Originally Posted by
cyccommute
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.
Expilion 850 is $90 max, other versions are less. The Metro 850 is less than $60. I don't want to deal with external batteries and wiring, and I find the daytime flash and night pulse modes of the Expilion to be superior to modes on other lights.
They're also designed, engineered and assembled in the USA, which might be important to some people.