What under mount (Garmin 90° twist style) front light are you using ? I've had a GIRO 1500 lumen one last me only 6months and would like a better one. Maybe up to 1200lumen with a few brightness's. I've also had a Towild 600 lumen one also that only lasted a couple of years. Any out there that last longer than that? Not really looking to spend the cash on the 'Exposure' brand if possible.

Let me know what you're running etc , thx

Ravemen FR300 on a KOM stem mount. It’s a very nice light, runs 24 hrs. on the slow blink. The KOM mount can run a Garmin 1/4 turn on top or bottom,

Since you asked, it's a B&M IQ-X dynamo light, powered by a Shutter Precision dynamo. They advertise in Lux, at 100, rather than lumens. Just to confuse us, I suppose. Light + dynamo is around $300, and you have to build the dynamo into a wheel. But once installed just leave it on all the time and never think about lights again.

The problem for me is I rotate through 3 bikes so I don't really want to do a dynamo hub

Haha yeah I have three bikes and three dyno setups.

I do have a Fenix BC30 that I've used as a backup light for randonneuring, and as primary on my commuter for a while. It runs on two 18650 Li-ion batteries. Having replaceable rechargeables means I can carry a 2nd set of batteries to get me through a full night of riding at medium (600 lumens). It's kind of heavy.

https://www.fenixlighting.com/produc...-v2-bike-light

Garmin just introduced a new front light / camera, the Varia Vue.
Garmin introduces Varia Vue, its first cycling headlight with a built-in 4K camera - Garmin Newsroom
It's an interesting concept. Light can be controlled via your Garmin computer, aimed beam, etc. Supposedly 7 hr battery life. You can interpose Varia RTC715 footage so you get rear/front views at the same time.
Price will set you back on your saddle a bit, though.

Magicshine EVO1700. Very happy and even bought a second one. USB C charging and is easily removed to charge if that is what you want to do. Comes with a remote and an app, but I have never used them.

Yup, no solution is perfect. I've found that putting dynamo lighting on my two most frequently used bikes is worth the money and saves a lot of trouble.

Ravemen CR1000. You can find it on Amazon.

The light has a shaped (i.e., cutoff) beam -- so to use it mounted upside-down, you loosen the locking around the fresnel lens, then rotate the lens 180 degrees, and retighten; that will put the light in front of you, and not in the eyes of oncoming drivers. It's plenty bright, and the battery life is waaay longer than claimed. I can't recommend this light more highly.

I have a Towild BR800.

Works perfectly fine, beam is supposedly "shaped" but in fact not really. The best thing about it is the removable 18650 battery plus USB C charging.

The brightness is adequate, especially for urban night riding, but if one is frequently riding in rural darkness I'd get something brighter.

Looks like they make a BR1000 now. That's fantastic they come apart for a battery swap !

Now I have Magicshine EVO1700, remote on bars and I can get all 1700 lumens with a push of a button onto some idiots who forget to switch to low beam, works flawlesly. Before I had Towild BR800 and I liked that I could swap battery if it died but it had 2 problems - the beam wasnt cut off at the top and the mount broke in couple of months; the same happened to seconf Towild I bought later.

I have a Wahoo Roam, Cyrgolite, Garmin Varia that last a ride or two without charging. I have Favero power pedals and SRAM batteries that last 50’ish hours. I have a 12 port USB charging station that charges them all and more appliances when I travel. For long rides I carry a small bank to power anything that didn’t last.

How would a Dynamo help, if any, with my setup?

Seconded.

Mine gets twisted into a Specialized mount on the Tarmac, or something similar I found on Amazon that clamps tight to the VO handlebar on my MB. Garmin on top, FR300 underneath that.

It probably wouldn't help you because you have so many electronic gadgets that need charging. My personal concern is that I won't have enough energy in my headlight battery to get home. Sometimes I forget to charge it or I thought I charged it when I really didn't. When the light is powered directly from the dynamo, that problem goes away. It is possible to charge something with a dynamo but it requires an additional gadget, and it probably isn't worth the trouble and expense.

New under or over light on the way from Magicshine.

https://magicshine.com

If you click on the COMING SOON button, it creates an entry in your google calendar. Presumptuous and clever.

Figured mine out already:



Only shortcoming is GP's internal battery capacity. Storage is fine, it's needed battery power that's of fairly short duration. I've used an external battery pack carried appropriately w/cable when desired, works fine.

But mostly annoying.