Originally Posted by
imobilinpedalus
Speaking of wire / cable lenghts, one of these fine days some clever guy should definitely take the opportunity and design some type of bicycle headlight that has everything incorporated into one unit. These loose hanging electric cables is definitely a thing of the past.
Maybe I'm missing a joke but there are plenty of lights like that.
There are reasons for separate packs though. Getting 3+ hours on a charge in full brightness 600+ lumen mode mainly. Also being able to go as long as you want by swapping batteries.
I run a Cygolite Metro 550 as a summertime light and also for backup in case my main light fails, but it won't do in the winter, it only runs 90 minutes on high, I'm in pitch black both coming and going on rural roads with high speed traffic for 90 to 110 minutes one way. In the summer I just want a strobe since I'm in daylight both ways.