How fast do you normally ride? Obviously at night your speed is reduced. What speed do you wish to maintain at night? For daytime speeds at night you'll be paying out the nose. I've a mate that's more into the LED's and is doing LED R&D right now. He laughed at the Vega lights and saying something about the LED being overvolted to achive the 4W status. I'll have to check back with him on that. He told me it's not a good light to get given the LED advancements today. You can get more light for your dollar with other lights on the market.

There are a few downsides of the Vega.

1. No side light visiblity

2. The batteries are soldered into the unit requiring you to return the light to L&M should the batteries fail so you're left without a light.

3. If you're out of light you can't replace the battery while riding.


I've not used the unit before but from some reviews I've read it is a bit top heavy. While you do get the light you need to get from A to B not having a replaceable battery kind of kills the deal for me.

For a little bit more you can get a Dinotte 5W LED which is the older model and you can find it for cheaper online for just the light unit sans the charger if you have a charger already. You can also email Dinotte asking for the light sans the charger and get a better deal on the older model.

For the Dinotte 5W newer model you'll get 200lumens of light for $155 USD for the light only sans the charger that runs off 4xAA fromt he email I got back from Dinotte.

In the same price range of the Dinotte 5W 200L model you can get the Cygolite Dual Cross 300. If you want to save a little bit you can get the Dual Cross 200. The difference is 200 has an overnight charger. The 300 has a 4hr charger. Price difference is I think $30ish but I'd take the 4hr anyday.

Vega Reviews

Comparison of VEGA vs. other lights in the same boat.