Well, just last night it was overcast and precip was frozen mist, and I had the usual kit and it was awesome. My one fellow rider that night is running full Outbound, so he's got a bit more bright but most importantly a huge spread, but neither of us were really looking for a ton more. I think with rain or mist I still don't want more than that, again for that reflection factor. It's like why you don't want high beams when driving in fog.
Something like Outbound's adaptive mode could probably be nice for the dankest darkest nights, but I think their current iteration on the headlamp is too conservative with the ramping. The one complaint that friend has is that adaptive doesn't line up time-wise: the head light on adaptive lasts about an hour less runtime than even non-adaptive high on the bar light. Better off running medium head and high/adaptive on bars since we always manage to spend close to 3 hours on night rides since the lights are great and we end up sessioning and trying new stuff despite it being night.
(3 hours is pretty usual for CX at 90%, with 1 Ion at medium or 2 Ions in sequence on high depending on how I feel.)
Jan. 31, 2023, 7:16 p.m. - Justin White
Well, just last night it was overcast and precip was frozen mist, and I had the usual kit and it was awesome. My one fellow rider that night is running full Outbound, so he's got a bit more bright but most importantly a huge spread, but neither of us were really looking for a ton more. I think with rain or mist I still don't want more than that, again for that reflection factor. It's like why you don't want high beams when driving in fog. Something like Outbound's adaptive mode could probably be nice for the dankest darkest nights, but I think their current iteration on the headlamp is too conservative with the ramping. The one complaint that friend has is that adaptive doesn't line up time-wise: the head light on adaptive lasts about an hour less runtime than even non-adaptive high on the bar light. Better off running medium head and high/adaptive on bars since we always manage to spend close to 3 hours on night rides since the lights are great and we end up sessioning and trying new stuff despite it being night. (3 hours is pretty usual for CX at 90%, with 1 Ion at medium or 2 Ions in sequence on high depending on how I feel.)