We've been looking at lights since I'll be doing some double centuries this year. At least one of which has a fairly gnarly descent in the dark, so I want lots of light and lots of battery life.

I think I'll be getting the Jet Starfire - lots of light and a six hour battery life. I want a handlebar mount. I don't like the idea of something on my helmet. They have the same light for the helmet. It's called the Phantom.

My advice, don't try to make something cheap work. We have a bunch of CatEyes collecting dust in our garage. My current light is a Light and Motion Vega. It's great for night time road riding, not sure if it has enough side spill for mountain biking. It's battery lasts two hours.

Veronica