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Originally Posted by spartacus
There has been a huge marketing push for brighter lights for everything because of the false narrative that brighter is better and safer.
High country roads with blind curves or long sweeping curves blinding on coming traffic.
Two cars parked on the road with the car in the back shining ditch lights for the ding bat changing a tire in the vehicle upfront, without realizing that the blinding light is putting the life of his buddy in danger.
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Agreed brigher doesnt always equate to more light hitting the desired beam focus area. Often the cheap shit bright lights (please note I am not listing any brands associated with any of my comments above) have poor diffusion of the light beam pattern with more light scattering.
In order to actually measure the lights one would ideally need to measure specific lumen output at a specified range on target with possibly measurements on Kelvin of bulb type along with possible temperature at operating on the heat sink on the back.
The above would be easy to do. I have the equipment to do this. The stuff I have is lab grade. I have Baja XL80s. If somebody wants to send me a light I can hook it up and compare and present the data above.
Another test would be to confirm the actual IP rating of the housing for water and weatherability long term viability. That is a slightly harder test as accelerated testing with pressure may not equate to results from actual timed exterior exposure with periods of high temps, flash freeze and thaw etc.
These things can get trickier than you think.. theres always more to lights..than just the light!
