I will give it a try, thanks. I am always looking for lights. I am like a light junkie (or a moth). People are always commenting on it when I ride in the dark. Always good comments (except when they get blinded, and they swear at me). The other morning a guy leant out of his truck window and said admiringly, “Man, that is the brightest bike I have ever seen.” It’s partly because I have monkey lectric lights on both wheels. Plus 3 rear lights and 3 front lights. And a safety vest. A driver would have to be blind not to see me! And yes, that is the great thing about MEC, the customer service. The trouble with buying online is it can be really hard to get after-sales service, unless you are with a big, reputable company. Even then, it’s not guaranteed. I tried to buy new foar ear pads for my Jaybird bluetooth headphones the other day. I bought the headphones from the Apple store, but they are just the distributors for Jaybird, which is US based. So I went to the Jaybird site. The pads were $9 and must weigh close to nothing. Yet Jaybird wanted THIRTY dollars for shipping! It’s just insane … and I cannot replace the foam pads, because I refuse to be ripped off like that.

Dave, I don’t understand it either. The lumens are PER LIGHT, so it is double the number. The lights are very small, so I guess that concentrates the light. I do know for sure that lumens are tricky. For example, I have a 1,000 lumen Lumintrail headlight (reviewed here). It’s bright enough to be blinding. But the Lumintrail also comes in 2,000 and 3,000 lumens, which is impossible to imagine on a bike. If the 3,000 REALLY is 3 x the 1,000 headlight, it would be like a searchlight. I would be able to see mouse’s nose twitching from about a mile away. I don’t believe that, and from all the reviews I have read, those 2 lights do NOT have twice and thrice the lighting power of the 1,000. So it is not strictly logical and mathematical. I only tried these lights because of the great reviews, not because of the lumen specs. Then it turned out I am glad I tried them!