I currently ride with a couple of Romisen RC-F4 (CREE CR123) torches zip tied to my helmet. They give about 1 1/2 hours riding each. Not great in terms of beam spread etc but they have been okay for the last couple of winters.
I am thinking of treating myself to something new as my wife has purloined the torches for general household use.
I prefer helmet lights to bar lights so light lights are preferable.
What is the best thing out there for <£100, that can be strapped to the helmet and/or bars, lasts at least 2 hours and is nice and bright?
Is it best bought in the UK or US or is there no difference?
So no-one on here actually buys lights? You all get Trout to build them for you?
aww c'mon Nick, at least try [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php?q=lights&x=0&y=0 ]!![/url]
Ask Trout if he'll sell you a Hammond box light.
Looks to me as if it'll suit your requirement for being cheap and helmet mount
How about one of these; 3hrs high, 9hrs low:
Bastid with helmet mount? Spokeshirts one is nicer though (I own the bastid).
buy a joystick.
I've got the ubiquitous Magicshine and think it's a fantastic bit of kit, totally reliable thus far and plenty of output.
I'm gonna get the spokeshirt one when I have some money.
i use 2 fenix lights on my head and a magicshine on the bars, all the light i need, there maybe better options this year though. get about 1:30hrs on the fenix on full, but take recharagble AA
give us a shout nick if you want to see them for real