Bright Battery Headlights

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...+Stell a+300L

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:
In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...+Stell a+300L

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.

--

Kristian Zoerhoff

On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:
On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.


Thanks for the endorsement. I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)

On Aug 27, 1:02*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:





On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

*Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. *I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. *No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare..

Thanks for the endorsement. *I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)- Hide quoted text -

Dude, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, go down to Bike
Gallery TODAY! ALL shoes half-priced. I bought some new commuting
shoes -- just in time to avoid having to pay a cobbler to replace all
the Velcro on my old shoes. I may still have the old shoes fixed.
I'll give them to my jumbo-footed son. -- Jay Beattie.

On Aug 27, 1:25 pm, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Aug 27, 1:02 pm, Dan O wrote:



On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.

Thanks for the endorsement. I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)- Hide quoted text -

Dude, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, go down to Bike
Gallery TODAY! ALL shoes half-priced. I bought some new commuting
shoes -- just in time to avoid having to pay a cobbler to replace all
the Velcro on my old shoes. I may still have the old shoes fixed.
I'll give them to my jumbo-footed son.

Unfortunately, I don't (have money in my pocket). It's just a wish
list. And there's a whole need list above that. And the headlight
isn't even on top of the wish list (Ortlieb bags). Of course, about
the time I hit something significant that I should have seen in the
dark, the headlight will move up to the "need" list.

Speaking of hitting things that I should have seen, ever since I got
my prescription riding glasses, I seem to have had fewer flat tires.
(I try not to dwell on it so as not to wake the sleeping Murphy.) I
don't think it's so much that I am dodging objects, but am probably
seeing debris zones better and maybe picking a better line.

On Aug 27, 9:02*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:





On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

*Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. *I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. *No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare..

Thanks for the endorsement. *I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)

Perhaps it is time for you to look into a hub dynamo and a Cyo and
give up charging all those batteries. It's what I would do for an
extra margin of security if I commuted your distances. You don't have
to buy the spendy SON hub dynamo; the better Shimano ones are as good
(I have SON and two kinds of Shimano hub dynamos and they're all
fine). The thing is to have the best possible lamp, and that's the Cyo
Plus with a BUMM taillight, also with standlight, switched off the Cyo
(I have the D-Toplight XS Plus, which until recently was the best BUMM
sold, but the Toplight Line Plus is newer and very well spoken of).
Now, with the change out of your two hundred bucks...-- AJ

On Aug 27, 2:27 pm, Andre Jute wrote:
On Aug 27, 9:02 pm, Dan O wrote:



On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.

Thanks for the endorsement. I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)

Perhaps it is time for you to look into a hub dynamo and a Cyo and
give up charging all those batteries. It's what I would do for an
extra margin of security if I commuted your distances. You don't have
to buy the spendy SON hub dynamo; the better Shimano ones are as good
(I have SON and two kinds of Shimano hub dynamos and they're all
fine).

High quality and serviceability of the load bearing parts are the
critical criteria in wheel hubs.

The thing is to have the best possible lamp, and that's the Cyo
Plus with a BUMM taillight, also with standlight, switched off the Cyo
(I have the D-Toplight XS Plus, which until recently was the best BUMM
sold, but the Toplight Line Plus is newer and very well spoken of).
Now, with the change out of your two hundred bucks...

On Aug 27, 10:57*pm, Dan O wrote:
On Aug 27, 2:27 pm, Andre Jute wrote:





On Aug 27, 9:02 pm, Dan O wrote:

On Aug 27, 9:25 am, Kristian M Zoerhoff
wrote:

On 2010-08-27, Jay Beattie wrote:

In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+...

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

*Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. *I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. *No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

B&M Ixon IQ Speed. I bought mine directly from Peter White, and looooooove
it. Super bright, easy mount to the handlebars, and won't blind oncoming
traffic unless you specifically aim it to.

He also has a bunch of photos of various dynamo and battery beams at
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/headlights.asp if you want to compare.

Thanks for the endorsement. *I had the Inoled 10+ and battery pack on
my short list of bike things to buy with the next $200 burning a hole
in my pocket, but if Peter say's it's "undoubtedly the best road
headlight available for the money", and you are so highly satisfied
with yours... I'm going to revise my wish list.

(I only know that my current, Planet Bike 1-watt, headlight is way
better than no light at all, but not "super-bright".)

Perhaps it is time for you to look into a hub dynamo and a Cyo and
give up charging all those batteries. It's what I would do for an
extra margin of security if I commuted your distances. You don't have
to buy the spendy SON hub dynamo; the better Shimano ones are as good
(I have SON and two kinds of Shimano hub dynamos and they're all
fine).

High quality and serviceability of the load bearing parts are the
critical criteria in wheel hubs.

The more expensive Shimano hub dynamos have Ultegra level bearings.
The Shimanos may be serviceable; certainly the Paul Lange netsite in
Germany had service instructions (in English) the last time I looked.
The SON has to go back to the factory if it breaks or wears out.
Generally speaking, it seems to be accepted that a Shimano dynamo hub
will last at least 40,000 miles but a SON will make 100K easily. At
that point the price difference becomes roundabout nil. How long
before you notch up a 100K miles? -- AJ

The thing is to have the best possible lamp, and that's the Cyo
Plus with a BUMM taillight, also with standlight, switched off the Cyo
(I have the D-Toplight XS Plus, which until recently was the best BUMM
sold, but the Toplight Line Plus is newer and very well spoken of).
Now, with the change out of your two hundred bucks...

On 8/27/2010 9:11 AM, Jay Beattie wrote:
In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...+Stell a+300L

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

The consensus on bang-for-the-buck super-bright LED seems to be this
one: "http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29489".

On Aug 27, 5:11*pm, Jay Beattie wrote:
In my annual quest for a new headlight, I found this duo:

http://www.cambriabike.com/shopexd.a...ight+&+Motion+....

Seems reasonably priced, and $.30 below MSRP!

*Is there anything on the market that is a real bang for the buck in
the super-bright LED category. *I don't need really long run times,
but I do need a good mount, sturdy wiring and reliability. *No
dynamos, please. -- Jay Beattie.

For that kind of money you can get a BUMM Big Bang and by a VW with
the change! But it's an offroad light, far too strong for road use, as
I suspect the lights above are. For a source, see Peter White.

BUMM's Ixon, available in various versions, is a rechargeable version
of the Cyo dynamo light that several of us find most satisfactory. It
has a public road spread and horizontal cutoff like a car light, is a
better lamp than even on a dynamo at moderate speed than was fitted to
VW in the Beetle days. Again, see Peter White at the reference
Kristian has already given.

The problem with BUMM lights for someone who likes excitement of
buying new lights every year is that they last well, certainly longer
than a year.

Andre Jute
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