HID Bike Light?

[ACHTUNG]

I've been researching HIDs for riding at night. Before I drop some decent dough, I'd like to know your thoughts on HIDs. Anything I should know before buying?

So far I've narrowed it down to the Light & Motion ARC NiMH:

http://www.bikelights.com/Products/Arc.htm#

[burny]

i've build mine myself ... its not really hard to do and the result is awsome. i can ride bike-downhill sections just like daytime.

if you really want bright light have a look at www.lupine.de however thats quite expensive. (and my homebuild is slightly better). another option is maybe hope or nightmare. but i dont know if those are available in the us.

mine: http://www.es-schneit.de/radel/Nacht1/nacht1.html

[SuperChief]

How do you build your own? Be an interesting project, also thought one for my dualsport dirtbike would be cool. but the 250+ dollar price tag makes the decision easy.

Chainlove had this on last night. Click here

[ACHTUNG]

i've build mine myself ... its not really hard to do and the result is awsome. i can ride bike-downhill sections just like daytime.

if you really want bright light have a look at www.lupine.de however thats quite expensive. (and my homebuild is slightly better). another option is maybe hope or nightmare. but i dont know if those are available in the us.

mine: http://www.es-schneit.de/radel/Nacht1/nacht1.html

That looks like a great setup but I can't read german. Do you have an English write up?

Edit: nevermind, I found a good online language translator tool.

[burny]

i've followed the instructions of this site: http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/Tobi...set_luxttr.htm (its in german, i dont have the time to translate it at the moment, maybe in november or december)

however it might be hard to get some of the necessery applications, i guess you would have to search for soulutions there yourself. i can absolutely recommend the 50W light (helmet) and combine it with 2 fenix p3d (or p2d) (handelbars). I'll try to make a helmcam video and post it ... its absolutely amazing how much light you get.