Originally Posted by
redmandarin
i actually do the opposite. use my bike light for biking of course, but it's really handy for camping, etc. i'm in the camp of getting the purpose built bike light and using it for other things
Me too. I have a bunch of German-law-compliant bike headlights I got cheap, and I use them as flashlights for walking on a dark country road. The top of the beam has a sharp cutoff.