The definitive headtorch post

[wheezing donkey]

i have used my l1 riding 12 miles to work every day all winter in all weather conditions and have had no problems the wiring at all. also all other reviews i read when deciding which to buy gave the l1 a good report.

Fairplay Fellboy, you must have got a good 'un. Trouble with most 'professional' reviews is that the kit is new out of the box and the review is usually written within the first month of usage; so it should still be working ok. It's the performance after 10 or 12 months that really counts, especially if you've splashed a fair wedge.
I know that my clubmate was very peeved when the battery box to lamp unit wiring frayed at the entry point into the lamp unit after about 4 or 5 months ( exactly what happened to the guy on this forum 2 years later), but he got that fixed professionally. The following winter, my mate's control circuitry in the lamp unit failed and it went into melt down on his head. At the time he'd spent around £75 for his.