Originally Posted by
gear
For the past six years I've been using a 25w halogen headlight, this year I switched to an LED headlight with the same lumen output as a 25w light. I have never experienced the problem of the light reflecting back at me causing glare. Have you actually used a 25w light and experienced this or is this just a theory of yours?
I'm no pro rider but I often go more than 25mph, because I go down hills. Some of those hills have pot holes that I might want to locate a 12w light won't help much with that. I might get a glimpse of the pot hole as I hit it but that won't help me much.
I find your assertion that "there is such a thing as too much light" silly and responded with a silly (jackashish) reply. If I could get a 50w light that was light enough to ride with I would. I want as much light as I can get.
I agree. I commute with a 20W spot on my helmet, a 12/20W dual beam head and another 20W spot on the bars. If you are counting that 72W. I get no glare whatsoever from the road and I doubt that you could unless you are riding on a white surface...oh! Wait! This whole winter left us with white roads everywhere in Colorado. Even then I got no glare from the road surface. Given the nature of light and reflective surfaces, I don't see glare from reflectance being a problem. Angle of incidence equals angle of reflection. The majority of the light is going to reflect forward. There's absolutely no harm in having more light...not to the rider anyway.