Headlight Suggestions Please

[pll]

I start my weekday rides before dawn. I currently ride with a NiteRider Minewt 600 (now discontinued -- they have a 650 lumens model instead) in the front, as well as a Blackburn Flea set to blinking. In the back, I have a Light & Motion Vis 180. I also use "Nite beams" ankle bands, set to blink, too.

The reason I use the blinkie in the front, next to the Minewt, is that when you see the headlight of a bike on the road at a distance, it looks like it is not moving, static. I hope the blinkie provides drivers and additional visual cue.

Light & Motion has a 1200 lumens self-contained light. That might be my next purchase, once the MiNewt battery dies. I like the self contained lights as opposed to the ones with external "bricks" because I found the bricks unwieldy, a pain to deal with. Also, I prefer not add weight to my helmet (not good in case of a crash), so the light goes on my handlebar.

[Crankin]

I don't find the external battery cumbersome at all. I either put it on the other side of my handlebar or on the top tube. And I have 2 very small bikes.
Sometimes I forget which way to do the velcro, but that's my own weirdness...

[pll]

I don't find the external battery cumbersome at all. I either put it on the other side of my handlebar or on the top tube. And I have 2 very small bikes.
Sometimes I forget which way to do the velcro, but that's my own weirdness...

It could very well be that the last light brick I had was almost the size of a real brick! Since you put them on the handlebar, they must much smaller now. However, since the 600 lumens work for me now and my rides when it's dark are under 90 minutes, I'll stay away from bricks.