As always, your thoughts and considerations are sought.

Thanks

Put a Joystick MAXX on your head £140,  but extra batterys at £30 a pop to get your your run time up, use there charge station so you'll need 2. ( 1 to ride with, 1 to charge ).

With a head mounted light,  you don't need much on the bars just something to light up the contact patch directly infront of your wheel.

Hope have a new one out Mid Jan,  same output but I fear to large for your head £75 + batterys that'd do well on the bars for the money.

Errr been there done that Dan,  not on my recommend list sadly.

To heavy and sits to high up to head mount.

Lightoutput isn't great useable on the head but you wouldn't want to.

( mate up the road bought 1 he's about to try cable tying it onto his head to solve the mount issue )

I'll have to try to take a light output picture to explain proper,  I've got a new camera so need a excuse to play with it

If you do take pictures, it's going to be difficult to compare it.

Tripod mount the camera (or something similar) and use the M- manual setting to help you get the correct picture.

You really need a light meter, which I own, but that would be getting a tad too involved.

Tim

Would make it easier to explain,  have you seen a L1's light output ??

A blue colour in a wide spot,  with no light really spilling out to either side,  so all or nothing,  so it's like that your running 2 L1's focused on the same area,  my previous HID would murder the L1,  couldn't see it it's beam where as this HID the L1's quite noticeable.

And the Blue,  well it's very blue not a white with a tint of blue, it's BLUE.

 My cheap £11 LED torch is better,  with 2 on I'm leaving him for dead and I can't ride behind him because of my shadow effect,  where as I'm not noticing his light behind me.

Hope vision LED works for me:

Not much cop on your head though,  to much of a flood,  good for bars though,  combine with a Joystick on your head and the perfect setup.

You tried the Ayups yet - they're getting rave reviews

http://www.ayup.com.au/

Snazzy colours as well - they're always testing them and improving them.

Lumicycle for me- no contest.

Take a loooooook.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6201au1NE

Ay-up!

Tim

Hope LED's here too. Good enough for normal winter riding & not too much of a flood. Epic & endurance options give great run times & they're down to around £160 on Merlin at the minute as they're deducting VAT at the checkout.

You might need something up top too but there are loads of cree led torches out there that'll suffice from dirt cheap on fleabay to £38 for the top end Fenix jobbie.