Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
I think a more appropriate statement would be: if you want a light to see by, that is also self-contained and easily moved between bikes, it will cost real dough. I like to use one light to see with, and I like that I only have to deal with one (forward) light that needs to be charged, that I can easily move between bikes with additional mounts, and can be easily removed and thrown into my charging station box for charging.
Self-contained? I haven't really seen the need nor do I find the Expillion to be superior to the other lights I use. It certainly doesn't have the run time of the Magicshine clones and, at $135 per, even I can't justify having more than one of them. The o-ring mount on the Magicshine (and clones) works and it's easy to move from bike to bike but, I do agree that there are better mounts out there. The Mawri mount that I linked to is far superior even to the Cygolite mount which is why I converted my Expillion over to the Mawri mount.
The Mawri mounts cost about $10 each. Even with 4 bikes with 2 mounts each on them, that's only an extra $40. A helmet mount costs about $5 so, all in, I've spent about $100 for lights and mounts. I still have 3 lights that are brighter than the Expillion for less money.