After spending thousands of dollars buying and making lights over the last 5 or so years I think I’m finally content with the Edison 5. This is a fantastic light from Lupine. The Edison system consists of a 13W Metal-Halide lamp powered by lithium-ion batteries. That basically means a brilliantly bright light (equivalent to about 60 watts from a halogen light) and very lightweight batteries. The light has a high and a low setting. The high is all the light you’d ever need and great for Cateye Moonride etc, while the low gives longer run-time and is more than enough light for adventure racing.What really sets this light apart from the others is the attention to detail. The build quality of all the components (light, attachments, charger etc) is faultless. The mounting systems for helmet, handle-bars and head are easy to set up and work very well. You can quickly swap the light from bike to head-strap (supplied) and we often take the light on a trek leg as it can be a huge help spotting features that our normal trekking lights will not reach.
The Lupine charger is a nice little unit with a digital readout that leaves you in no doubt that your batteries are fully charged (A problem I’ve had with other chargers) and also has a discharge feature and ability to charge other battery types.
So finally I’ve found the perfect light and can stop looking.
Although the Lupine Wilma X Pro looks pretty good…