A front bike light for your helmet, it goes where you go and shines where you look! No more multiple handlebar mounts on different bikes, broken handlebar mounts, cumbersome external batteries, etc.
After breaking several cheap plastic mounts I'd had enough of bike mounted lights. Enough I say! Why can't mfg's make fiber reinforced mounts!
Having used headlamps extensively for camping and hiking I decided it was time for a helmet mounted light that I could point where I wanted, especially in driver's eyes to alert them of my presence.
Let's begin...
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To be honest I had intended to include safety concerns but after reviewing mass marketed helmet light systems, including this one (NiteRider MiNewt Mini-USB) which is is mounted through the air vents and is exactly the same weight (6.1 ounces), I decided it was not pertinent to the Instructable.
As they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If this light helps me avoid an incident through increased visibility I will take the tradeoff of it possibly becoming a safety concern in the event of a wreck.
"The first and most important rule for mounting a light on your helmet is that it must break away readily when you crash or catch an overhanging obstacle. If it does not, you risk having your neck jerked when it snags on the pavement or tree. Besides jerking your neck, that can add to the g's of the shock to your brain when you hit pavement. "