As per freeagent I have an exposure strada 1200 on the bars and an exposure joystick helmet mounted, works for everything really. On road commutes the helmet light is for emergency use only, i.e. fixing mechanicals.
Strada only needs to be on low for even the darkest moorland bits of my commute and lasts the whole week of 20 miles each way commutes without needing charged.
Also have a Moon Comet X Pro on flashing on the bars.
After going cable free I couldn’t go back to using lights with battery packs.
the expposure strada will be all you’ll need for seeing and the moon would do as an emergency get you home light. You should get all that for under £300 if you have a british cycling 10% off code for chain reaction. If not email or PM me and I’ll send you mine.
Edit: £278.47 to be precise minus 10% so £250 🙂