Andy, if you had closely read my posts about headlights, you would have known my concern has always been about night vision in the first place. If there has been one, who continuously has stressed the importance of it, it has been me. You might also have learned that I avoid riding in the city as much as possible. That's why I have never fallen victim to the 'poor charging system'. Is not only me that has communicated that sofar the conventional 55/60 Watts H4 that has its filament exactly in the right spot, behind a good lens offers the best beam pattern for safe riding at night. This combination also happens to be legal. For being noticed during the day, almost anything is good enough, as long as it doesn't irritate oncoming traffic. For bikes a slight yellowish coloured DRL has proved safest, as it makes bikes stand out from the rest of the traffic (like in rear view mirrors of cars in front of them). It's not me, it's research, done here in Europe, but I see no reason why the results would not apply to other continents. Because of this, some bikers have already changed their OEM headlamps accordingly (see pic). Below that a pic of my ideal DRL, just a modest and certainly not irritating dot. The third pic is a known good Marchal headlamp that will offer you maximum safety. Marchal has quite a reputation, like Cibié, Bosch and Hella have. Maybe you can inform us what reputation China has... Most of the LED thingies made there, are not even approved and many, at least IMO, aren't worth the packaging they arrive in. They do great in advertising though, stressing the thousands of this and thousands of that. It is enough to make those susceptible, drool like a Pavlov dog and - having the money already burning in their pocket -, leave them not able to resist buying stuff, that so wonderflul matches their fantasies and then as a bonus experience this 'Christmas present rush' when it arrives. It has nothing to do with the persuit of quality however. Yes, Andy, this post has not only been about headlamps, it has also been about us. Maybe that is what you don't like.
