I am an electronics noob. I am however fortunate to have a soldering iron but for those without it I have learned of some ways to 'macguyver' one.

If cosmetics are NOT your primary issue then a ghetto built DIY light will be cheap and twice as bright as the Dinotte.

I don't mind showing people how to wire the thing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49184877@N00/ This is my flickr site. If you look back a few pages you will see a simple layout of how to connect the driver. I am in the works of making a noobie how-to guide.

If cosmetics is not the concern then building a ghetto then just hotglue smearing around the electirical contact areas and the lenses will keep the unit rather water-resistant/proof. It will look ugly as sin but at night no one is looking at how lovely the design is. During the day, yes you may feel a bit embarassed by the way the unit looks.

By gluing and screwing everything together it can keep costs down. I used a DealExtreme 5-mode no state memory driver for my head light. For my tail light build I'm thinking of using a 16 mode memory driver. The cop-strobes mode rocks.

My setup uses 4xAA but I have low/mid/high modes to save power. You could use 4xAAA as well or othe rechargeable cells.