Originally Posted by John Ridley
Took the plunge - ordered a Trail-Tech HID light
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I have a Planet Bike 1W Luxeon Super Spot, a 1W luxeon flashlight, a Cateye 3-LED head lamp and a 20W halogen light; when I get them all together I'll see about posting comparison photos.
OK, I got everything together. You can check out my photos of the setup here:
2005 light setup photos
Drill in one more album to see comparisons of the various lights. It's interesting to note the true color of the grass in the photos with the HID.
A little discussion on my site here.
The HID from batteryspace.com cost $105 (you get a 5% discount code for your next purchase whenever you buy from them), the 4500 mAH NiMH bottle battery was about $60. I went with NiMH instead of LiIon because of better cold weather performance.
The rear flasher is the venerable amber xenon from all electronics that's been mentioned here so many times.