Originally Posted by JohnJ80

Lupine is more expensive. I have had Dinotte headlights in the past.

I've found are that the Lupine batteries are probably the best in the business. Most of my Dinotte batteries started having issues with capacity after about 2-3 years. I have Lupine batteries that are over 5 years old and appear to be just fine. Lupine offers many more battery options too. I have had Dinotte batteries that were finicky from the start. Dinotte's batteries are a lot cheaper, but that is one of the places I don't think compromise is good if you are going to be going somewhere where the loss of light is a critical problem.

I also found the beam spreads on the Lupine to be better for my purposes but that is going to be an individual preference. My Lupine lights concentrate the beam ahead but they give a nice spill side to side. If you were riding down the middle line in a two lane road, the Lupine lights would give you decent illumination from side to side with decreasing intensity and a broad bright center.

I also like the programmability of the light and the option for a bluetooth remote.

Don't get me wrong - Dinotte makes great lights and they are absolutely the king of the hill for rear taillights although that dominance is now being challenged. Dinotte is also a great company with which to work and correspond. But so is Lupine's North American distributor - Gretna Bikes.

I ride with lights on my road bike at full speed up and down hills and through turns with my Lupine lights with great illumination - truthfully, it's not much different from riding during the day. I also ride with them on my fatbike all winter long up and down snowmobile trails and up and down a beach by my house. Again, even with the obstacles in these off trail scenarios, there is no issue at night. To me those two applications say a lot about the quality of the beam and width of the beam. It seems to match up well with the human eye. I also like a lot of light - descending a hill at speed is not recommended unless you have great lights that adequately light the field of view.

Finally, I'm sort of a Lumen hog. I think it's fair game to have about the same lumens as a car headlight if you want to get respect as a vehicle on the road. These lights to that.

The downside is that Lupine's lights are expensive. But you get what you pay for and I'm confident in their reliability.

The workhorse of the Lupine line is the Wilma for the bars and the Piko for helmet. That's a great combination that will serve you well for years.

Lupine has been pretty good about providing upgrades for the Wilma the Betty lights. I just upgraded my 5 year old Wilma from 1500 lumens to around 2000 and my 2400 lumen light to about 3200 lumens. I should probably sell one of these....

J.