Best Lights for your bike

Best Lights for your bike
What lights worked for you and witch ones did not? I 'am looking to buy a set to enjoy night rides, but have no idea where to start LED,HID, and halogen.

what kind of money are you willing to spend If you have the money buy a night rider Fire Storm their about 400 w\shipping on jenson usa see link below http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/LS504A02-Niterider+Firestorm+06.aspx

As Steve said, How much do you want to spend. HID is the best way to go, but you can get by with less. I use a Halogen Cygolite Night Rover which works well and costs less than $100. (@ REI) Which ever way you go, I recommend it be a helmet mount light as opposed to a bar mount if it will be your only light.

I use Night Pro which I purchase 4 years ago. I prefer helmet mount and a handle bar mount, but if I went with just one it would be the helmet light. The night pro's I have are halogen. What do you all think the minimum watts for a one light unit should be?

not looking to brake the bank but I do not want to be stuck out in the woods and my cheep light leaves me in the dark. between $100-200

Howdy: I finally got around to getting a decent light. Mine is a Light & Motion ARC LiON that I got from nashbar.com. It seems to be a near perfect light for night riding...but then I'm new to all things related to MTB so my opinion might not be what you're looking for! Helmet mount is a must..without a doubt!!! I use a little LED for bar mounting just to help out a bit. good luck and we'll see ya on the trails sometime! John

Go to www.mtbr.com and check out the reviews. Find the lights listing page. Mouse over number of reviews (usually a high number of reviews means the light is going to rate pretty well). Find 2 or 3 highly rated lights in your price range. Read the reviews and make a decision. You get what you pay for so if you imagine yourself upgrading in 3 years, it may be better to sink the money into a good set now. Night Rider has been around a while and you can't go wrong there. Light n Motion reviews read well. Wattage? You'll want more eventually but maybe 12watts minimum for starters. Hope this is somewhat illuminating.

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