Bike front headlight recommendation?

[Jdm]

I’m going to buy an outbound light with GoPro adapters. Waiting for the Black Friday sale. Thank you!

[charliedid]

Another plug for the Outbound Detour.

In addition to the stated....I like the option for pass through powering were I to use it on an extended ride/trip. Keeping a charging block in my handlebar bag is a great back-up power option.

[robin3mj]

Exposure lights are great. I’m on my third headlight over the last ten or so years. They mount with a cleat and you can easily find a third party GoPro doodad for mounting option expansion.

I think the road version is the Strada.

[tanghy]

Originally Posted by Jdm

I’m going to buy an outbound light with GoPro adapters. Waiting for the Black Friday sale. Thank you!

good choice

[BdaGhisallo]

Originally Posted by robin3mj

Exposure lights are great. I’m on my third headlight over the last ten or so years. They mount with a cleat and you can easily find a third party GoPro doodad for mounting option expansion.

I think the road version is the Strada.

I've never tried their headlights, but Exposure's lineup of tail lights is fantastic.

I've always been a Lupine user for headlights. Very well made, very bright but also very pricey. But they are a great option if you want a really bright front light with a lot of options.

[hokoman]

Originally Posted by Jdm

I’m going to buy an outbound light with GoPro adapters. Waiting for the Black Friday sale. Thank you!

I bought a Detour light a couple months ago, and I think it would make a good light for commuting where you are riding straight and there is some ambient lighting, but I thought the side lighting was a little lacking. The beam is very direct in output towards the front, but where I am in Lisbon, I make a lot of tight turns and there is not enough side lighting for my liking. I ended up putting my dynamo light back on (Klite Race) and it has a much nicer beam for seeing where I am going on the turns.

I might be the only one with this issue because everyone raves about their lights. I considered getting their small helmet light to use with it, but getting anything shipped to Portugal is a PITA.

[makoti]

Originally Posted by Derosid

Wow, that looks fantastic. I might have to try it. One of the most annoying aspects of most bike lights is how they blind everything/everyone in their path.

I opened the thread to suggest this light, so I guess that's a +1

[froze]

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

I've had good luck with Niterider and they currently have 20% off with free shipping on purchases over $80.

SPP

I like my Niterider Lumina Pro 1100 light too, but it is more of a road light not a MTB light for trails, which is ok with me since I don't ride offroad. What I really like about the light is that once the battery no longer holds a charge, I can send it back to Niterider, and for $30 they will check all the electronics, replace the battery, reseal it, and send it back. But so far after 3 years of use the battery is still holding a charge like it did when it was new, my Lezyne Macro Drive 1100XL I had the battery slowly went bye-bye, and by the end of the 3rd year the battery was toast. The other thing about that Niterider battery is that the battery actually lasts 15 minutes longer than the light manual said it would, so Niteride must underestimate their battery life; whereas the Lezyne lasted about 15 minutes less than they said it would when it was new. Both the Niterider and the Lezyne had the same lumens on the box, but on the road the Niterider is definitely brighter.

I had the same problem with Lezyne battery going dead in 3 years with the Zecto tail light, whereas I've have a Niterider Omega 300 still going strong after 3 years, and I have a Niterider Sentry Aero 260 for about 5 or 6 years and it too is still going strong.

I love Lezyne mini pumps, they're the best made, but I will never buy another light from them.

[slowpoke]

Originally Posted by BdaGhisallo

I've always been a Lupine user for headlights. Very well made, very bright but also very pricey. But they are a great option if you want a really bright front light with a lot of options.

Shameless plug, but I'm selling a Lupine light in case anyone's interested. Admittedly, it was an aspirational purchase.

[Bob Ross]

Originally Posted by froze

I like my Niterider Lumina Pro 1100 light too, but it is more of a road light not a MTB light for trails

How do you make that distinction, is it because of the beam pattern? (width, spread, whatever it's called)

fwiw I'm a big fan of the Niterider Lumina for road use ... I don't do any off-road riding these days (or nights) ... but for genuine nighttime riding I go with a pair of them, one on the bars and one on the helmet.

[froze]

Originally Posted by Bob Ross

How do you make that distinction, is it because of the beam pattern? (width, spread, whatever it's called)

fwiw I'm a big fan of the Niterider Lumina for road use ... I don't do any off-road riding these days (or nights) ... but for genuine nighttime riding I go with a pair of them, one on the bars and one on the helmet.

Supposedly the MTB light has a more of a bright flood pattern; whereas the road light will have a bright elongated beam so the rider can see further down the road, something that isn't really useful for trail riding. Also, people who do offroad riding usually find that a much brighter light, like 1,800 lumens and higher is more beneficial riding offroad, whereas with a road bike, a person doesn't generally need anything more than 1,200 lumens...though some riders might get a brighter light than that.

I rarely turn my Niterider to the 1100-lumen boost setting, most of the time I'm using 900, which according to the manual will run an hour and a half, but I'm getting an hour and 45 minutes.

I always take two lights with me, I have a Phillips Saferide I take, and if the NR runs out of battery then I just turn on the Phillips. That Phillips was a very nice light, I've had it for roughly 16 years and it still works great, the only downfall was it uses 4 AA rechargeable batteries, the original set was low amp hour bats and would run for about an hour and 10 minutes on high, they claimed an 1.45 but I didn't get that much until I bought much higher amp hour bats and even with those I get 1.30 out of them. But it has an excellent beam, too bad Phillips didn't change the battery to a modern type that had a lot more amp hour rating and increased the LEDs brightness levels.