CATEYE GVolt100 LED Front Light - StVZO approved

This light is exactly what I was looking for. Prior to this, I had tried non StVZO lights and was disappointed. I then began retrofitting automotive foglights onto my bike to use as a headlight. While it worked, the setup was heavy/ugly, required an external battery, and too big. This light has a very similar beam pattern to most automotive headlights. A very short, wide beam that is meant to be projected forward. This is clever, as it reduces the amount of foreground lighting, and focuses most of the light in the nearly parallel-to-the-ground forward plane, thus illuminating anything that sticks above ground. Thus, while the ground may not be as well illuminated as with brighter lights, any object ahead of you, especially at a further distance, will be well illuminated. The effect is a deceiving light that may not look all that bright, but works extremely well, even at the lowest 10 lux setting! As for the cut off beam; it is quite sharp, but from an aesthetic point of view, I wish the cut off flare was purple in colour rather than orange/red. Back in my days of automotive lighting, we used to use spacers on projector shields to achieve that effect. Either way, I LOVE this light and HIGHLY recommend it. Besides Lupine's SL AF headlight, which costs significantly more, this is by far the best solution on the market! I purchased this in Canada, and the import duty was about ~20% of the price, which is reasonable. Bike-Components.de did an excellent job dealing with me, and shipping out the item extremely quickly. DHL got it from Germany to my house in 2 days!