I would consider a Bikeray IV light. It uses 4 Philip Luxeon led and rated 1500 lumen. My guess is about 1100-1200 lumen OTF. The best I can describe the beam is "weird". It floody to the side but yet it has some throw. It has a very small hot spot. You can tilt it down to prevent blinding people and yet still get some good light out of it. The beamshot here show a hot spot but in reality it's more of over exposure in order for me to do the beam comparison test.


This wall beamshot was taken only four feet from the wall.


If I have it side by side with a MS900 and both are on high, I get the same glare from both lighthead but yet the BikerayIV is giving out over twice as much light out on the road. Here is my review:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...light-beamshot