PIAA Extreme White Plus alternatives?

 When I had my Virago, I was so disgusted with the dull & dim stock
bulb that I bought the first/recommended brighter bulb at my dealer.
I don't remember, but it may have been a PIAA.

The stock bulb in my V Star is okay (i.e. nothing special), but I
still would like to increase my visibility.  So in one catalog I found
PIAA Extreme White Plus halogen H4s, which look like they would be
great, but they're $47 per bulb.  Despite basically believing in "you
get what you pay for," this has given me a bit of sticker shock.

1)  Are these great bulbs and worth the $$?

2)  Does anybody have any good alternate suggestions based on
experience?

Thanks,

DTM

'06 V Star 1100 Classic

 DTM wrote:

That price seems about right, but Iv'e been told that the 'blue' lights
are better for the over 30 crowd.....something to do with how the eyes
work. A mate was the same as you, shocked by the price, but he reckons
it's heaps better for his night riding (read...swerving all over
backroads....)

 



They are not.  Blue lights are actually worse for the eyes.  Bulbs that
have blue tints to them have the filaments overdriven to produce more
light, because the blue tint removes so much of the light from the bulb
that if it wasn't overdriven it would fail the minimum requirements for
light output.  Of course, the filaments fail a lot quicker.

The reason the blue bulbs sell is the HID lights have a blue tint and
people that buy the blue bulbs want to pretend that they have the
HID lights.  In short, they are wannabes.

Ted

 BrianNZ wrote:


http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/blue.html

 Give 'em a pass. for half the price you can get a set of Philips Vision +50%. As
good or better, cost less, last longer.

http://www.murphskits.com/light.htm