Car LED, review, test and comparison, winter 2015/16

[@73kokitch]

Not many people care about blinding incoming traffic! Good video sir! You've made a good point!

[@almarma]

Great video! Thanks for your review and comparison! I wish everybody see your video before buying a led lamp to avoid accidents!

[@jeffsalmon4919]

An excellent video, thank you. This shows that some of the bulbs are ok, but it's the reflectors that must be designed around the LED bulb. A generic LED bulb with its different design styles, different focus points, will not work correctly in just 'any' reflector. They must be designed together. This holds true for the HID conversion kits as well.

[@JaimeCruz-br2xl]

Congratulations!!... this is a very good video and demonstrate that the LED bulbs for headlamps that not have glass projector is not a good idea for the security and traffic in the streets. Thanks. The aftermarket automotive LED it must improve the design of the bulbs and make exhaustive tests so that they reflect correctly inside the headlight to comply with the global regulations on traffic and automotive safety.

[@ryancooper73]

Thanks for this video! It is rare to see a comparison of this type of product and done correctly. I have Phillips 12953BWX2 H4's in my car, they seem to do a decent job, good cutout line and absolutely no glare. The only issues I had are the heatsink that doesn't fit inside the headlight and the headlights covered under heavy snow (snow doesn't melt).

[@TheAussieStig30]

Wow, at last someone does a proper comparison, rather than shooting a video in the daytime with headlights on and forming the conclusion the LED's are whiter. I have just bought a new car and will be upgrading headlights, I use H4 and H7, and have previously used HID which are brilliant, however, I think LED may be the better way to go now. I'm going to buy a new pair of headlights and convert over to projector lights as well, chick should make a large difference and I may not need such a bright light to get such a good result. The first gen LED's were just terrible, and a lot of them are wired incorrectly as well, which is likely the issue you are having. Thanks for the review.

[@denniskwok7613]

Great vid and very informative. It should be noted however, that LED bulbs like this aren't really suitable for reflector type headlights which are designed for use with halogen bulbs. LED headlight bulbs are really only suitable for housings which have a fully-enclosed compartment for the bulb and send the light through a projector lens to focus the beam.

[@theminicooper]

Nice Video! Thank you! but I do believe the bulbs aren't in right. We can see at 11:13 that the bulb is separated vertically... Usually bulbs are separated horizontally... Shinning the upper portion for low beam and the lower portion of the reflector for high beam. I believe if it could be adjusted to be horizontally, you would have a much better cutoff.

[@arnoldanderson1501]

To add to this , a complete headlight system isn't cheap, over $600. US, but the result is better than some HID systems, but instant on as well.

[@sincitydude7296]

Great video. I was in the market for a new bulbs and wasn't sure about the whole LED thing. Now I have a little more information when considering what type of bulbs to install in my Jeep. I want maximum light but I still want to be considerate to other drivers.

[@mikehunt1430]

I didn't have this problem with my LED headlights, maybe the difference is my headlight lenses, my low beam is quite cut off and sits low. I do find that they don't handle long distance very well though.

[@otharavarkan]

The third LED is mounted wrongly, low beam should be facing upper side of the reflector and high beam should be looking downwards. that way you would have a better lines on the door but as good as the halogen bulbs. This is mainly because of the bulb styles and since these bulbs are more powerful they will bounce more rays from the reflector and that causes the bottom side of the reflector get illuminated more. For HID's and for LED's you should have a lens to be able to have focus the beam or to have same effect as halogen bulbs. One more note, is that the LED and HID lenses are different.

[@otharavarkan]

+Othar Avarkan edit: end of the second sentence "NOT as good as halogen bulbs"

[@trulsvian]

what this guy said.

[@stumftim]

+Othar Avarkan Any experience with H7s?

[@otharavarkan]

+Tim Pipp since they don't have the high beam, it's easier with the h7s but I never used LED for h7. I used xenon with lens and they were great.

[@stumftim]

+Othar Avarkan Yes thats what i wonder about, all my cars and bikes have H7s but there is not a good in depth review like this one on the internet.

[@henrye718]

I wonder if you could adjust the lens down to help focus the light to the ground more. To avoid blinding the oncoming traffic.

[@swektmaico]

I also noticed that the third LED were installed 90 degrees wrong. Reading the comments I see that most ppl noticed that.

[@irsansaputraris]

Thanks for your great review. I think LED bulb only suitable for Headlight with Projection sistem, not for use in conventional reflector headlamp. Thanks for this great video experiment

[@kevinoktavian08]

I have exactly the same bulb as the last one shown here (one with black fan). Your main issue is using standard type headlight, you need a projector headlight to cut off the glare on to oncoming traffic

[@AnisioSP]

Thank you very much for all your trouble ! Very good testing and explanations.

[@Gabokovac]

Perfect video! Really BIG THANKS!! You saved my money!!!

[@quaiacka]

It looks like you have the bulb the wrong way in at 11:10 - 11:15. it's supposed to sit horizontally in the reflector, so that the low-beam led lights up the top half of the reflector, and high-beam lights the bottom half. This bulb sits vertically and effectively turns the spread pattern 90° counter - clockwise in this case.

[@christophermcccorkle4827]

Great Job!!! very insightful vid and detailed. i wonder if it would be any different w a(n) actual projecter headlamp that may/not make a difference. Once again superb vid and keep it up!

[@tripod906]

Good to see someone testing a variety of Leds.. one thing I strongly disagree with this video is the car you chose to test the led lamps. the majority of H4 headlamps in cars out there have extra reflectors that cover the globe inside the light itself. had you used a car with that setup it would have reduced the glare being thrown up into oncoming traffic. So viewers, don't be turned off by leds :) cheers

[@codylucente]

+pauly b one miss leading thing about this video.even though he is right that there is a focus issue. your only supposed to use them with PROJECTOR headlights to focus them and you notice a huge difference otherwise there usless. pauly b is right

[@arnoldanderson1501]

If you are going to use an LED headlight bulb, you must use the proper LED reflector, otherwise as shown, the light beam scatters every where. I bought a complete headlight system and the cutoff pattern is perfect.

[@qasqdk]

Interesting, didn't know you could get reflectors for LED's.

[@arnoldanderson1501]

+qasqdk Unfortunately it's expensive to buy the complete headlight system, but the cutoff is very sharp because the reflector inside the headlight housing is made for the LED bulb.

[@radekfylcka9029]

lol .... dont know what you bought but it works perfect for me .... its doing nice glove sharp. And yes i tested if its daze. I fyou want this in halogen reflector you have to put it in it right way .... ;)

[@sincitydude7296]

what brand did you get?

[@arnoldanderson1501]

Spec-d brand headlights.

[@lorenzosamuel11]

Awsome video , I have been looking for someone to show the difference between them . I do notice if the creed led low been side faced up you would get more focus on the road and the possible cut off you was looking for . Than X for the vid

[@maguamo80]

also you can adjust the direction of the beam adjusting the high of the reflector up or down depending in what you need

[@robjla1]

Thanks I've decided not to put in led based on your video. Well done by the way..

[@TheJeff6601]

good video,but that 2 side LED install maybe not right? Low beam will bright upper side,high beam is bright lower side right?or will blind oncoming car...

[@abdallan3274]

right

[@stumftim]

I agree with some comments. The orientation of bulb 3-4 is incorrect. U must fit it so the light faces up on low beams and bottom is high beam. Other than that, best review video on internet. On this note, has anyone here any experience with H7? The are mostly independent on orientation because you have 2 separate reflectors. Anyone?

[@nahum1986]

+Tim Pipp that's what i love this ones: www.ebay.es/itm/2x-110W-H7-LUZ-LED-PARA-COCHE-BOMBILLAS-PHILIPS-4-LEDs-10400LM-6000K-BLANCO-/401038741561?hash=item5d5fc59039:g:Dq0AAOSwnH1WZmWC You can orientate the leds rotating the socket base and also adjust how deep can go into the hole. the works really well in both Reflector and Projector beams ;)

[@sayantangayen]

i think we need to have proper reflector/projector setup for the led bulbs.. because our default reflectors are tuned to halogen bulbs where the filament lies at the focus of the parabola structure of the reflector.

[@kimspur]

Gælder det både for biler med H1/H7 og biler med H4, at der stadig ikke er nogen gode LED-alternativer til halogen ?

[@BASSstarlet]

I will stick with the halogen bulb!Cheapest and doesn't blind the oncoming drivers.

[@BigBlock632]

The reflector is what controls the pattern and beam throw not the led bulb. The last two bulbs you shown were better but no bulb is going to change the pattern that the reflector projects.

[@TwistedD]

led bulbs are not truly designed for reflector lenses. there were designed to be in projector lens. same for hid lighting. that's why there are major cut off and glare problems

[@Project-DDE]

The CREE LED bulb you tested at 8:45 was not installed properly. The LOW beam LED should be facing up in the head light and the HIGH beam LED should be facing down. Yours were facing sideways.

[@alinriza5108]

i think just the same

[@spartanrider5614]

Did you try having the lowbeam facing downward

[@tripbyte1]

Excellent video dude! ! Thank you so much, now i have seen your video i don't even want to buy or try this Cree lights. Have you tried the new generation Led Cree lights?

[@brianseisbye]

Takker for videoen, sparede lige at købe noget jeg ikke kunne bruge :) Du har helt sikkert en følger herfra :)

[@qasqdk]

Godt at høre! :)

[@1339LARS]

I had the same problem with the leds both high/low beam !

[@furulevi]

try to lower the angle of the light when using the LEDs

[@sleekcartim]

at the end of the vid You mentioned coated high power halogen bulbs might be best, which high power coated halogens would you recommend? are they plug & play (trying to avoid buying an expensive system)?

[@MrNigelbell]

Excellent review, thanks for the information.

[@terrybogard916]

Hello I have a question regarding the Led H4 headlights. I have installed some Led headlights in my Toyota. The headlights seems to point to much upwards and doesn't light up the road at all. The wierd thing is that there is no problem, when I install some normal H4 Halogen in the Toyota. So my question is: Have you had the same problems with the LED lights that you bought? Why is it that Halogen lights work fine, but the LED lights doesn't? Can you maybe send a link to the H4 LED you have bought. The ones I have is 60/50 Watt, Hig/Low, 6000 Lumen, and think its around 6200Kelvin. I also have another problem because the led lights I bought have a cooling element attached to the rear and a fan to cool it down. The problem is however that the rubber membrane which is installed "after" the headlights doesn't fit, because the "hole" in the membrane is to small. Do you know any LED headlights which takes this to account? Hope you can help ;-)

[@vincebagusauskas2555]

First you need to polish your car lenses! Have you tried the Philips X-treme Ultinon LED Car Lamp?

[@kwakupure3333]

very good video so am in Ghana in West Africa how can get some

[@JasonSobell]

At 11:53 you can see that the bulb is oriented wrongly. Dipped beam side should be up so it reflects down onto the road, but it appears there to be aligned to the left and right. Did all of the bulbs get installed 90° out, or only that one? Also, since the bulbs are keyed to only go in one way, perhaps they weren't installed all the way? This will mess up the reflection too, as the 'filament' will be in the wrong place for the reflector

[@JasonSobell]

Oh, and I would say that despite this, this is an excellent video. Thanks you, very good work, and great not to see some useless view of the front of a car. It's a shame the garage door was not a matt colour to show the spread better :)

[@ricardo1e93]

Yeah I noticed that too, I was writing a comment but then I saw yours. I guess they got it wrong while manufacturing because normally H4 sockets only fit how they're supposed to fit in. I've seen cheap (well not that cheap but accessible to most people) and well manufactured LEDs in a similar configuration and I can say they worked well and did not blear as much as fitting HID bulbs into normal reflectors (btw I hate people who use those that way, you can see nothing if raining).

[@markushansen0909]

nice 😊 greetings from flensburg

[@BIGGELATO]

well.. LEDs and HIDs are always better with projector headlamps. less for reflectors because it blinds people.. projectors have that line cut off to not blind incoming traffic which is way better but anyways thank you for the info man, im trying to find a good quality LED and cant seem to know which brand is good there is so many its frustrating lol. please help if u know a good one. its for a 2015 H Sonata

so you have a little problems because the led light need move around the base to focus the hi/low projection....

[@rogerbrandt6678]

You shoulda said at the end with the bulbs in from of you what was best,

[@cengeb]

The H15 is not low beam it's DRL/hi beam H7 is usally low beam in a separate lamp outside, on GTI under 2015?

[@yngve6640]

These LED bulbs, are only fog-light or daylight bulbs, and will not work as headlights low-beam. And in that reflector you need a H4 LED bulb with low-beam cutoff. This tester are testing wrong type bulbs in the headlights!!!!!! The new best test bulbs of 2018 works better, but you have to buy the right bulbs for your lamp. Some work in reflector lamp headlights, other not. and Fog light bulbs only in fog-light or daylight lamps.

[@salaheddinetentaoui4913]

you did it wrong with the 3rd LED it should facing up when you turn up the low beam not to the side , that's why you had so much glare

[@emersonsrandomvideos248]

What is the difference between COB LED and CREE LED?

[@christianstanciu351]

Thank you very much for this video!

[@peterhgh2592]

kan du huske hvilke der havde mindst blå skær? Var lidt svært og se på videoen hvor meget blå skær der er i de forskellige, skal nemlig bruge nogle til et lille projekt, men de skal have meget lidt blå skæ.. :)

[@qasqdk]

Mener alle var ca. ens på en farvetemperatur omkring 6000k.

[@roythearcher]

These bulbs are not oriented correctly so they produce an incorrectly focussed beam. these are H4 replacements and as such should produce the same focus as the original when fitted into an H4 reflector.

[@evaldofilho190]

Thank you for this review! :)

[@ethansisco4716]

The leds musts be pointing down for a cut off line just like the halogen pulse the led spread is being wasted do to it not pointing down on low beam

[@cityprocardoo3168]

Just ine problem in this video. 3rd Led u didnt put good. low beam should be turned up and high beam down. i have this and its good.

[@gradytatum7415]

very good video. Grady Tatum...

[@popopogi69]

Why dont adjust the headlight down so you lower the beam and wont glare the other car

[@marks523]

Hvor er du fra i landet? Jeg har søgt efter viden indenfor dette, da min bil kører med lense / DE lygter.. Vh mark

[@qasqdk]

+Mark Sommer Hej Mark, jeg er fra KBH. Jeg har haft LED i DE lygter også, det kan være lidt mere tricky da DE linsen er mere føglsom overfor placeringen af lyskilden. Men ét sæt jeg prøvede med var lys udbyttet næsten så dårligt som hvis man bare havde parkeringslys på.

[@marks523]

Var det de billige LED? Dem har jeg prøvet, de kunne ikke lyse vejen op.. :\ jeg tænker på at prøve cree led med 3-4000 lumens i DE lygter og se hvordan lyskeglen så ud i mit lygteapperat

[@AlexAlex-im5mt]

Excellent video. thanks.

[@Campos576]

Thanks for The video.. excelent.. hugs for Brasil...

[@theinfinityclan8763]

at the end which is better than 50 dollars or not?

[@mrbassmx]

where is the conclusion, what is the best?

[@6u94343]

just tested the new model of led headlight with Philips Z ES chips or 8G led headlight...th same brightness as xenon kit :)

[@workingfamily5731]

Do they have hi and low?

[@DJ-qm2rh]

Great video!

[@DumahBrazorf]

I think qasqdk simply ignored that he could remove the H4 mounting plate from the bulb. You need to do that in order to be able to remount the dust cover of the light so I suppose the operators in the factory did not care about the orientation of the leds in relation with the mounting plate. I link the first video I found where it is shown simply and clearly: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpithWuwl7plpqM When inserting the bulb on the installed plate the leds that are on with headlight on must point upward. High beam uses also the other led that points downward.

[@cengeb]

the Halogen looks like an H15 DRL/Hi beam Osram only.

[@mkt111one]

thnx for the video, pal!

[@Basement31]

Hi, maybe u have an answer for me. I bought the h7 led for my Jetta when I installed it only 1 is working but when I test the other bulb with a 9v battery it works. I switched the bulbs and the same outcome. 1 works the other doesn't. What do u think is the problem?

[@emonvidaly]

Probably the canbus dosent like led lights. You probably need to add a resistor. Google led headlight resistor.

[@Basement31]

+emonvidaly I actually fixed the problem. I just have to widen the the tips(- and +)of the h7 LED bulb. But your right, there's no focus, the light is just all over the place, can't see the road at night! It s not safe! I reinstalled the stock bulbs. What a waste of money! Luckily, it's a cheap led from China.

[@liveuntetheredmusepodcast4832]

Thanks great video!

[@trinithings5384]

Thanks for the demo

[@successcandymilo4321]

good video

[@bohakonsen5759]

Tak fordi du delte din video... :)

[@rammsteinsmith8479]

nice video man!

[@DorianBudana]

very good video mate....my opinion hid lights are much better

[@चेतन_महाराष्ट्र]

The leds need projector lenses. without those they are useless

[@HyralProductions]

The first air cooled led bulb is installed the wrong way!!! No wonder there is no cutoff!! The leds should be facing up and down not sideways! Thats what gives the cutoff

[@marko.pticar]

LEDs with ballast use ONLY on a projector lenses

[@Kornilios_Thasitis]

Great Video! Go on!

[@wollywotsit]

Good video - thanks

[@joellaum7869]

id like to use this led head ligths.

[@1sttobylopez]

I did see that other people Mount their LEDs with the low beam facing down I wonder if that would fix your scattering problem. your first high power LED was mounted vertical with the low beam on the left high beam on the right when it should be horizontal with the low beam on the bottom in the high beam on the top this would mimic more of the halogen pattern with low beam facing out and down and high beam would be 360 degrees. this is a failed demonstration

[@1sttobylopez]

your second high powered LED was more expensive and that was mounted wrong with your low-beam facing up and your high-beam facing down this causes the glare you were getting. also a fail demonstration

[@mblegend3056]

Multi sided LEDs will bring dangerous glare to oncoming traffic. Please consider the safety of others.

[@olliloco]

Takker, god video.. :-)

[@onlyskillss9754]

If the last leds were fitted he right way, not with light sideways it would have had the cut off, nice vid though

[@burgfb]

thanks for this video

[@gaolei200000]

The last headlights of the vehicle inspection can't pass. Beam light height is too high.

[@gaolei200000]

And thank you for your video.

[@TiagoRuivo]

And thats how you do a proper fucking review!!!!!

[@22122T]

you the best 👍

[@killergaming7714]

the "cree" led's are not real cree. cree are 5mm square led diodes what your showing us are cheap fake ones that are on the dim settings and are about 9w. true cree are arround the 20w/30w mark.

[@quarrena280c7]

so you put fog lights in your headlight lol im dying from laughing

[@XEvilxknievilX]

interdit no tresspassing H4 is the standard headlight bulbs for many cars. H11 is the fog lights. Do some research before laughing or you become the laughingstock.

[@ElBartoo]

JessGamer1001 no tresspassing, H4 bulbs are for low/high beams. H8 and H11 are the ones normally used as foglights.

[@cengeb]

all aftermarket LED is illegal, if not in proper fixture, as in from the factory, if no DOT/SAE in U.S.m, they are illegal, and bad news

[@haseebbaig277]

Great

[@cengeb]

poor control, and illegal. No DOT sticker, not road legal in u.S.

[@seniorxj2931]

Your housings need toothpaste & some elbow grease!

[@mustaphastayka5924]

chakrrn

[@troypowders4312]

LED headlights are garbage. The only thing they are good for is inside the vehicle