My starting point would be the expectation of how much night riding I was anticipating on a World tour, for me it wouldn't be much, I couldn't maintain long days for an extended period so the night riding wouldn't be much and something would have gone wrong if it was somewhere remote.BikeBuddha wrote: ↑4 Oct 2022, 8:47amBetter how? Looked at Edelux 2, but, beam too narrow.PH wrote: ↑2 Oct 2022, 10:34pmGreat light for the off road purpose it's designed for, pretty poor light for anything else and of course not EU legal. If i was spending £400 on lighting (Plus the hub) I think I could do better.BikeBuddha wrote: ↑2 Oct 2022, 9:24pm I went with sinewave beacon for a lighting system. Better for backroads. Also, can plug in battery back to power lights.
Any suggestions appreciated.
You're not going to find a single light that does everything well. So the next choices are whether to compromise, what to compromise, or to look at multiple lights.
The Edelux, or any of the other high end StVZO lights, will light a country lane from edge to edge and the entire lane on a multi lane road. They're not great for seeing beyond that, but most people find it more than adequate for on road riding.
My choices with that budget and wanting to keep all bases covered:
An Edelux or Supernova dynamo light
A separate USB charging device (I don't know enough about them to recommend, though my igaroD1 works fine)
An exposure or similar rechargeable with both options for bar and head/helmet mounting (The Exposure Sirius Mk10 will put the Beacon in the shade)
Plus a decent headtorch, something to use primarily off the bike, but bright enough to use as a back up on it.
But I'd probably be happy with a lot less.
I don't know anyone with a Beacon, I've ridden with a few riders using similar high power spherical beam lights. On road, even on pitch black rough country lanes and sustrans tracks, they have no advantage over my Edelux, though it is sometimes pleasant to turn night into day and scare the birds out of the trees. Pleasant for the rider that is, certainly not for anyone else unfortunate to be anywhere near them.