If your N+1 is getting out of control with both mountain bikes and road bikes – or you have a bit of a gravel fetish which sees you switching from road to trail multiple times – you should take a look at the Ravemen PR2400. With the ability to switch between a road friendly lens and the full-monty 2,400 lumen, five LED option, this is a light that covers all eventualities. Chuck in great build quality, a wireless remote, decent burn times and an easy-to-read display and you can’t go far wrong.

I’m a massive fan of the PR1600, Ravemen’s highest-powered road specific front light,and it’s sat on my handlebar for the last couple of winters. The twin LEDs and lenses do different jobs: one offers a wide, flat ‘dipped’ beam, while the other gives a full-beam floodlight effect. A simple tap on the button switches from dipped to full beam, just like in your car.

Since the world went mental last year though, my riding has centered around the large expanses of near uninhabited gravel trails on my doorstep, often linked by short sections of road. The PR2400 gives me that useable light on the road, while also delivering a huge amount of punch on the trails.

It’s a single unit – as in there is no external battery pack – which is impressive, considering its small size and ability to kick out 2,400 lumens for 1.5hrs.

The Ravemen uses five LEDs. There’s a central diffuse one for road use, while off-road mode adds in the four around the outside. Let’s kick off with the road mode.

Light up

The way the lens has been designed gives the central LED that flat, cut-off beam Ravemen uses on its road lights. It gives decent spotlight up the road without the spread heading for the sky, alongside a wide pool of light just in front of your tyre to pick up potholes and other obstructions. If you haven’t tried a light like this before, it really is amazing compared to many other competitors. The spread of illumination is very impressive.

You get five road modes, which you scroll through; there is no hi/low dipped beam like you get on the PR1600. High gives you 900 lumens (3.4hrs), Mid is 500 lumens (5.5hrs), Low gives 300 lumen for 11.5hrs and Eco allows 45hrs at 100 lumens.