Living in a well lit city, I need a very bright light. My eyes are adjusted to the street lights and when trees are blocking the light, I can't see the road ahead of me. The streets are often poorly maintained and hitting an unseen pothole or other road problem can be hazardous. I also don't want to spend a fortune on a light and I want to use standard batteries (AA). I currently have 2 el-cheapo LED flashlights mounted to the handlebars, but they simply don't put out enough light or a wide enough beam.

SO I have a great idea. I have a standard plastic everready 2 D cell flashlight. I want to replace the bulb with a 9.6 or 4.8V (9 or 12v would probably work fine) bulb, cut the flashlight just below the switch and mount it to my handlebars with 2 hose clamps and use a 9.6 (8 AA cell battery pack) or 4.8 (4 AA cell battery pack), both of which I already have along with the chargers. Dewalt makes a 9.6V bulb, but I don't know if it will physically fit inside of the head of the flashlight and I don't know how many watts it uses, just that it says it's 150 lumens.

Does anyone know of a 5 or 6 watt (or so) standard flashlight bulb incandescent bulb that will fit in the head of the flashlight? My 4.8 battery pack is 12 watt hours and I have 2 9.6V 10.5 watt hours. Both would provide 2 hours of lighting at 5 watts, which would satisfy my needs. I am working on a shoestring budget and this is the best idea I have come up with.

Also, what about Krypton vs Xenon vs halogen?


Chris