Good bulb brands
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Philips Is my normal go to.
For the last 20 years or so I've tended to replace my bulbs with Philips when they blew, then never needed to do them again in the time I owned the car which is probably the best praise I can give.
Started off with vision plus and progressed on to extreme vision. Both seemed equally long-lived.
Started off with vision plus and progressed on to extreme vision. Both seemed equally long-lived.
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I've had some generic Bosch bulbs that were actually pretty good and very cheap at the time. They werent the fancy ones, just the "original equipment" ones on a cardboard backing.
There aren't really good lamp brands, Bosch are often the OE brand (generally not terrible for lifespan but average for performance), Philips and Osram have good performance and the difference over cheap brands is definitely worth it in that respect but lifespan is hit and miss and even the best brands don't really care to do a good job on lifespan.
I generally buy Philips myself.
I generally buy Philips myself.
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we'll see - aforementioned acquisition ..
as some of reviews of bulbs say the blue tinting on the outside?(scrapeable ? trike ?) of the bulb reduces overall light output to make it look bluer
e: made in china - nothing is safe , but maybe my philips+130s say the same.
e2: Too bad they won't live long. But, then again, who does
as some of reviews of bulbs say the blue tinting on the outside?(scrapeable ? trike ?) of the bulb reduces overall light output to make it look bluer
e: made in china - nothing is safe , but maybe my philips+130s say the same.
e2: Too bad they won't live long. But, then again, who does
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put in the new bosch bulbs headlight pair and moved the unblown headlight bulb into full beam slot - to finish off it's life, less used full beam bulbs seem to last many more years.
Had forgotten about the electric adjustment control on headlight level for loaded/unloaded car, had previously set it low/fully-loaded to avoid any MOT issues,
but never changed it back for , more usual, single occupancy.
Had forgotten about the electric adjustment control on headlight level for loaded/unloaded car, had previously set it low/fully-loaded to avoid any MOT issues,
but never changed it back for , more usual, single occupancy.
I used to work with a colleague who was always complaining about "wires" when she had to connect multiple laptops to a router.
Cables. Cables contain wires. If you just had wires sticking out everywhere then it would be a really dangerous situation.
Also, Osram, generally.
They normally just adjust it if they find it's off these days. It's not worth failing over something so trivial.
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The Philips 130% “Extreme Vision” H7s (dipped) seem to last roughly 2 and a half years for me and the H1 mains about 6 months longer in my Duster. Worth ever penny and the 5 minutes of swearing to fit as most of my night driving is on unlit rural roads with, lined by trees. October to April is brown season where it telling the muddy tarmac from muddy verges can be a challenge with decent headlight. The Osram OEMs were terrible.
As you’d have to be feeling generous to call my local minor roads “B” roads and I live off of what’s basically a tarmac over gravel farm track, folks living near better roads might get more life out of them.
I notice they’re 150% now as I just ordered a replacement pairs of H7s after noticing one had failed last night.
As you’d have to be feeling generous to call my local minor roads “B” roads and I live off of what’s basically a tarmac over gravel farm track, folks living near better roads might get more life out of them.
I notice they’re 150% now as I just ordered a replacement pairs of H7s after noticing one had failed last night.