Thanks, Brian and Jeffrey. I'm afraid that the Sinewave Beacon is out; I need something with German-spec (or, generally, traffic-appropriate) beam shape. The S Beacon must be much like my K-Lite: wonderfully bright, but it just blasts the light out there.*
The B&M IQ X seems the darling: German beam, very bright, very broad, good standlight, metal case, and half the price of the Edeluxe. What's not to like? I'll be interested in others' opinions. Really, the Edeluxe 1 is quite enough for night commuting along familar roads and paths, even in full darkness and with my poor night vision, but turning dark corners at speed is anxious-making. And I generally mount a good battery headlight for occasional use, which serves at the longer stop lights. Still, for now, the IQ X is at the top of the list. Aside: I remember the IQ Fly: wonderful compared to my Sanyo and other bottle dynamos + incandescent headlights, but man! How weak compared to the Edeluxe! OTOH, I did use a 12 volt very high end and very expensive ($300 20 years ago?) bottle + mating incandescent halogen headlight. This was as bright as many top line LED lights from 20 years ago. *Last March I rode home from church at 8:30 or 9 pm in a sudden heavy snowfall. The K-lite just blasted photons out into the cosmic void and all the jolly wet big snowflakes cheerfully blasted them back at me. I could see almost nothing beyond the bar unless I rode with 1 hand cupping the top of the beam. On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 2:39 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The nice bright (plastic) headlight on the Dahon was a Lumotec IQ > something or another, again, no longer made. > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgsu7R4OcjoX-KHjB9Y8gnRt4itsZ0vsDd8%2B4LqQ5PYtSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
