General Cycling Discussion - Hid Lights

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Bikeguy1

11-17-04, 03:49 PM

Are the HID lights worth so much money? Is there a huge difference between them and the Halogen?

I was looking into equipping our 2 bikes with lights for when we start night time commuting and was wondering why they are so darn much money.

Thanks

Merriwether

11-17-04, 07:55 PM

Hi,

There are ton of threads on this subject in this forum, and the coummuting forum. Have a search.

Good luck,

M

steveknight

11-18-04, 10:19 AM

because first the bulb is not cheap they requre far more electronics (they use a ballast to boost voltage) because people will pay that much money for one.

2manybikes

12-01-04, 09:29 PM

You get what you pay for, they are brighter, run longer. Mostly run time is the thing.