Best Lights

[TsPoet]

Seeing people riding with them is actually making me question the wisdom of super bright head lamps.....

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Funny, my concern is the same as yours from a slightly different perspective, I think.
I have a very active Mt Bike park near my house. When those guy's ride their bikes with helmet mounted lights they blind cars driving by. It's a very dangerous situation IMHO. You never know when a Mt biker is going to turn a corner and suddenly blind you with a flash, then just as your eyes adapt, they turn again and are gone.
Based on my experiences with them, I've decided to never where a helmet mount. The guys who put them on their handlebars aren't a problem for some reason.
Oh, and on topic - I have 1 older 100 L Dinotte, a taillight and just got the newere 200 L. These are great lights. The biggest difference between the 100 and 200 that I can see is the center of the light is fuller on the 200, so if that's not important to you, maybe an old 100 will save you some $.
I use the 200 on my trike, and riding a recumbent (like Lisa) means these lights are mounted lower to the ground and hopefully are less of a problem for blinding others.

[northstar]

I have a dinotte (the one that takes rechargeable AA's) and absolutely LOVE it, but I commute in very dark mornings on roads where there isn't much traffic (or on very dark wooded trails). I understand the risk that the light might be excessively bright to drivers, but so far have only had wonderful experiences with it. (It is a helmet mount, and I try to make sure it doesn't cast up/out too far.)

A friend of mine at REI told me that he feels riding with the light has really changed how traffic behaves around him (probably because they're crying, "My eyes!). I have had improved luck with mine as well.

I love it. I got the light because I needed to SEE. I also have front and rear flashing lights in the interest of BEING seen.