Sure there have been plenty of these threads floating around, a couple others I saw got kind of off track for my taste. Here is my current light
Planet Bike Blaze 2W. It is an ok light. But on those dark nights on dark roads, not quite enough light to see around and ahead enough.
Budget, have a little extra bday cash so say around ~100$ Would rather not spend quite that much though to be honest, even though it would get used 5 times a week.
I could then use the new light and the 2W in unison when it is really dark or have the 2W on flash and other would be primary light.
Currently use rechargeable batteries. I am totally ok if it uses AA batteries. Would rather go that way then a proprietary battery pack that would eventually cost too much to replace. But I am not stuck on that.
Riding conditions are street and bike path. Most of the places do have street lights but some do get pretty dark. I am not getting too fast, fastest area can get up to is 40mph doing downhill. Being in the Pacific NW, Portland OR, it does get wet. So visibility can get.
Recommendations?
I'll be the third person in this thread to recommend the NiteRider self-contained lights (MiNewt and Lumia). They fall within your budget (except the 600/650) and are bulletproof. However, I think everyone's suggestions in this thread are great - That's the cool thing about bicycle lights is there are soooooo many great choices. I use a flamethrower (NR 1500) that is beyond awesome, but exceeds your budget a bit - -
