Originally Posted by
noglider
[MENTION=21724]cyccommute[/MENTION], you should be glad to know that, with [MENTION=429706]DWM[/MENTION]kee's help, I now have a
cheap Chinese light I like. It's $9, and it has a shaped beam. The seller claims it complies with German law. I don't care if it complies. The beam shape is good enough for me. It's a bit brighter than my dynamo light, which isn't hard to achieve, so it's bright enough for me. It's still new, but in my initial test, it lasted two hours on high output.
I got one of these, but haven't been able to ride with it yet. I'm surprised at how sturdy looking it is, and like the beam pattern. Some of the features will take some experimentation to see how well they work, but it looks like a decent replacement for the Magicshine with the wide angle lens for close up illumination.