![]() But if you do want to learn a bit more about LED lights, click back to Issue #19 of Unsealed 4X4. So I’ll spare you the rants on colour temperature and the importance of dust and water sealing. When it comes to lights, seeing how they work is much more interesting than reading about how they work. Some feedback we received from the previous LED light bar test we undertook was to please, please, please cut back on the technical info and get straight into the comparison. I know, this means you have to buy two sets of lights but trust me when I say you will be amazed at how much illumination this combo will produce. The round driving lights will provide you with distance, and the LED light bar will fill any gaps and boost spread to the sides of the track. So the answer? Having both is going to give you the best of both worlds. Light bars offered more spread, but didn’t have the same level of straight-line penetration. Judging purely by eye, round LED driving lights had more oomph in the distance stakes but didn’t fill the gaps as cleanly as an LED light bar would. The answer to this riddle is somewhat obvious, unfortunately. So we drove to retail outlets around Sydney and physically picked the lights out of their stock… just as you the consumer would be doing. I’m not saying this was the case, but with so much on the line we needed to take things seriously and not take any chances. Last time around we had manufacturers send out light bars, which potentially opened us up to receiving products that could have been modified. We also decided to measure current draw of each light this time around – to see just how much pressure each light is placing on your vehicle’s charging system. To gauge spread, we took readings five metres to the side of the vehicle, at the 10m marker. Light measurements were recorded at 1m, 10m and 100m increments from the vehicle. The same property in the very dark NSW Snowy Mountains was borrowed (thanks Dad) and we mapped out the length and width of the test course with the same measuring equipment. The same Lux meter was dragged out from the shed, as was the temperature gun used to record how hot the lights got. We used the same photographer (cheers Scott) with the same GU Patrol to power the lights and the camera was locked off at 1 sec, F8, ISO 1600 (same as on the previous test) for those who are brave enough to switch away from auto mode. Round LED driving lights, or LED light bars? Let the battle begin!ĭon’t miss the images, results and full Unsealed 4X4 experience CLICK HERE.Ĭonsistency is key on tests such as this, so we employed the exact same methods as in our previous LED light bar comparison. Now we have the data and images to highlight which is the best set of round LED driving lights on the market, and we can finally put the rumours to bed surrounding which is most effective. While that particular test proved to be extremely popular and well received, we couldn’t simply rest on our laurels could we? You see, back in Issue #19 of Unsealed 4X4 we took 10 LED light bars bush to see which deserved a place on your four-wheel drive. An old saying I heard while working in the tyre industry was: “The best product is the one you have in stock.” Consequently you as a consumer are at the mercy of an overbearing pitch from a salesperson with potentially no first-hand knowledge of the topic.
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