Xenon Bulb - worth it?

didn't look at the price

Purchased two pack of Osram Nightbreaker bulbs from ebay for £11.40 from 'wattbulb' (due to this thread!). Fitted today. Thery're worth it just for the packaging!

Haven't been for a ride in the dark, but colour looks better and they do seem bright.

thanks, boot, i've not managed to fit mine yet!

what is the wattbulb website

sorry missed the ebay bit!

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/wattbulb07

I've just replaced a set of nightbreakers with philips xtreme power and I have to say the difference is noticeable with one nightbreaker one philips,

The philips beam throws so much further - even when I swapped the bulbs into the opposite sides to take account of the beam patterns!

Philips gets my vote now!!

i just got Osram silver stars 55% thingy ma jobbies for the cage, i do hope they improve the standard head lights.

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Re. the bike specific lamps.

AFAIK they are built to be a bit more robust, vibration resistant filaments etc. Having said that I haven't found any significant problem with modern branded lamps in bikes, certainly Osram Silverstars and Philips X-treme Powers have been in my bikes for a lot of miles with no failures yet. I believe the more robust designs slightly reduce the light output. They are probably worth considering for off-road/ATV use but for on-road use just stick with the normal auto spec branded lamps (Osram/Philips etc) and you'll be fine.

I've had an nightbreaker fail and its been less than 4 months, dad's one also blew in his harley - maybe a bad batch.