Well, if this summer goes as its looking, I'm going to be spending a lot of saddle time on my bike... which is fine, I enjoy riding. But as a method of daily transport, I'm going to most likely be riding at night on less-than-rare occasions.
Right now I have a Petzel Solo headlamp, and with the high output bulb and the long-throw reflector I barely have enough reach and no where near enough side spill or run time to be effecient as a cycling headlamp. I'm thinking something like the Dorcy 1watt LED headlamp might work well, but I don't want to buy something that isn't a very noticable improvement over my Solo... and I also am not keen on spending a lot of cash ($50+? Might not be much for a flashaholic, but I'm not one so its all good).
Does anybody have one of those dorcy's? What about something else in the sub-$50 range? Doesn't have to be the absolute brightest or longest lasting, but maybe something with output compable to the MJ led in a 2AA minimag in output would be...enough... And dang near anything will have more runtime than my solo.
Edit: Hmm, I wonder if this ebay auction would be worth a damn?
Right now I have a Petzel Solo headlamp, and with the high output bulb and the long-throw reflector I barely have enough reach and no where near enough side spill or run time to be effecient as a cycling headlamp. I'm thinking something like the Dorcy 1watt LED headlamp might work well, but I don't want to buy something that isn't a very noticable improvement over my Solo... and I also am not keen on spending a lot of cash ($50+? Might not be much for a flashaholic, but I'm not one so its all good).
Does anybody have one of those dorcy's? What about something else in the sub-$50 range? Doesn't have to be the absolute brightest or longest lasting, but maybe something with output compable to the MJ led in a 2AA minimag in output would be...enough... And dang near anything will have more runtime than my solo.
Edit: Hmm, I wonder if this ebay auction would be worth a damn?