I'm mainly researching this for my wife. We've got a Performance Bike credit in the
neighborhood of $60 that I'd like to apply towards a real light for her.

The only reason I was able to afford an HID was my father-and-brother-in-law
basically gave me $ for my birthday so I went nuts and did that...

She's commuting with my old setup of two Cateye EL300s and one
TL-LD120-II rear blinky plus a free blinky she got from metro transit.

I rode ahead about half a mile to see how visible she was and let's just
say that from behind she was okay but from the front you had to look
for her.

Which really means motorists wouldn't see her until it was too late.

I've been commuting with her and by the time I get to my turnaround
point the sun is up enough to not need lighting but prior to that we
might as well be riding with blindfolds on if you don't have lights.
Thanks for the suggestions....

If anyone is aware if systems sold thru performance that you recommend that
would be great too - that credit would really help the pain in the wallet.