I have a MaxxD and fine it ace for commuting, so not sure why people are saying it’s not suitable
Mostly because on the road it puts a fairly large chunk of it’s light into the face of oncoming vehicles.
Even when angled *very* downwards and on low a Maxx-D punts a lot of light out upwards and can be quite dazzling to oncoming pedestrians, cyclists and motorists, especially motorists since bar height is that much closer to their head height they get more of a faceful that cyclists and pedestrians.
When on unlit roads due to the beam shape to see a decent way down the road when travelling > 15mph you need to have it pointing quite far forwards for decent spread, at which point coverage right in front and to the sides becomes poor and you’re going to dazzle anyone heading towards you.
It’s a very bright light but the beam pattern is just not very suitable on the road, it’s fantastic offroad as you get a decent spread and it copes very well with undulations and extreme changes in gradient, but on the road you can get much better usable illumination for far fewer lumens and without blinding anyone coming towards you with a better shaped beam (which Exposure do offer in some of their other lights)