Originally Posted by ken cummings
Way down the road I expect to see some MR16 and MR11 LED bulbs with 20 to 32 separate low-power emitters in them built into a bike headlight. To have much higher efficiency then 3 and 5 watt single LEDs. And a better life span then the HID bulbs. I am a DIY type with a 50 watt system that blows enough light out to the sides to make heavy night traffic fun.
Halogen/LED combos have been on the market for a few years.
Check the Lupine lights product web pages.
http://www.lupine.de/en/products/products.html
The Otto 8 is a combo light, just what you are talking about.
They also have a 4x3 watt LED light too, brighter than any other LED bike lights.
I've seen others too, another really nice one was from Supernova . I think they have an LED and
HID combo too.
http://www.supernova-lights.com/en/index.html
The Lupine HID light is equal to 65 watts halogen. It's brighter than my MR16 50 watt light, and my 55watt car headlights. And has a nicer beam shape too. You can pick from two beam widths. Supernova has a light that is much more powerful than the Lupine HID.
Lupine
. Wilma 8 4x3W LED
. Otto 8 25W SR 12° 3W LED