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edscoble
@Greenbank
It's more the proliferation of unfocused/undirected beams from cheap lights (although some very expensive lights have exactly the same problem). To avoid dazzling other road users they have to be pointed down so close to the front wheel that they're next to useless for lighting up the road ahead.
I prefer something with huge light output but with appropriate mirrors/lenses to keep it mostly on the road ahead and not up into the eyes of drivers/pedestrians/cyclists. Lights like the Busch & Müller dynohub lights such as the IQ Fly or Luxos series.
I was partly glad that my dynohub powered Solidlights were stolen as they were simply too bright for an unfocused beam after being upgraded to the latest emitters (in the XB2 upgrade) and I was close to replacing them anyway.