How many riders switched to LED headlights from halogen?

[deathbug74]

some anecdotal stuff:

• bike: tried cycle gear's speedmetal LED in the bike when those first rolled out. definitely brighter, but all the "bright" was way too close in. eventually figured out the heat sink on the bulb was wedged against the structure behind the headlight bucket, pushing the aim downward...returned it and went back to silverstar halogen.
• cages: used beamtech in both my old truck and her old accord; patterned against the garage door to check for high glare, LED on one side, halogen on the other, and the LED had impressively sharp cutoff in both, little to no "scatter" (especially with the frosty headlights polished out). high beams threw a lot more light, a lot further out (truck was hi/lo combo, accord was separate hi & lo). i did find the bulbs threw a TON of radio interference...the 2m band was unusable with the lights on, if that's a consideration.

 

[Enchanter]

I'll try to speak generally here.

It has been my observation that the *membership* doesn't respond positively when a particular member (there are 2-3 that fit into this category) fails to admit total or partial fault or responsibility (for their viewpoint or tone the discussion). It gets worse when that member uses more words to obfuscate the discussion in an attempt to further distance themselves from fault / responsibility. Doubling down rarely helps the discussion, situation, or opinion of the participants.

 

[Lucytriple]

I was just thinking about this the other day walking past the rows of halogen lights at the shop thatI haven’t used in ages. I’m glad that replacement lights have evolved from the bulky converter style unit to more stream-lined versions. Not a reason to change, but battery charging voltage at idle sometimes gets a small boost.

 

[mean dad]

You're gonna need to define the limits of "can do this" means. Screwing a bulb into a housing is one thing. People's goals and tolerances will be different, however. This is where I take issue with your self declared victory lap over ST.

OP asked for people's experience not a scientific research team to study light emissions and beam patterns.

ST posted his *opinion* in the face of reality.

Yes Berto baby, people CAN see good results swapping bulbs. Again there's evidence of that in this thread
Asinine at this point to continue this.

Again, define "CAN". Martin talks about "properly working". You guys should be settling out on what language and limits you're going to use instead of fly swatting the other guy. Certainly riders can put LED bulbs in headlights designed for halogen bulbs. Are they "better"? Seems to be up to the riders themselves.

Again, multiple instances of it being better and working properly right here in this thread...AS EVIDENCE BY THE RIDERS THEMSELVES.

Also:

"...PM's exist. They're well used to not make one's point a public shaming..."

Hey buddy thanks for admitting you're only trying to virtue signal, lets me know you have more desire to call me out than actually effect change.
Get off my nuts bro