Originally Posted by
GRedner
Heh - when I saw the thread title, I planned to come in here and suggest the TridenX, but I see I've been beaten to the punch
I have the previous model and love it - the illumination is broad and pretty even, the bright mode is BRIGHT, but it has plenty of low-power and flashing modes.
Yeah, I stopped by REI last night and they had the 600 version of the light there. The beam pattern looked promising, though the light from the light itself looked a little blueish. If they had had the 750 there I would have bought it and tried it.
I couldn't believe what a relief it was that it had both a "more power" and "less power" power button, lol. And 4 different power settings, so none of the "even the lowest brightness is to bright" stuff...hopefully.
Originally Posted by
GRedner
I'd also highly suggest helmet-mounting if you don't already. In my experience any light will feel brighter and more even if it's always pointing in the direction you're looking.
True, but I've used a helmet mounted light, and...I find it annoying...
I end up blinding people when I'm looking around at intersections. I can't look over to the side of me without being really, really, really obvious about it, lol. And it either adds noticeable weight to my helmet, or I have to be wearing a bike jersey/vest to hold the battery...I've done it, it's just annoying, trying to stay with a light where I don't have to.
