Both Exposure Lights have three output settings as well as a flash setting. I found the manufacturer claim of 3 hours (MaXx setting), 10 hours (Ride setting), and 24 hours (Low setting) to be a bit conservative; I managed to get between 30 and 60 minutes more in the MaXx setting and 1-2 hours more in the Low setting. Both lights are regulated and have a "reserve fuel tank" feature that automatically turns the lights to low when the battery has only 5% remaining. At this point, the light will dim gradually over a 3 hour period, giving you an extra chance to get home or set up camp. I found it comforting to know that if I pushed the light too far, that there was always a bit extra to get me to camp or the car.
While not my first choice for backpacking, the Enduro MaXx is a fantastic partner to the Joystick MaXx for technical night mountain biking. With the Joystick MaXx on the helmet and the Enduro MaXx on the handlebars, you have a veritable flood of light from the bar and additional lighting that goes wherever your eyes go. The combination is incredible when riding through dense woods, enabling speeds that nearly reach a daytime pace. The Enduro MaXx attaches to the bike handlebar with a quick release that is quite secure but allows the light to be removed with a quick pull of the red release knob.
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These are very expensive lights. The Fenix and Zebra lights are available at about 1/5th the price and have similar performance features including battery life, brightness levels and have the option to use rechargable CR123/18650 batteries. (You do need to get the batteries and charger separately which brings the price differential closer to 1/3rd.)
The Fenix P3D or Zebra H60 accompany me whenever I need a really bright light (up to 215 lumen) and work for backpacking and biking. The P1D has similar brightness but lower weight and lasts less long.
They don't come stock with bicycle options but the Zebra lights come as headlamps. Headlamp and bicycle options can be easily rigged with as simple an apparatus as a rubber band over the front and back of the light and over the handlebar or some easy elastic sewing.
These lights are amazingly bright at their highest settings. I've been able to hang a bear rope 50' in the air in the dark using one.
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