Calling slant6dan, GE Nighthawks

BrianT, you're missing an important point: good headlamps have better beam focus than poor headlamps; that's what makes them better. It means they put more light where you need it, and do a better job of keeping light away from where it shouldn't be (in other drivers' eyes, up in the air to cause backdazzle in rain/fog/snow, etc.). A headlamp that is just indiscriminately brighter and causes glare is not a better headlamp. Assuming proper aim in both cases, the Cibie lamps produce less glare than the Night Hawks.