I like them, and have got addicted to having lots of light choices..
I have:
An original Magicshine or clone P7 C bin
A Sub 66 P7 D bin
A Magicshine 3 x XPG lighthead
and on it's way is a P7 D bin Gemini Titan (Bike Ray 2) lighthead.
I also have a couple of headtorches with some kind of cree (R5?) spot...
And loads of batteries.. all Chinese, all have been well behaved.. 4400mah and 6600mah etc.
Hope R4, Hope Vision 2 (in the queue for a Trout upgrade) and a Cree torch from EBay that doesn't work - replacement on the way.
3 I suppose, really- a MJ872 (atomic darkness-f***er), a MJ810 (XML) and a P7-D torch with an external 4-cell battery pack.
Also got another P7-D torch which is on my commuting helmet. And an XML torch which controversially, I use as a torch.
around a dozen home made ones varying from 100 lupins to 900
MJ872
AyUp's
Led Lensor P7
2 x Tesco Cree's
Is an XML T6 about the same brightness as a D bin P7?
With mine, the XML is brighter but much narrower. Though it's hard to compare fairly, the XML's nature means that even though it's got a decent wider throw it gets a bit blown out by the spotlight, the high contrast makes it seem duller than it is.
2 x P7 torches that the kids use for riding home from school, & a 1200 lumen DX jobbie that I've had a few weeks. Usually run 1 x P7 on the bars & 1200 on the helmet.
1x exposure strada
1x exposure diablo
Both grat imo as about 50% of my riding is on road and the diablo complements the strada for anything off road.
2 x Cateye DoubleShots
1 x Magicshine XML
1 x Ultrafire Torch helmet mounted
Ay-up V4 adventure kit.
3.....2 MJ872's & 1 from torchy the battery boy
4200 claimed lumens if required 
MJ872 on the bars (atomic darkness-f***er) - Made me laugh! nice1
MJ808 on the helmet
Knocks the fun out of it tbh not dark anymore. Blooming ridicules!!
1x DX P7 "Bastid"
1x DX XML-T6
1x P7 18650 torch (used as both a torch and sometimes a helmet light)
all good....
MTB:
2x DX P7 (the new '1200' lumens ones)
1x blackburn mars rear
1x P7 torch (helmet mounted)
Road:
1x knog front (cant remeber the name/model)
1x knog frog? rear
1x cateye rear
and prob about 3 or 4 more in the shed
Incidentally, the MJ-872 has just made pretty much all of mine redundant... Just tried it as a head light for the first time and it's phenomenal- seemed to make more sense on the bars with a 810 on the head but I think the MK872 on its own is more effective. Takes you past the point where throwing more light at the scenery makes much difference, and gives a much more even and consistent light than having a spotlight bouncing around in the beam does.
Will probably still run the P7 on the bars though as a backup.
Exposure Joystick and Toro
eBay P7
L&M HID
An original bastid.
A mickey mouse bastid.
An mj872.
An XML torch.
Sold : XLM bike light, niterider x2 dual (300 lumens - OMG in its day 3 years ago!).
Broken (at various stages thereof): 3 x MTE SSC P7 torches.
10 in total. If I include whats out in the stair well, must be at least double that.
Front lights;
1x Cateye Singleshot
1x L&M Stella 120
1x Hope 4
Rear lights? Who's counting? 
Troutie Darkness Dominator
Triple XPG in Lumi Hid housing
Triple XPG in Dinotte 200 housing
Lumi Triple (XRE)
Single XML 900 lumen troutie DIY jobbie
XML T6
Lumi Halogen to Led conversion
Ultrafire XML torch with Joystick helmet mount
Think thats all..
Heh. -1 XML light 
Troutlight LL for the bars
Baby trout for me napper.. 
well due to the above excesses does anyone want to sell me one of them! bigvern52 at hotmail dot com
then i can go for a ride in the dark too
i troutie @ 900 lumens
1 helmet light about 600
1 commuter light - cutter kit about 600 lumens
4 lummi batteries
varous small flashing LEDs front and rear
troutlight
hope thing
exposure maxx daddy - 1200lumen
exposure diablo - 900lumen (helmet)
perfect!
Darkness dominator from trout -lots of lumen (bars)
D-star led light 1800 lumen (helmet)
OW, im thinking about a maxx-d, have you compared against an MJ872?
Im not as impressed with mine as everyone else seems to be.
FRONT:
Troutie lumen lib mk3
Exposure little 2 led Race
A cateye backup/commuter
and a little 5 led keyfob sized backup
Edit: forgot my 2 £10 tesco torches of a couble of years ago for occasional helmet mounting with a joystick bracket
REAR:
two decent cateye rear lights and a knog rear light which is crap and let in water and stoped working which i cant get my money back on coz i dont know if i kept the receipt and im not going to search the house looking.
Too many, my favourite is still my old Lupine Telsa 5, great beam and lightweight. It's not just about the lumens. Also a fan of the Exposure Flare Pack for commuting.
Front
An original Bastid
Ultrafie AA torch
Dinotte 200L
some crappy smart light (that are not actually that bad but the are not 'real' lights)
Exposure Flash (short battey life but i love it)
Rear
2 Smart 1/2 watts
exposure Flare
Dinotte 140L rear (simply awesome but the battery pack is a pain)
couple of other random rears
Lupine Edison HID that I need to find the charger for!
Exposure Maxx D
Joystick
Flash/Flare
Dozens of Cateye rear lights
too many... all home made..
2 halogen plumbing pipe specials with philips masterline bulbs 10w and 20w
XPG LEd lights...
1 hoppalight mk 1.8 950 lumens ish
1 hoppalight mk 3.2 1300 lumens ish
1 hoppalight mk 4 1800 lumens ish
1 teenyweeny mini hoppalight mk5 with 950 lumen ish
and plans for a few more with XML's when funds permit..
its an addictive hobby!
Not really sure if you can call them lights as they don't light anything anymore because I was shafted by the companies by them not providing any kind of after sale service.
1 Cateye Stadium light (broken)
1 Lupine Eddison (broken)
But now a new Troutie Liberator. Don't see the need for any other lights now TBH.
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