Front light for unlit roads/offroad

[StuAff]

For AAs, Hope Vision 1. Widely available, excellent light output, superb customer service (circuit board went on my older one after five years' use, replaced FOC).

 

[Blue Hills]

+1

Keep things simple.

In years to come the hope will still be running when many of the gimmicky usb thingies are good for nowt but fairy lights.

Rechargeable batteries eventually wear out? Simples - get some more which will by then be cheaper and better.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

My hope vision 1 failed several times on bad roads and cut out instantaneously & without any warning whatsoever when the batteries wore down. 5am pitch dark & raining is a PITA to be taking the lamp off the bars unscrewing a tight backplate fiddling with the flimsy plastic battery hod, faffing getting the new batteries aligned right first time, putting the hod in just right reassembling and reattaching it all ready to go again, when you can get your cold wet hands back into your gloves.

Cateye volt 300. Unscrew the cartridge battery screw in a spare and away you go, no dismantling, no need for more lights just to see the light you're fixing, nothing to break or misalign, one unit not 4 batteries plus hod plus light housing plus backplate. & the volt has never jolted itself to turned off on a bad track & has a better range of light options.

Each to their own tho, I was happy to offload my Vision 1.

 

[summerdays]

My hope vision 1 failed several times on bad roads and cut out instantaneously & without any warning whatsoever when the batteries wore down. 5am pitch dark & raining is a PITA to be taking the lamp off the bars unscrewing a tight backplate fiddling with the flimsy plastic battery hod, faffing getting the new batteries aligned right first time, putting the hod in just right reassembling and reattaching it all ready to go again, when you can get your cold wet hands back into your gloves.

Cateye volt 300. Unscrew the cartridge battery screw in a spare and away you go, no dismantling, no need for more lights just to see the light you're fixing, nothing to break or misalign, one unit not 4 batteries plus hod plus light housing plus backplate. & the volt has never jolted itself to turned off on a bad track & has a better range of light options.

Each to their own tho, I was happy to offload my Vision 1.

The old Hope 1's gave no warning of the batteries running down (I have two of those and like them despite that), the new ones I gather do warn about impending battery failure.

 

[Blue Hills]

Yes they do.

I have the old one. It can be alarming when the light suddenly goes so i think it id best used with a smaller light as well.

Have been thinking of getting a new style one (33 per cent brighter for same battery drain apparently) but been wondering when a new new one might come out. If anyone has any ideas, please pitch in.

 

[carcharodon]

Smart 700 lumen usb. Around 30 pounds, long run times and enough light for off-road use...