I agree with rm -rf with all he wrote…he nailed it!

Most often for daytime rides, I use one of my taillights with band mounts on my helmet. then my Varia Radar light mounted on my seatpost set to steady mode/medium. For night rides I add a Cygo 350….I have a DIY seat mount I almost always on use Pulse on Cygo lights

About 10 yrs ago I used a pair of Dinotte headlights with external battery. They are really well made! No experience with their taillight though.

I found a related post I made last year. in my pix you can see the 350 is noticeably brighter than 200, enhanced by the dual light configuration…
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I recently set up my lights and snapped some photos at night. Don’t have any photos handy showing the lights during the daytime. In my comparison photos the lights are mounted on a rod. But because the mounting types vary they are not all parallel….it was a very quick test, not meant to be scientific in any way. In my photos all lights are in Solid/Steady Mode, which is less than the lumen used in the product name. It is difficult to find the actual lumen output for the steady mode.

Cygolite’s SteadyPulse is the mode I use. it doesn’t bother my coriders that much. but often I get comments that the Hypershot 350 is so bright. I often see the riders lights far ahead of me with Garmin Varia RTL515 Radar/Tail Light with only 65 lumen output on flash and it is noticeable. I am surprised how bright that is, but I am a slow moving biker not a car driving 70mph.

My road bike photo shows the Cygolite Hypershot 350 mounted on a custom mount, attached under the seat and the Garmin Varia RTL515 Radar is mounted on the seatpost. This is my default set up, day or night. The comparison stack photos are taken from about 40ft away. Also, I recently added the Lezyne Zecto Drive 200+ on the rear of my helmet at night, using the rubber strap through the vents.






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Lezyne Zecto Drive 200+ Tail Light (2023)
LUMEN OUTPUT: Flash Max: 200, Solid: 50

Garmin Varia RTL515 Radar/Tail Light
LUMEN OUTPUT: Flash Max: 65, Solid: 20

Cygolite Hotshot Pro – 200 Lumen Bike Tail Light
LUMEN OUTPUT: Flash Max: 200, Solid: 120

Cygolite Hypershot – 350 Lumen Bike Tail LightLUMEN OUTPUT: Flash Max: 350, Solid: 210 estimated (used the 60% of max listed for the Cygolite200)
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All are USB rechargeable.
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