Thread: 600$ Lights!?!?
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Old 12-21-04 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Daily Commute
If you ride long distances at night in poor conditions, and if you can afford it, the light may be worth it.
Yes and no... while the light and battery together seem to be a nice system, they are in fact propriatary, so that any replacements or repairs will also be as costly.

I have a NR digital pro-12 system and paid around $300 for it new, I am now faced with having to replace the $159 battery, when there are clearly power sources available for much much less, that deliver the same capacity. But because of the mount and connection, I am somewhat screwed. (although in reality I will probably forgo the cool "waterbottle" mount and just put a bunch of NiMH in a bag, at 1/4 the price).

So while really great lighting is a good thing, getting locked into a specific "limited release" system sucks.
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