are sylvania high performance light bulbs brighter than OEM ?

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are sylvania high performance light bulbs brighter than OEM ? I am referring to halogen bulbs that look like HID

 

[Hamilton Felix]

If you mean bulbs with blue tint, or blue/white or advertised as "hyper-white" or "crystal vision" or anything like that, NO.

The blue filter takes out light. Coloring it blue may ape the appearance of some HID lamps (though the only HID headlights I own are a pretty "white" 4,200K color temp), but it is not brighter and it makes it more difficult for your eyes to focus. You many want to read this article:

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/lights/light_color/light_color.html

Depending on the type of bulb you have, your best bet may be Philips Xtreme Vision or Xtreme Power or the Osram Night Breaker.

 

[-Virgil-]

are sylvania high performance light bulbs brighter than OEM?

No. The Sylvania Silver Star/Ultra bulbs you are probably asking about have a short lifespan and put out less light than an OEM regular bulb. The Sylvania Silver Star ZxE bulbs you might be thinking about are an extreme case: much less light and a very short life.

I am referring to halogen bulbs that look like HID

Halogen bulbs aren't supposed to look like HID. There's no point trying to force the issue; halogen headlamps will never really look like HIDs, and even a slight appearance shift in that direction substantially reduces bulb output and lifespan and headlight performance. The best-performing bulbs in Sylvania's line are the XtraVisions, but you can do better in other lines (Philips Xtreme Vision/Xtreme Power, GE Night Hawk Platinum).

 

[AnAppleSnail]

Halogen bulbs aren't supposed to look like HID. There's no point trying to force the issue; halogen headlamps will never really look like HIDs, and even a slight appearance shift in that direction substantially reduces bulb output and lifespan and headlight performance.

"But why is this so?" Stern on Light Color.
"But why does that matter?" I dunno about you, but I like all my light. Speaking of CCT, the moon was considered greenish until we started seeing it next to sodium-vapor lamps. Then it was blue.