Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
Yes, but as I said MANY people do spend quite a bit on battery lights and THOSE would be good candidates for the benefit of dyno lighting. As to you last statement, while true it is superfluous. There is such a thing as bright enough (particularly when the light is applied where it is needed); however, I am tired of explaining that to the more is always better crowd.
Those who do spend quite a bit on battery lights will get more power out of battery light dynamo, and they're probably not the "bright enough" crowd. The folks who buy ultra bright battery lights here (and elsewhere) are mountain bikers who will never buy a dynamo system with silly german law lights. Roadies prefer their bikes lightweight, so they buy small removable bright lights around $100 or less. Commuters are generally too cheap to buy anything more than $40 unless they're serious aficionados (like me), randos who frequent peterwhitecycles.com tends to buy anything peter white recommends.
I love dynamos so much that I rig up diy lights that shine as bright as ultra bright battery powered ones, but please please understand not everyone can afford it, nor do they want it.
Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
Yes, german or japanese made quality products are much more expensive than cheap chinese products produced with slave labor. If price is one's primary concern then by all means purchase $25 lights from the Chinese.
Chinese lights are cheap because the margins are razer thin, plus the design cost is sunk long ago and they don't do any r&d, which passes on the savings to consumers. $300 battery lights don't increase that drastically year after year unless they change the leds, add leds, or devise a circuit that pumps more juice.
Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
Your wrong about which tail light I own, but frankly your past 'testing' is ludicrous considering you don't do it objectively... "Yeh, bubba, I think the one on the right is brighter..."
Which taillight do you own? In the real world, visual testing is the final objective measure, this is where people go "I like cool white better than warm light" or "I like that beam pattern more than this beam pattern", or "this light is brighter than that light".
Originally Posted by
PlanoFuji
Your so kind! FYI, I did google and couldn't find anything but flash lights at those prices. The cheapest Magic Lights I found were more than twice that price.
You need to try harder. Less than $25.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREE-LED-XML...item27d5f5d4ce