primary function of my head light is to light my way. This is an angle of lighting that I prefer, again, it gives me a good angle on what I am gliding toward. My tail light is primarily to alert others to my being there, and to avoid getting hit by them.

Both these lights are about the same height as the lights on my car, or there abouts.

Up higher is the light or lights on my handlebar. These are high enough, and move with the leansteer, and become my directable spots, and are used kind of like high beams, to help me differentiate different obstacles in my path.

This last set is bike height, which sets an okay expectation from motorists, but I did not want it to be my only presentation.

Again, most of these lights have been discussed in other threads, but most are from years ago. It is a very valid topic for this ever renewing forum participants.


One other consideration to make when mounting lights is that the machine pivots when moving. If you mount a light that you like on the machine, and finds it shines exactly where you want it to while gliding 6 miles per hour, it will shine closer to the segway when going faster, and farther away when going slow, or something like that. (I prefer to have the lights look out farther in front of me while going faster, and closer to the segway when going slower.) Your focal point needs to be farther forward when going fast, as compared to slow.