Factory LED headlamps are not always objectively better than the factory halogen headlamps. Is it really worth not seeing as well just for the colors to match?I would always opt for the model that has factory LED headlights
LED headlights are generally considered and advertised as allowing you to see better at night than the halogen version of the same headlight. Whether or not that is objectively true is not really possible to know since the beam specs are kept under wraps.( 99% of people dont know about CPF where they can possibly get the answer). In my own experience I like the higher CCT, and the LED's tend to offer a much wider beam which is helpful.Factory LED headlamps are not always objectively better than the factory halogen headlamps. Is it really worth not seeing as well just for the colors to match?
LED headlights are generally considered and advertised as allowing you to see better at night than the halogen version of the same headlight. Whether or not that is objectively true is not really possible to know since the beam specs are kept under wraps.( 99% of people dont know about CPF where they can possibly get the answer). In my own experience I like the higher CCT, and the LED's tend to offer a much wider beam which is helpful.
LED headlights are generally considered and advertised as allowing you to see better at night
Whether or not that is objectively true is not really possible to know
In my own experience I like the higher CCT, and the LED's tend to offer a much wider beam
I have a 3 week old 2017 F150 with LED headlights and I don't think they are nearly as good on low beams.
You're right about the LEDs Ford is putting on their trucks lately: nice looking lights, but their objective performance ain't so hot, and no, they don't even come close to the rather good HIDs you had on your Durango.
There are good, and bad, headlamps of EVERY technology. Back in the days when acetylene lamps were used on cars, there were good ones and bad ones. When they moved to electric lamps with 27cp bulbs, there were good ones and bad ones. We have good and bad sealed beams, good and bad halogens, good and bad HIDs, and good and bad LEDs. It's not the light source that makes the lamp good or bad, it's t implementation of that light source.
Now that's the truth. I put a set of GE Nighthawk H6054 lamps in my S10, and those are the best headlamps I've ever driven behind, even though sealed beams are "old technology". As -Virgil- often says, good lamps are good, bad lamps are bad.... We have good and bad sealed beams, good and bad halogens, good and bad HIDs, and good and bad LEDs. It's not the light source that makes the lamp good or bad, it's the implementation of that light source.
There may be very few better sealed beams than those, but there certainly are many better composite headlamps than those. What you are reporting is surely more subjective than objevtive, although the axial-filament GE H6054NH, with the 65W high and 55W low (compared to the usual 35W low on a 6054) is a really good sealed beam. But you must not have driven behind very many headlamps for those to be the best you've driven behind.Now that's the truth. I put a set of GE Nighthawk H6054 lamps in my S10, and those are the best headlamps I've ever driven behind, even though sealed beams are "old technology".
Yep. But he'll also say there are better headlamps than even the excellent H6054NH.As -Virgil- often says, good lamps are good, bad lamps are bad.
But you must not have driven behind very many headlamps for those to be the best you've driven behind.
Now, if you still have that S-10 and want to spend some money, then get a set of these and never look back! (Unless you're in reverse.)
The all-new VW Jetta has LED headlamps that put about 500 lumens on the road, about the same as a reasonably efficient H4 halogen headlamp.
That seems... disappointing. Are they better in any other area compared to a decent halogen lamp, or is the primary benefit style?The all-new VW Jetta has LED headlamps that put about 500 lumens on the road, about the same as a reasonably efficient H4 halogen headlamp.
Style, marketability, packaging (indefinite lifespan means no need to provide bulb service access), lower current draw (means cheaper thinner wires and switch/relay components).
It does seem to be only very slightly lower than than halogen. However, it has perfomance advantages such that it doesn't suffer like a filament bulb does from slight undervoltage-- the color temperature does not shift downwards and the emitter luminance does not drop off anywhere near like a filament's luminance does at undervoltage.According to [JW Speaker product specs]this current draw is 4.30 Amps at 12 volts which is not low compare to halogen. Does anyone have information about any LED factory headlight current draw?