Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
No, I don't like charging in the day. I prefer to charge all my lights at once, at home in my little charging station box (shoebox with a power strip, USB hub and a bunch of mini-USB cables). I was just pointing out that I have the option to charge lights at work, in a pinch, if I happen to forget to charge at home. And I do forget, occasionally.
And my point is that
under the way that I use my lights, I would have to charge at work or carry another battery for each lamp. That's a significant investment based on the price of the lights and spare batteries...if the light allows for spare batteries which may not always be the case.
The Cygolite system also has a flaw in battery management. If you do happen to have spare batteries, the only way that I can see to charge them is in the light. So if you do need to use 2 batteries for 3 hours on high, how are you going to charge both batteries overnight?
It's also not impossible to charge a clone pack at work if needed...although a 2 to 2.5 hour run time doesn't require much additional charging. The chargers are cheap and the world is full of plugs.