Just received my Extreme Exposure HID light conversion kit today, I must say
it looks every bit as good as everything else from EE.

The ballast is about the size of a cigarette box and weighs less than 1lb.
The ballast fits behind the Goodman handle just like a normal halogen light
head. There is a slot for the light head to slide in-and-out for focusing
just like a normal halogen light head without rotating along the cord axis.
This allows the ballast to sit firmly on top of the wrist.

As I am retrofitting and planning to use the same HID head with all my EE
lights (6, 14 and 24) as well as having a halogen head back-up, I have E/O
cord on both light heads. The E/O cord comes out of the ballast with an
indestructible-looking metal stress-relief spring. In addition, I ordered
new lids with E/O for each light sizes. I guess if one lives in the US, one
could just send the existing lid back to have the E/O installed as well.

Effectively, I could use this same HID head with any size light canister,
and have a back-up halogen head in my pocket. BTW, Ted Cole recommended that
if one carries the back-up halogen head in the pocket, s/he should put it
inside a section of PVC to protect it.

I will be testing the HID light on a live-aboard trip next week, and will
post the comparison against my buddies' EE halogen lights.

-Phi
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