Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
I've used a few of the cheapo CREE lights, and they do the job... for a while. The battery pack on one wore out in about a year, and a buddy's died after a rainstorm. If they had been expensive lights, I might have been upset, but we got our $30 worth out of them.
Thanks for the info, I'll see how I can waterproof the cells, perhaps little Ziploc sandwich bags before I slip them in the black case? Back in 02,03 I spend hundreds on a vista-lite system and found that the NiMH packs died of old age long before I ever got my monies worth. For someone who only rides in the dark every month or two the cheapos probably make more sense.