New "Program As Your Ride" Trail, Commuter Lights from CygoLite

Lights are a hot topic…we’ve posted quite a few new models and a review recently, with more coming. (Just search “light” and you’ll see what we mean). Here’s another one:

CygoLite has just upgraded their offerings with entirely new OSP (On Site Programmable) lights for mountain biking and commuting that let you customize the settings at any time.

OSP gives you control over brightness levels and flash rates from the buttons on the unit. On their top-of-the-line Centauri 1000 (above), it comes with four preset brightness levels and four blinking modes already programmed, from which you can tweak ’til your little heart’s content. Supposing you’re the type to leave well enough alone, the Centauri looks to be a pretty solid unit straight out of the box with two quad-chip LED lights that pump out over 1000 lumens.

Jump past the break for beam comparisons, pricing, specs and all that jazz for this and two more models…

The Centauri 1000 comes with a helmet and bar mount, an aluminum alloy body and a system weight of just 425g. The Li-ion battery is pretty small (below) and claims 2.75 hours of runtime on high adn up to 12 hours on the lowest setting.

Full Specs:

Two Quad-chip High-Brightness LEDs
Over 1000 lumen LED output
OSP technology to program brightness on-the-fly
4 Bicycle modes (Hi, Med Hi, Med Low, Low)
4 Special modes (Fast flash, Slow flash, Walking, SOS)
Light setting & battery level indicators
Compact Li-Ion battery pack
425 gram total weight
Handlebar and Helmet mounts included
MSRP: $449.95

The CygoLite MityCross was updated mid-year and is a smaller, lighter version of the Centauri with many of the same features. It also has the OSP, dual LED beam and comes in at just 240g. Two versions are available, the 320 and 400, with 320 lumens and 400 lumens respectively. The button on top doubles as a battery life indicator, changing colors to let you know how much juice you’ve got left.