Originally Posted by
Watchdog
This set up was pretty amazing 4 years ago and even now it's still an impressive system compared to current technology.
I can't see that I would ever need a system this bright and for $300 current technology allows me to buy something off the shelf that is bright enough for my needs. But wow, this was very impressive when the OP posted it.
More like 3 years ago
I'll agree that there are other options out there now that are tough to compete with. The Magicshine revolution made LED almost too cheap. However, LED technology does have it's limitations. The Magicshine is cheap but the output is about 1/3 of the overvolted halogens. I do use Magicshine but with 3 heads, I'm not putting out as much light as one of my previous lights.
You can now find LED that are in the range of lumen output that the halogens put out but look at the cost. To have the output of 3 of the Retinal Burners, you'd need need 3 Niterider Pro 1500s. That's going to be an outlay of around $900. And, if you run the Niterider on high, you get around 1.5 hrs of run time. Surprisingly, the Retinal Burners get about the same run time. The Niterider is lighter but so is your wallet