What is a good drop in to use in a DIY bike light?

[Guy's Dropper]

My dad has been complaining about his 70 lumen mountain bike light lately, and I want to get him something that will blow him away. I was thinking of getting the TerraLUX TLE-300, putting it in a Maglite head with a handlebar mount. However, Batteryjunction just discontinued this drop-in and replaced it with the TerraLUX TLE-300M-EX http://www.batteryjunction.com/tle-300m-ex.html I can't find any reviews for it. Is this still a good choice? Anyone know of any +500 lumen drop-ins with a nice, floody beam pattern that would be better for biking?

 

[herulach]

What kind of battery does he have? You may find you can put together a p7 in a mag c-head for cheaper.

If you don't have batteries you could check out the magicshine p7 light.

 

[DM51]

This sounds more like a normal LED Flashlight question than a bicycle-specific one.

I'm moving it to the LED Flashlights section for now. Depending on how it goes, we may move it back later.

 

[LED_Thrift]

If you can't find any reviews of the new Terralux, give BatteryJunction a call. Matt has been straightforward with his advice, which is why he is a well respected member/dealer here.

 

[Guy's Dropper]

What kind of battery does he have? You may find you can put together a p7 in a mag c-head for cheaper.

If you don't have batteries you could check out the magicshine p7 light.

I'm going to make a battery pack with some extra 18650s I have laying around, so power consumption is not much of an issue.

 

[Locoboy5150]

My opinions on my Terralux TLE-300M-EX are in this forum starting on page 3:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/183679

 

[Locoboy5150]

I also posted my opinions in these threads:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/251300

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/246672