The IQ CYO Premium has a beam about twice as wide, about ⅓ again brighter, and much taller than your headlight. Build quality is the same, and they look almost identical. The taller beam gives you light much closer to the bike with the top of the beam aimed the same distance away. The wider beam gives you a much wider view of the road ahead, which I find helpful on a fast descent on back roads with no overhead lighting. The older CYO gives you more of the feeling that you're riding through a tunnel, but you aren't really sure how wide the tunnel is. But on the flats, or on urban roads with street lamps overhead, the wider beam makes no difference. The taller beam really helps in urban riding as you're more likely to see a pothole or detritus on the road. The ⅓ brighter beam helps a bit when riding in the rain, as the wet road surface doesn't reflect as much light back to you as a dry surface does. But the difference in brightness isn't dramatic, so I hesitate to give that was a reason to upgrade.
Peter White Peter White Cycles On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 11:15 AM j.schwartz <jasonaschwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an old Busch & Muller Lumotec Cyo dynolight from about 2012. It > was one of the earlier LED headlights with a good beam at the time but it > was eclipsed by newer models basically every year. Still, it's been a > great light for my purposes all these years. I'm going to replace it on my > main touring bike and it will still be used but on a different bike. > Curious what others are using and liking,. I don't need or want to buy > the latest and greatest...i.e. most expensive dyno light out there. Just > looking for an updated high quality light for mixed terrain p.m. riding > both in town and out. > The same goes for my rear B+M toplight. > thank you > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/470dd8d4-6f7f-451c-8b09-42c0212a0ab3%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/470dd8d4-6f7f-451c-8b09-42c0212a0ab3%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Peter White -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CA%2BD%3DXm_GH20iy_A-_kH9LX-Zbz6bGEMe9HKGkBUT0xnZo%3DYd7Q%40mail.gmail.com.
