I will also add lupine support their older models. I just upgrade my light heads with new boards, optics, and lens (+300 lumen, and a colour change from the standard 6K) for less than $200 per light. I believe Lupine are the only ones that offer this ability with out having to purchase a whole new light.
Interesting perspective. I can't say the can of beer on my handlebars would annoy me that much, its got a very useful readout display on its rear, automatically adjusts to speed and terrain to vary brightness. I can also pick up another one in 4 years time for the same price as buying 1 Wilma now. And in 4 years it'll have 3x the lumens and technology as the wilma has now....
I think the lupine remote is perfect, and I reckon next year every light will have such a function. Even the exposure equinox right now has that function and i'm quite interested in it, as it can double up as a bar light for my roadie, where as the piko has a battery pack, which is just annoying.
My main quarm at the moment is how well the exposure's can handle a decent crash. Its a lot of weight strapped to the highly exposed bars of my mtb. I've been known to eat it hard, and wouldn't want to watch $500 bucks disappear in the impact....
Still I do feel that any light can break in a crash, regardless of how much weight is behind it.
For $850 I could grab a equinox and a six pack....