I have a couple of P7 torches, one with a Turboferret battery pack, they're very good. Delivery for those was around 2-3 weeks each, with an order for extra batteries about the same. But these bike lights seem to give them nightmares, I don't think they carry stock of them so they're sloooow.
I keep saying the same thing, people go out and buy Newts and Joysticks and Ayups for hundreds of pounds, but if you compare the light output and effectiveness of these lights with any of those, you'd think it was the expensive light and they were the cheap option. They're all better made, possibly more reliable, certainly nicer to look at- but it's dark, you can't see 'em 😉 The only person I've ridden with me who can out-light me is a guy with a Seca 900, which has a little more output than either of my lights, but also kills them with its perfect beam pattern. But then it cost about 4 times as much as my 2 lights, and it's not better on the trail than my 2 (it'd be much better than one of mine, but not the pair)
Peachos wrote,
"i used one last night for the first time as i had lost a bolt for the clamp on my Hope 2 LED's and i can say that despite having a brighter output (900 vs 480 lumens) they are nowhere near as good. the beam pattern is too focused so when you're riding down tight, twisty singletrack you lose visibility when your wheel's pointing one way and you're looking the other. never had this problem with my hopes. i suppose you could always buy two and stick one on your head to combat this."
Yup, that's exactly what you should do. Are you riding with just a bar light? Not the best option with any light really… If you can only have one, put it on your noggin.