Looking for a light. Bar mount, at least 400 lumens, self contained, 2hr+ runtime
 

And less than 100 bucks
Does such a beast exist?
USB charging would be a plus.

Any ideas?

Sean

lezyne superdrive is gonna be about as close as you can get for a bike light for your specs. a little over $100, 500 lumens, usb charging, self contained, ~120 grams
i love mine and have an extra higher capacity battery that is close to 2 hours runtime on high and i have the original battery as backup/extra runtime

Yep. Lezyne is a good choice. I have an Expilion 700 which was $118 shipped and will do 2:20 on high (~600lm). Boost mode is 700lm and good for 1:30. The Expilion 600 can be found for around $100 with the same spex, just 100lm lower.

Here's a site with some decent beam shot comparisons: http://www.modernbike.com/light-comp...singleshotplus

I like all my cygolite's... Million I think is the model... Got a Couple 200's and300's but they make brighter models, too.

I have the NiteRider Lumina 650

love it. 4 easy to use settings and crazy bright. Jut over 100 bucks. 3 hours on medium (400 lumens)

http://www.amazon.com/NiteRider-Lumi...der+lumina+650

the Lumina 500 is 88 bucks.

Any cheap XM-L based flashlight with extra batteries will do it. I always carry spares, and I've only needed them when I didn't charge up after use.

Thanks, all. I went with the expilion 700. Looking forward to getting it!

How do you like it!!! Having your light for some time now

I've been using the Cygolite Expilion 600 and like it fine, but it's bright mode is overkill most of the time.

The nice sweet spot for a self-contained light, in my opinion, is the Cygolite Metro 420. Plenty of light for most purposes, well less than $100, and the flash mode gets drivers' attention:

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=295431

I have both the Niterider Lumina 650 and the 500. I like the 650 running at 400 lumens, plenty for my night road rides, good for 3 hours. Medium setting on the 500 is only 250 lumens and not enough for my liking. Both on high are very bright.