Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
So let's look at the cost of everything. By my calculations the light, lens, battery case, 4x 18650 Panasonic cells, and a charger capable of charging 4 cells at once is going to approach or even exceed the cost of a good self-contained light that charges with only a simple USB cable. Plus there will be more light modes, and it's almost certainly much closer to its actual stated brightness than that Chinese junk.
https://www.amazon.com/Cygolite-Metr.../dp/B01IO12B30
Yes. I have a Metro too. But the Metro doesn't last 3.5 hours on a charge, and the battery pack doesn't also run my MagicShine taillight.
And I can't just pop a new battery in the Metro if it does give out mid ride. If I need a backup I will need a whole other light.
And though "Junk" is often applied to cheap Chinese lights, I've had almost no trouble with mine over the course of 6+ years now.
I really don't care what the "stated" light is. I really don't care if they say it's a 450,000 lumen light and it actually is putting out 600. I care that it puts out 600. I think all of my Chinese lights are brighter than my Metro 550. One might be only as bright.
I really don't care about modes in the winter. I just need "light"
In the summer I run the Metro exclusively because it's just a "be seen" light and I just use the strobe in daylight.