Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It could be less of a "pain". You keep talking about mysterious "hassles". It isn't any sort of pain or hassle. And since he's talking about rare, emergency use, flashlights might be more convenient than an alternative.
If he was interested in riding at night regularly, something like the geoman/magicshine light might make more sense than using flashlights.
This option might be especially useful to him.
*sigh*
Obviously, I lack the psychic ability you possess to make my lights magically appear on the bike, then dissapear off the bike at will. If that ability becomes available to other people, I'd love to hear about it. Maybe you can use to to power your lights without recharging your batteries as well.
In the meantime, I'm going to have to stick with physically removing the lights from my bike when I need to, using my arms. If I had to do it frequently, it would be a hassle to do it twice a day. A bit of a pain if any alternative was available. And I assume the OP agrees with me, or he wouldn't have bothered to express a preference for no external battery pack. I was simply saying that taking 2 lights on and off the bike was the same pain/hassle as taking 1 light and a battery pack. "the same", meaning if one was "nothing more than an extra step I didn't mind", then the other would also be "an extra step I didn't mind".
The helmet light is probably a good option, yes, for anyone.