XP-G off-road light decision

[kingofwylietx]

I am going to buy a set of off-road LED lights. If I buy them today....they will have lumileds in them. If I wait 2 months, they will have Cree XP-G's in them. The output will be the same, the number of emitters [8] will be the same, but I know the XP-G's will be more efficient (lower power consumption).

Any other advantage to waiting? Maybe I can modify them more easily if they are Cree's...to get more output?

Thoughts?

 

[Illum]

not knowing the size of the enclosure used, its likely that with XPG you'll get the same light in an enclosure half the size:D

 

[kingofwylietx]

I don't know if I really want a smaller enclosure. Since it will be mounted to the front of my truck, I want it to be sized relative to my truck (I don't want it to look out of place).

So, efficiency is the only advantage?

 

[TorchBoy]

Price? Would you ever want to run them with your engine off? (Since they'll be using much less power for the same output.) Actually, it seems a bit silly to have them providing the same output, because they limiting factor would be heat.

 

[csa]

I agree... more efficient should be useful if you run them with the truck off. I'd wait.

 

[kingofwylietx]

I don't think that I'd ever really need them with the truck off. I think the price will be the same, they are just updating them. I was about to buy them when I found out that they are updating to the XP-G.

I'll wait, but I hate waiting.

 

[TorchBoy]

Unless you really need them soon, it'll be worth the wait. Probably.

 

[deadrx7conv]

I'd wait.

What brand off road light?