Never had that light, but my first lamps were the incandescent petzls with the spare bulb in the housing, and four batteries at the rear. Later got the one that had the batteries in the front, still incandescent. Nothing like using an incandescent keychain backup light to change batterys in the dark in those. If you ever used those things, new lights are indeed pretty good, and incredibly cheap for what you get. I forget what I paid for the first Petzls, but it was far more than I could afford at the time.

Ive since gone through LOTS of headlamps. Most brands failed at the switch eventually, both the cheap ones and the expensive. My current Black diamond is going on three years, and its getting fiddly to use, and the elastic is almost dead.

My Eco lite that runs off of two 2032 batteries is almost nine years old and is still my main "ultra light" choice. Not bright enough to ride with safely, but great for light trips. It also gets taken on longer backpacking trips as a backup light. It has no switch, just a turn of the lamp to close the circuit, thats why its lasted so long.

A month ago I was riding with some friends on some urban bike trails, and we were out after dark. I had forgotten a light, so stopped at a walmart neighborhood marked and got a cheap energizer brand light, 10 bucks with batteries. Usually I dont like to be a thoughtless consumer, but I needed a light for the city streets. Turns out I like it. Its bigger than most other lights I have, but not bad. Will use it till it wears out.