Front lights for off road night riding?

Does anyone have any recommendations for a DECENT front light(s) set for off road night time use?
Budget (not sure yet, but as little as possible - £300 tops, without the wife knowing)
Battery time at least 2.5 hours or comes with a spare battery.
Hope seem to have good sets, but id like to spend less if possible and unfortunately the shops i visited over the weekend only had standard road lights nothing off road.
Thanks
Budget (not sure yet, but as little as possible - £300 tops, without the wife knowing)
Battery time at least 2.5 hours or comes with a spare battery.
Hope seem to have good sets, but id like to spend less if possible and unfortunately the shops i visited over the weekend only had standard road lights nothing off road.
Thanks

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Scott CR1
Stu
Can you comment at all?
Scott CR1
Thanks
Advice for kilted riders: top-tubes are cold.
If you want ulitmate flexibility get the new Lupine Wilma granted it's a fair wedge above your budget but if your are going to use a HID light a lot you will need to factor in new bulbs at something like £80 each (can't find a price for L&M one). The Wilma can be dipped through a range of settings to extend runtime up to 42 hours and even on full lasts 4 hours and at 830 Lumens they are brighter than a very bright thing.
In the group I ride with we have a combination of L&M, Lupines & Lumicycle, for brightness there is really not much in it and reliability seems very good on all three brands. A couple of people run USE Exposure lights, these are a nice compact unit, but are dimmer than a HID (maybe not a problem if you ride by yourself). I do use a Joystick helmet light which is a nice addition to the bar mounted light. Of those brands, as a group, we have had most problems with USE products, however their customer service is very good.
When I bought the L&M lights I did look at the Hope units, they did look nice, however I was put off by the two separate batteries. For the way I use the lights I could see problems having to stop mid-ride to change batteries and also charging would be more of a pain as I would have to remember to charge both batteries - normally I put mine on charge in the morning and go to work.
http://www.lumicycle.com/Product/produc ... ON&dep=100
Not too bad on price (dont tell the wife!) and we like british built stuff. Just difficult to tell not seeing it in action in the flesh, just wondered whether it will be enough of a light spread for off road (they do recommend it for off road)
Thanks for all the great info so far
The Lumicycles also seem good as a lot in our group use them but I don't know what the run time is.
Scott CR1
Anyone comment on one light system as a rule?
Scott CR1
Scott CR1
Did it have the lumicycles in as well? ive narrowed it down to the L&M and lumicycles now, so a summary of those would be fine
One is a 13w helmet light which is great using a nimh battery I get about 3 hours.
The other is a 30w spot trailtech handle bar mount which is the brightest light out. I use this with a lion battery which is switchable between 12v and 13 v meaning I can extend the standard battery from 2.5 hrs to 3 hours.
The 30w hid cost £160 excluding carriage and comes with everything you need.
Hope this helps you.
old bike.....http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/763811/
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/926737/
That helps greatly, looks like its the lumicycle. Thanks a lot.
Thanks for all the advice.
http://www.dinottelighting.com/500L.html
Currently in their sale at £209.Bargain!
2010 Giant Defy Advanced
2016 Boardman Pro 29er
2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
2017 Canondale Supersix Evo
The build quality of the components is absolutely excellent but the charger instructions leave a little to be desired (but its not exactly difficult to use a charger
Will write more once ive used them properly
It wasnt 100% dark so ive not been able to get the full benefit yet but i can see they will do the job. If your looking at spending £250 to £300 on lights then lumicycle is the way to go, especially since you can change your own bulb which you cant with the Light and motion units.
Overall very happy.