mykall
Enlightened
I really thought that LED technology had for the most part caught incans on brightness and especially runtime. Great improvements have also been made in throw, especially if you consider what MAg has done with the Mag-led dropin and other leds that really use a reflector well.
What I didn't realize is just how poor a job Led's do in bright sunlight looking into dark areas. Recently I was working on the car trying to get repair jobs and maintenance done before my big vacation at the end of the summer. I was really having a tough time seeing under the hood as this has proven to be one of the toughest cars to replace the upper and lower heater hoses on. To be brief, my problem was eventually solved by using a high speed cutting bit on a Dremel and cutting off the high tension lower GM heater hose clamp. It was vital that I be able to see well deep into the engine bay on a 100 degree day and I was shocked at how INEFFECTIVE my 3D Mag-led was. This is a light that throws like no other LED I own. Blows away My SL PPL on a dark night. Yet I could barely see what I was doing using this light during the day. I switched to my Brinkman Maxfire and WHAT a difference.
Interesting it is that this happened just when I thought that 3 LED lights were all I'd ever need in the car. I almost replaced the Maxfire with an LED. Definately wrong on that. I'm now thinking of even switching my Mag-Led back to the Xenon bulb. Runtime won't be there, but I'm really wondering just where or when I'll find another LED shortcoming in a critical situation.
MB
What I didn't realize is just how poor a job Led's do in bright sunlight looking into dark areas. Recently I was working on the car trying to get repair jobs and maintenance done before my big vacation at the end of the summer. I was really having a tough time seeing under the hood as this has proven to be one of the toughest cars to replace the upper and lower heater hoses on. To be brief, my problem was eventually solved by using a high speed cutting bit on a Dremel and cutting off the high tension lower GM heater hose clamp. It was vital that I be able to see well deep into the engine bay on a 100 degree day and I was shocked at how INEFFECTIVE my 3D Mag-led was. This is a light that throws like no other LED I own. Blows away My SL PPL on a dark night. Yet I could barely see what I was doing using this light during the day. I switched to my Brinkman Maxfire and WHAT a difference.
Interesting it is that this happened just when I thought that 3 LED lights were all I'd ever need in the car. I almost replaced the Maxfire with an LED. Definately wrong on that. I'm now thinking of even switching my Mag-Led back to the Xenon bulb. Runtime won't be there, but I'm really wondering just where or when I'll find another LED shortcoming in a critical situation.
MB
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