Re: Busch & Mueller "Big Bang"---the ultimate bike light?

02-08-2007, 12:37 PM

On Jan 31, 3:40 pm, Pat Lamb <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:59:05 -0500, Gooserider wrote:
> >[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> > Wow. Looks very impressive. Ridiculously pricy, though. A grand for a bike
> > light? Still, impressive technology.
>
> Thinking about this on the way home last night; OK, your normal HID light
> seems to run around $500. Is the precision optics for this really worth
> another $500?
>
> Pat

Yeah, I was wondering about that...the optics make it so that, what,
oncoming traffic isn't blinded? Better peripheral vision??

For $500 more than an Arc Ultra HID, it only lasts 4.5 hrs., too!
Still, I applaud all development in this area...I'm surprised it's
taken this long!

02-09-2007, 07:04 AM

Prisoner at War wrote:
> On Jan 31, 3:40 pm, Pat Lamb <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:59:05 -0500, Gooserider wrote:
>>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>>> Wow. Looks very impressive. Ridiculously pricy, though. A grand for a bike
>>> light? Still, impressive technology.
>> Thinking about this on the way home last night; OK, your normal HID light
>> seems to run around $500. Is the precision optics for this really worth
>> another $500?
>
> Yeah, I was wondering about that...the optics make it so that, what,
> oncoming traffic isn't blinded? Better peripheral vision??

That's what I was thinking. For $500, if I needed that bright a light
to begin with, I'd tilt the "cheap" one down.

> For $500 more than an Arc Ultra HID, it only lasts 4.5 hrs., too!
> Still, I applaud all development in this area...I'm surprised it's
> taken this long!

I guess you only need two batteries to get you through an audax night...

Pat