Originally Posted by
cc700
see, i thought i had a lot of light too, then i got a 650 lumen light as an extremely generous gift.
don't mess with battery powered LED's, even if they are 3 or 4 watts. you're fooling yourself into thinking that you can see anything in time... if you're riding at more than 5mph you need a real light.
save the money you'd spend on batteries and get rechargable lights, even if they're just the cheapest rechargable halogen you can find.
It depends. 3 watt of what? 3 watt at 200 lumen per watt means 600 lumens for a 3 watt system, no, we haven't got there yet, but we are getting there soon. Rechargeable AAs system are fine, I have one, 700 lumens on 6 AAs.
Don't even bother with halogens.