Looking for lighting suggestions

[Bruce K]

I am thinking about a two light system for night cross rides (yes we do that around here at times) and commuting.

I am thinking 1 on the bars and 1 on the helmet. Something mid to lower priced so as not to totally break the bank.

Run time about 4 hours would cover pretty much all local rides and 2 way commutes

BK

[sales guy]

If you're looking for self contained, I've been using Lezyne lights for a bit now. Been super happy with them. I have the 400 and 500XL models. Work great. Not expensive and come in a kit that has an extra battery, two bike mounts and a helmet mount.

[crownjewelwl]

Search for it...been discussed

[stien]

I love my two niterider lumina lights. One 650 and one 500. One would be good enough.

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[rinconryder]

Check out jet lites. I haven't tried them but they got good reviews from mtbr. I am about to get a new lighting system and am strongly considering this set up.

http://jetlites.com/product/jet-dual-beam-e-lite-series/

[mtb_frk]

I have a lumina 650 and a cygolite tridenx 1300. The cygolite has a nice wide beam where the lumina is narrower. So I run the lumina on my helmet, and the cygolite on my bars. They are both quite bright, I find for dirt road roads I set the lumina on low and cygolite on high or boost. I feel that you can't have too much light. Most of my rides are in the 1-1.5 hr range. Depending on how much light you need 4 hours might be tough with a internal battery light. There's a version of the tridenx with a bigger battery also.

These lights are really quite amazing for the size. I used to run two HID light and motion lights and these are every bit as bright and way cheaper.

[Ralph]

Dinotte.

[bluesea]

I'm a Dinotte fan, but picked up this one recently--lighthead only so I could use reasonably priced batteries. Well designed, high quality, great value.

http://www.action-led-lights.com/collections/gloworm-lights/products/gloworm-x1-850-lumen-bike-light

[sjbraun]

Urban 550 and/or 700.

Brilliant lights. I found the beam pattern on the Urban 550 to throw more useful light than the Lezyne 1000 lumen mega drive.

The L&M lights are small and light and will easily fit on your helmet or bars.

Look around, someone was selling the Urban 700 for $125 a few days ago.

[93legendti]

Here's a good bargain option:

http://www.amazon.com/SecurityIng®-3800Lm-Headlight-Headlamp-Bicycle/dp/B009QX8B2Q/ref=pd_sbs_sg_2

[BumbleBeeDave]

I love my two niterider lumina lights. One 650 and one 500. One would be good enough.

I've got a Lumina 600 and love it. The mount that year (2 years ago, I think) was not great, but they have upgraded the mount along with raising the light output and I got the new clamp off Amazon for only $12. My 600 also came with both a bar mount and helmet mount. So for a good bit under $300 you'd have a great setup with both lights.

BBD

[Ahneida Ride]

I am thinking 1 on the bars and 1 on the helmet. Something mid to lower priced so as not to totally break the bank.

BK

Quality lights could actually save you fed reserve shopping coupons.
Just consider what it mitigates the risk of.

Take a look at DiNotte.

[madness]

this light is so handy. I feel it is a great all around light for the money. if you need allot of light for single track, I would look for one of their lights with a separate battery pack. the dual lights are excellent for night time single track.

[umami]

I have the Taz 1200 and a friend has the Taz 800. Both of them at max brightness are way too bright for most city riding at night. I run mine on the lowest setting in the city, and it gets about 6 hours of battery life at that level. The beam shape is excellent--very broad and even. You can see very objective comparisons of their lights to a bunch of the competition on their website.