Originally Posted by ItsJustMe

I would have liked to have gone with that, but NiMH batteries are a non-starter for me so I have the Ixon Core IQ2.

The IQ2-50, at 50 lux, the light is adequate, but not great. I can ride with it currently for the most part, but it's not really great at picking out road hazards. I've already hit a couple of unseen stones that I probably would have seen with my brighter lighting. Even after riding with the light for 2 weeks now, and being much more comfortable with it than I was at first, I think to some extent that's false security. I THINK I can see pretty well, but then I hit a large stone that I didn't even see.

So I'm not really sure at this point. When I start proper winter riding, I will probably mount the old standby cheap Magicshine clone as well as the Ixon, and use it on the more challenging parts of the road. Or I may give up and just sell the Ixon while it's still basically new and wait for something with everything; LiIon batteries, shaped beam and 80 or even better 100 lux.