Originally Posted by
Ediblestarfish
There's none of that middle bright spot with a mediocre spill of light that is barely adequate on regular flashlights. I used to use a Fenix LD20 (a regular flashlight), which... just didn't work as anything better than serviceable. In terms of raw output it's similar to the IQ CYO, but at max, the spot in the center is too bright, the sidespill too dim. The IQ CYO on the other hand has a very evenly lit inverted trapezoid of light from near to far. Not to mention it can run at it's max intensity as long as I'm going about 4-5Mph (a brisk walk holding the bike). The battery light at max only goes for a couple hours--less when it gets cold.
The only thing I don't like about my IQ CYO RT is that I wish the beam was a bit wider, even if it was a bit dimmer. It seems more than bright enough in the area it illuminates already, and I feel they could spread it out a bit more. Sometimes it feels like you're ridding on a claustrophobic path, especially if you speed up.
lol, I have one and agree as well - really decent beam pattern, but very very little side spill. In the cities on roads and open paths this works great as the ambient light lights up off to the sides well enough. And for the seeing the road itself it's great - totally see potholes and such, the light is very well focussed and doesn't have that annoying hotspot that I have in my other lights (including my Seca 900 unless I aim it up quite a ways). But I had a route that took a path through a forest at night and...it's creepy to not be able to see outside the beam area, lol.