i dont use my bike to commute or plan on doing a lot of after dark riding so I am going to have a hard time justifying 80+ on a light. Like I said in my OP, I am hoping to find something sub-$50but if there is something close or slightly over but performs that much better, I could likely be persuaded. Just not looking to double my target price range. Just looking for something for that occassion that I do have the urge to ride at dusk/dark.

Thanks for the tip above about getting a good tail light too, I wasnt going to ignore tail lights altogether but hadnt really spent much time looking at them. Maybe I will check out that Planetbike combo & see how that goes...