I've been searching posts related to Hella's various sealed 50/60/90mm offerings in Halogen, and I was hoping for some clarifications on their performance. Halogen, specifically due to their lower costs in relation to the venerable HID and modern LED offerings in the 50mm and 90mm lineups.
Hella's catalog offers aerial view "beam plots" which are mostly referred to as "fanciful" marketing tools, rather than a reflection of reality or otherwise relaying useful information. This is an understandable move by Hella, if unfortunate, as it really does muddy the waters of what their products actually offer prospective customers.
-50mm lineup:
I don't believe there's been any discussion here about these.
-60mm lineup:
Have been referred to as Hella more wanting to offer a low cost product marketed for the ATV/UTV market, rather than a high performance headlamp for primarily on-road vehicles. When I've inquired about these with rallylights, they started off by stating they are "much improved with a suitable HID" kit. Seeing as they are not designed for hid burners, that's clearly a non-starter, although based on web searches this course of action seems to be what most people who use them for lamps do with them.
Using 9005, they presumably see some benefit from upgrading to 9011. The question is, does this alter their status as a "meh-tier" road compliant option to a level of performance more inline with what could be deacribed as more-than-adequate for primary headlamps? Are these in any way comparable to the 90mm halogen lamps?
-90mm lineup:
My question relates to the models for Left hand traffic. "What is best" is too broad a question without some qualifiers, so I believe I am right to also ask, if the information is known, "what model has the best ability to be improved with performance bulb options?"
-Virgil- you have expressed, for example that the Performance H1 model has the furthest reaching high beam. Is that with a standard H1, or with a performance/higher wattage H1 bulb? In other threads you have stated that your overall favorite is the ECE spec H7 lamp (presumably with a Vosla 65w rebased H9? Or is this the best overall pick even with a standard H7?). There's the Classic SAE using an H9 bulb (so besides picking a high quality H9, there's no real ability to improve its performance), which presumably does not have the "euro" style stepped cutoff.
The 90mm lineup is offered in a few flavors, as either a lowbeam only or a bi-halogen function. Speaking specifically to the low beam performance of these lamps, is it fair to assume that the lowbeam only models can offer higher performance than their bi-beam brethren, given they are not designed around as complex a task?
Hella seems to be paring down the halogen lineup with their newer LED and Bi-LED models becoming available, so I am hoping for some insights while their full lineup might still be found on retailers shelves.
Hella's catalog offers aerial view "beam plots" which are mostly referred to as "fanciful" marketing tools, rather than a reflection of reality or otherwise relaying useful information. This is an understandable move by Hella, if unfortunate, as it really does muddy the waters of what their products actually offer prospective customers.
-50mm lineup:
I don't believe there's been any discussion here about these.
-60mm lineup:
Have been referred to as Hella more wanting to offer a low cost product marketed for the ATV/UTV market, rather than a high performance headlamp for primarily on-road vehicles. When I've inquired about these with rallylights, they started off by stating they are "much improved with a suitable HID" kit. Seeing as they are not designed for hid burners, that's clearly a non-starter, although based on web searches this course of action seems to be what most people who use them for lamps do with them.
Using 9005, they presumably see some benefit from upgrading to 9011. The question is, does this alter their status as a "meh-tier" road compliant option to a level of performance more inline with what could be deacribed as more-than-adequate for primary headlamps? Are these in any way comparable to the 90mm halogen lamps?
-90mm lineup:
My question relates to the models for Left hand traffic. "What is best" is too broad a question without some qualifiers, so I believe I am right to also ask, if the information is known, "what model has the best ability to be improved with performance bulb options?"
-Virgil- you have expressed, for example that the Performance H1 model has the furthest reaching high beam. Is that with a standard H1, or with a performance/higher wattage H1 bulb? In other threads you have stated that your overall favorite is the ECE spec H7 lamp (presumably with a Vosla 65w rebased H9? Or is this the best overall pick even with a standard H7?). There's the Classic SAE using an H9 bulb (so besides picking a high quality H9, there's no real ability to improve its performance), which presumably does not have the "euro" style stepped cutoff.
The 90mm lineup is offered in a few flavors, as either a lowbeam only or a bi-halogen function. Speaking specifically to the low beam performance of these lamps, is it fair to assume that the lowbeam only models can offer higher performance than their bi-beam brethren, given they are not designed around as complex a task?
Hella seems to be paring down the halogen lineup with their newer LED and Bi-LED models becoming available, so I am hoping for some insights while their full lineup might still be found on retailers shelves.