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<\/a>The tiny cleat looks wildly small under a 403g Six Pack, but it stays quiet and solid.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t Most bike lights are bright now. The difference is what they do with that light. Ride next to someone using a cheaper or less considered setup and you\u2019ll often see a bright hotspot surrounded by dark rings, black patches or a whole lot of wasted light. The Exposure beams are clean, with a shape that puts light where you need it.<\/p>\n For 2026, Exposure has added USB-C charging across its off-road range. The handlebar lights also get a larger colour OLED display, Reflex 2.0 and the ability to charge other devices. We\u2019ve had the new Six Pack Mk15, Toro Mk16, Diablo Mk15 and Joystick Mk18 out on the trails.<\/p>\n Made from aluminium, not plastic<\/p>\n Exposure has stuck with the same basic idea for years. The battery, electronics and LEDs all live inside a machined aluminium body. There are no separate battery packs and no cables running around the bike.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t The finned-like body also works as the heatsink. That matters when you\u2019re running several thousand lumens, since heat is one of the main reasons a light will drop its output. The cooling fins and alloy housing help move that heat away from the LEDs.<\/p>\n All four lights are rated IP67, which in normal talk means they are properly sealed against dust and can handle being submerged in up to a metre of water for around 30 minutes. Rain, creek splashes and muddy winter rides are not going to bother them, but maybe don\u2019t take them surfing.<\/p>\n Exposure still services older lights, replaces worn batteries, smaller parts, brackets, bits, cables and chargers, and stuff. You cannot necessarily update an old light with the latest gizmos, but a tired battery or damaged mount does not have to send the whole thing to the bin.<\/p>\n USB-C, finally<\/p>\n USB-C is a great update! The old Exposure chargers worked fine, but you had to know where they were. These can be charged with the same sort of cable you\u2019re already using for a phone, GPS, laptop or power bank.<\/p>\n The Six Pack and Toro can also send power back out through the USB-C port. You can use the light battery to top up a phone or GPS, which could be handy for bikepacking, wireless drivetrain hacks, music, long phone calls or riders who are much better at charging their lights than their phones.<\/p>\n OLED and Reflex<\/p>\n The Six Pack and Toro now have a larger colour OLED display. It shows the current mode and an estimated runtime in hours and minutes, super clear and vibrant.<\/p>\n You can look at the screen, see whether the light will do what you need, or what you have planned.<\/p>\n Reflex 2.0 adjusts the output based on how you ride. Using what we can only assume is wizard magic and accelerometers from the future, it backs off the light during slower sections and gives you more when you are moving faster or descending.<\/p>\n We found it quite subtle. We also weren\u2019t doing huge rides where we needed to conserve every bit of battery, so we didn\u2019t rely on it too heavily. For longer winter rides, bikepacking or 24-hour events, it sounds kinda useful. The light can sort out some of the battery management without you constantly pressing buttons.<\/p>\n As we found, it is there when you need it, but you can still choose a fixed setting and ignore the clever stuff.<\/p>\n Exposure Six Pack Mk15<\/p>\n Output: 6000 lumens Six thousand lumens is a fairly ridiculous amount of light.<\/p>\n The Six Pack reminded us of the early days of HID Technologies and NiteRider systems at 24-hour races. You could see the riders with the fancy, expensive lights from way away, and it always felt like they had an advantage. More light meant more confidence, and usually more speed, less unpredictable chaos.<\/p>\n The Six Pack is soooo bright, it\u2019s remarkable. It puts out so much light that night riding starts to feel like day.<\/p>\n There is one tighter 12-degree optic in the middle, with five 16-degree optics filling the trail around it. You get plenty of reach, but the foreground and edges of the trail remain visible too. It avoids that tunnel effect where the middle of the trail is bright and everything else isn\u2019t very bright.<\/p>\n It is big, and at 405g it has some weight to it. Still, having everything contained inside the light is much neater than carrying a separate battery. The OLED display is useful here too, since it is very easy to burn through power if you leave 6000 lumens running when you don\u2019t need it.<\/p>\n It is almost a novelty, but in a good way. You might not need this much light for every ride, but it is very nice having it.<\/p>\n Exposure Toro Mk16<\/p>\n Output: 3850 lumens The Toro is probably the one we would use most often.<\/p>\n It is smaller and lighter than the Six Pack, but 3850 lumens is still plenty for proper trail riding. Its 12-degree beam is more focused, giving it good reach along faster trails, fire roads and gravel sections.<\/p>\n It does not spread light as widely as the Six Pack, which makes a helmet light a useful partner. The Toro shows you where the bike is heading, while a Diablo or Joystick lets you look through a corner as you turn your head, before your handlebars get there.<\/p>\n For regular winter rides, it feels like a good balance. It has enough power to ride quickly without putting such a large unit on the bars. It also gets the same USB-C charging, OLED display and Reflex system as the Six Pack.<\/p>\n Exposure Diablo Mk15<\/p>\n Output: 2000 lumens The Diablo has been a go-to helmet light for years.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t The Mk15 produces 2000 lumens and can hold its maximum output for a claimed hour. It uses a 12-degree spot beam, which suits a helmet light. It puts a clean patch of light wherever you turn your head without trying to light up the whole forest.<\/p>\n That makes a big difference on tight trails. A handlebar light points where the bike is going. The Diablo points where you are looking, helping with corners, switchbacks and awkward dips where the bar light cannot quite reach.<\/p>\n It also has Tap Technology, which lets you change modes by tapping the light or helmet. We can take or leave it, though it is handy with gloves when you do not want to reach around for a small button.<\/p>\n At 118g, it sits neatly on a helmet and has enough power to be a useful light rather than just a backup.<\/p>\n Exposure Joystick Mk18<\/p>\n Output: 1200 lumens The Joystick is the little one.<\/p>\n It gives up some power to the Diablo, but at 104g it is very easy to forget about once it is on your helmet. Paired with a Six Pack or Toro, it adds light wherever you are looking without putting much weight on your head.<\/p>\n It is also the one you can throw into a backpack, jersey or cargo bib pocket when there is a chance the ride might run late.<\/p>\n The mounts<\/p>\n The Exposure handlebar mount is tiny, neat and very secure.<\/p>\n It uses a two-piece hinged clamp, which can be a little fiddly when you first fit it. You need a 4mm hex key, and there are a few small parts you would rather not drop into the grass.<\/p>\n Once fitted, the light clicks into the little cleat from underneath. Removal is tool-free, nothing rattles, and the light does not move around on rough trails. It does feel slightly wild hanging a 403g Six Pack off such a small fitting, but it works.<\/p>\n We did manage to hurt one clamp in a crash. The bars hit the ground and the light rotated around them. It stayed attached, and the movement probably helped take some force out of the impact, but the clamp mechanism has had a little play in it since.<\/p>\n There is no obvious crack or broken part, and the clamp is replaceable, so we will likely swap it out. A softer rubber mount might have flexed without damage, but we would not necessarily want one holding a light this heavy on rough trails either. That is the trade-off.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t The helmet mount is easy enough to work around different vent layouts. On a helmet with a clear centre vent, such as the POC pictured, the light can sit in the middle. On something like a Troy Lee Designs helmet pictured, it may need to sit a little off to one side.<\/p>\n Using them<\/p>\n Most of our time with these lights has been fairly normal riding. Wet trails, dark finishes and winter rides where we find our way out of the trails, or commuting home.<\/p>\n Apart from the clamp after the crash, everything has been flawless.<\/p>\n The biggest difference is still the beam. Ride beside a light with dark rings, black spots or a badly shaped throw and you can see why the Exposure lights cost what they do. The trail looks more even, there is useful light further ahead, and you do not feel like you are riding inside a bright oval surrounded by darkness.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Diablo and Joystick. A mount through a central helmet vent is easiest, though a slight offset worked fine too.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>The lights come in a proper padded case, with the bar clamp tucked alongside, all charging bits and mounts included.<\/p>\n<\/a>A live runtime is much easier to understand than a blinking battery LED.
\n<\/a>A tiny telly on the bars, but at least it shows something useful.<\/p>\n
Runtime: 2 to 36 hours
Weight: 405g
Price: $989 AUD<\/p>\n<\/a>The big dog. Six LEDs and a claimed 6000 lumens.
\n<\/a>Dropping in. Night riding turns familiar trails into a different game, woooo yeah.<\/p>\n
Runtime: 2 to 36 hours
Weight: 260g
Price: $719 AUD<\/p>\n<\/a>The Toro is probably the one we\u2019d use most. Still huge output, with less bulk on the bars.
\n<\/a>Is there more oxygen at night, or was that just us getting excited?<\/p>\n
Runtime: 1 to 36 hours
Weight: 116g
Price: $479 AUD<\/p>\n<\/a>The Diablo is best known as a helmet light, but it can do bar-light duties too.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Runtime: 1.5 to 36 hours
Weight: 104g
Price: $380 AUD<\/p>\n<\/a>Small enough to throw in a pocket, useful enough to save the ride home.<\/p>\n<\/a>The quick-release cleat is tiny, crisp and tool-free once the clamp is fitted.<\/p>\n<\/a>Centre is best, but these units are light enough that a slight offset is no bother.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Joystick, Diablo, Toro and Six Pack. There is plenty more in the range, but this covers most night-riding needs.
\n<\/a>The beam is where the money starts to make sense. Useful width, decent reach and fewer dead patches.<\/p>\n