My laptop is in service and I forgot to put links for the products in the description and a few other things. I'll update the info asap. Sorry about that guys.
Hi Gabor, I’d love to try the Bevinsee led in my car (Honda Accord 2003-08), originally it’s a H1, but my concern is it will not fit… The halogen bulb is a super tight fit, leaving less than one millimetre movement around when fitting through the hole on the back of the projector. Are those made to not be bigger in diameter?
I just wanted to let you know that this video answered all the questions I had, except for operation in DRL mode (for systems using high beams driven at low voltage and intensity). Your in-depth study of the different bulbs was extremely helpful, like no other on youtube, or anywhere else for that matter! After carefully reviewing all your reviews, I went for the X-7Seven X-Apollo and found a source on Aliexpress at around $50! I must not have been the only one who saw your video to come up with the same conclusion, because after I received my order for low beams a month later and confirmed the incredible brightness and quality of these LEDs, when I went to order a set for my high beams, I found they were all sold out, all 1000 of those the seller had on stock when I put my order in back in early November!!! When I put the first bulb in, it outshone the remaining three halogens by such a wide margin that they seemed like parking lights in comparison! And, in my reflector, the cutoff was very crisp, the same as with the halogen! However, because of the insane brightness, I felt I had to lower the beam angle a bit to avoid blinding oncoming traffic from the light spill and fortunately, wasn't flashed at on my first drive. They are actually so bright in my low beams, that the halogen high beams don't add anything at all anymore! This old man thanks you warmly for having helped make his night driving stress-free again, and sure hope you will continue testing more of these LED Headlight bulbs! Subscribed!
WOW, Sergiu, just WOW. As always, you never disappoint. You make us fellow romanians PROUD. I'm not hoping, I'm sure you will become one of the best car-products reviewers on Yt. Hats off to you, PLEASE never quit making this type of videos (with that unique comic-feature of yours, it makes everything so much more pleasant to watch). The ammount of work you put into making these videos is (for now) so underrated, but we can all see it's fun for you as well and you love what you are doing! As for a feedback and a suggestion: I have tried a pair of LED H7 lights that cost me ~100$ on DEPO projector headlights for a Golf 5. The results were quite disappointing in regards to what I expected for the light output AND brightness. The DISASTER was when I had them in foggy/rainy conditions. I wanted to throw them in the trash can after that road. I was (almost) blind on the road because of them. This is where my suggestion comes: I (personally) had those LEDs at 6000K light which has a blue(ish) colour output and after further research I learned that this is not a very comfortable colour for our eyes. Our eyes are most comfortable with color temperature arround 4300 - 5000K (4300K being stated as the best one of all; I personally like the 5000K, which should be pure white). If it is possible, could you try making some tests for these LEDs on foggy/rainy conditions? ALSO, I think trying different color temperatures would make these tests even more relevant (of course between the most desired of them 3000 - 6500K; anything above/under those values have no meaning, other than looking like the clown from your video ^^). Thank you again for the video and keep up the outstanding work!
Dear Sergiu, i really love watching your reviews and find them very informative. Based on this video i have contacted the makers of the Apollo X7 because on their website i indeed could not opt for shipping to the Netherlands. After talking to them through the website chat function they added this option right away and shipped my bulbs to the Netherlands. I have the H4 dual function (high beam + low beam) and must say they provide a ton of light and i haven't had a single car flash their lights at me so to me it's worth the price.
Hey Sergiu, very nice video and work ! Now Philips Ultinon has come out with 3-4 different models, the 5000, 6000 and 9000 for instance. It would be great to see a test on them, as they were all approved in Germany. Keep up the good work !!!
That's not entirely correct. The 6000 version is road approved for certain models and headlights on these few models. The other two aren't and are "for off-road use" only. But from personal experience "off roading", I can tell you the 9000 ones are just crazy amazing. I only have them as high beams (low beam is Xenon), but the brightness and range is just eye opening. Well worth the money
Anything above 6000K is going to just reduce your ability to see, especially in fog/rain and off road conditions. That super bright white light may be appealing, but you will actually get much better visibility with 5000K, especially in rain and fog. Going up to 9000K is going to give you a very blue/purple light, and this is proven to be bad in rain and fog conditions. Also, dawn and dusk, 5000K will be superior over higher levels. This is why Halogen at 3600K is actually still superior in rain/fog and at dawn and dusk. But don't take my word for it, go and research why the old oil lamps in nautical light houses were superior to electric light back in the day, That slightly yellower light penetrates fog/rain much better.
The problem with very high light output bulbs is that the bleeding light above the cut-off line will blind oncoming drivers. It's the reason neither OSRAM or Philips bulbs have very high light output, because it's hard to control where that light is going anyway using LED light sources in light assemblies designed for halogen filaments. OSRAM and Philips are actually trying to develop products that can be legally certified to be used on public roads, unlike obscure Chinese manufactures. And while neither of these retrofits are legal, because they don't meet the legal requirements, OSRAM has actually developed the only street legal LED retrofit, the NIGHT BREAKER H7-LED.
@@SterNebula It certainly does not. If you lower the headlights not to blind others, then you are also lowering the hotspot of the headlights hence drastically reducing your vision range. Headlights are very delicately designed and tested and what we may perceive as being good enough vision, may in fact be objectively bad and dangerous. That's why they are tested with lab equipment, with half a tank of fuel and the weight of a driver inside, on a level surface.
@@bogdanbucur3157 I can attest to that. I have been driving around with different very bright chinese LEDs for a few years now and I always had to lower the hotspot because I was blinding the oncoming traffic (reflector type headlights). Now with the Osram LEDs installed I don't have this problem anymore and for me personally they are bright enough.
Can you explain why independent testing of good LED bulbs from manufacturers like Morimoto, GTR Lighting, etc shows a sharp cutoff with little to no bleed above it just like the OEM halogens they replace then? I understand there's a lot of cheap crappy LEDs but the nice ones don't seem to have the issues you're describing.
Another amazing review so thorough and balanced from Sergiu. How about some of the new generation of LEDs without those big heatsinks and fans at the back that would be suitable for tight spaced headlamp units without the need to take off or modify back covers and for high beams/flash-to-pass lights that are usually on for short durations. Would love to see a review of those
One scientific method of comparison with mathematical analysis. This is the best analysis on headlights I have seen so far. Thank you very much for your video
Great comparison, this is exactly what I was looking for and love the style of how this was set out and tested. I currently have Auxito but the one before the silver version (cost around £15). Currently looking into another brand for my reflector headlights. The silver being around £30. My choices so far have been AUXBEAM F16 PLUS, Bevinsee, Novsight Orange / Green and Cougarmotor Dualdrive? Currently just looking into cheapest and best which Nov Orange seems pretty good for the price and performance whilst the rest are around £45 the Nov Orange is £30
I think it would be also interesting to compare led headlights that have fans and the ones that are fanless but have heatsinks like those braided heatsinks. People swear by those braided heatsinks that they perform better and lasts longer. I just cant imagine those braided heatsink can move more heat than then fan type headlights considering the air temperature in the engine is already hot.
Great job, as usual! I fitted the Novsight blue on my bike (projector headlights) more than 1 year ago. Great results,compared to the standard halogen bulb. Good and clean light cut, so no flashing from incoming traffic. I chose them for their small size, the fit is perfect. I can even use the original bulb dust cover, which is recommended. Keep up the good work!
You cannot use infrared camera to measure the temperature of the object that have different coating (bare metal surface, painted and anodized), because the emissivity is not the same. Then the bare metal surface or anodize will always show lower temp because lower emissivity coefficient. If you want to analyze the real temperature you must use thermistor or thermal couple.
man your videos are out there as one of the best on RU-vid! thank you for your informative videos, actually funny sense of humour and down breaking of what are these Led's capable of. Amazing video(s)!
Good content. Can you add one more test, to put the lamps in the headlight (closed with cap like in real world) and measure inside temperature and output light for extended period of time?
I have the Novsight N52 (green) in my MK4 golf on Hella projector headlights. The main drawback of using LED in projector is that the hot spot is pulled down from the cutoff line which produces a very bright spot in the first 15m Infront of the car. The light output after 15m drops significantly and when your eyes adapt to the bright spot you simply do not see the light that goes after 15-20m. Tried several models and all had the same issue, I measured the light at ground level at 5, 7.5, 10, 15 and 20 meters
@@edmonddobrova5641 yep, installed good quality HID and all is well. Tried like 5-6 models LEDs in projector housing and all had the same issue, I gave up and went to the good old xenon.
I'd love to see some test of plug and play D3S LED (HID to LED connected to HID ballast, Just like normal hid), compared to ordinary HID Bulb and then compared to this test LEDs.
Omule, te urmăresc de ceva timp, e primul comentariu! Ești bun, editarea din ce în ce mai bună, parcă și accentul a început sa mai piardă din influenta slavă! Keep up the good work!
As a lighting professional, I approve your test. 👍 The only advice I would give you is to use the luxmeter on a stick or a tripod with handheld display unit and sensor on an extension cord, because when you are holding it in your hand, you can be sometimes closer, sometimes further away from the sensor, influencing the reading a little bit...
I have the H4 X7-Seven’s. I’m still looking to find a brighter bulb, which I’ve failed to do. If you want the brightest H4 in a reflector headlight, I’d say go for the X7-Seven. They are great.
we have Gerald Undone for the camera/lens/videography, we have Dustin Abbott for Lens Review, we have Major Hardware for PC Fans Review, and now we have Sergiu Gabor for head lamps. i'm so glad to found you. auto-subscribed & like!
I recommend that you show a small photo of the bulb next to it's name during the video because when you have so many variants I really can't connect which bulb is which
The DDM Tuning SaberLED Pro X-55 Accu/V2 are some of the best LEDs I've ever ran. 55 watts per bulb and they come in 3 color Temps. 6000k, 3000k, and 4500K which for LEDs is unheard of. I chose the 4500K edition because I love the color of OEM HID. They are super bright, have a spot on OEM color, and perform outstandingly in poor weather conditions. Everyone IMO should give them a try.
@@drenomix I went with the GTR Ultra 2s first and although those are bright, the DDM SaberLED 55 watt V2s are brighter. Especially in the OEM 4500K color.
@@dylangajdosik964 I am just on the fence between the DDM’s and VLED Micro. But those are the final two 😅 I’ll see if I make up my mind soon. Thanks for the input! 💪😎
Thank you so much for the video. Like always, amazing job. I bought the Bevinsee V45 but it might be a little too bright for my reflector headlight. I might buy the Novsight Green for low beam and keep the Bevinsee for high beam
I just wish they made a legal led for reflective housings, all I want is normal white colour and durability, don't need the 20000 lux bullcrap blinding everyone
Sergiu, love the content and honest reviews. It helps so much when deciding what to buy. Could you in an upcoming video explain what the advantage is (if any) of having so many different deadlight bulb mounting types (eg H1, H4, H7, H11, HB3.....). Often, the headlight bulb is the same but the mounting is different. Why are there so many of them? What purpose do they serve (other than to make it harder to buy the correct one or to reuse in a different car)?
I work in the headlight industry. First Kudos to Sergiu for very thorough videos and reviews! Back to your question - the biggest answer to your question is history and geography. USA and Europe have separate regulatory bodies, and history so they historically had different light sources. First we have 3 categories - single filament low beam (H7, HB4,, H11), single filament high beam(H1, HB3, H9), and double filament (HB5, H13). Some carmakers are insistent on the light sources from their region, other insist a sealed base while others want the lowest cost. Sealed base bulbs (originally in USA) are higher cost as the bulb, but save placing the bulb fully inside the headlight enclosure compared to unsealed base bulbs (originally from Europe). USA bulbs historically had longer life then Europe ones, but now, almost all have various life choices as OEM. For High Beam - H1 is the oldest and cheapest and works well but has an unsealed base and a separate ground connection through the metal base. HB3 is the USA sealed base and H9 is the newer/global sealed base. For Low beam - H7 is the worldwide favorite, the cheapest and most efficient but unsealed, HB4 was the original sealed base now mostly unused, and H11 is the newer/global sealed base. For double filament H4 is the original sealed base with 60W High beam, HB5 was the original sealed base with 65W high beam, both mostly replaced by H13 with sealed based and 65W high beam.
When blocking the fan you are increasing the resistance on the circuit, so you should have a drop in amperes for the LED. Why you didn't disconnect the fan completely to see if you get the same figures without the fan?
Great stuff well brought. However as a man of facts you might want to read about the effect of specific yellow during damp/foggy conditions. My conclusion: effect is minimal and every yellow would be the right yellow.
Hi, 6:26 Unfair judgment as it can simply be ajusted, at the moment the deviation dont exceed projector adjustment it's not an issu, they seems all in range, but even so only two LEDs have "optimised cut off line". Anyway nearly all have great potentiel, most should be banned from circulation. More or less most piss off drivers and there is no compromise with that even that make life easier. All test should be done at 14.4V to be more relevant. Great work overall!
Maybe you can send him money to buy these expensive products? I don't know how much they cost where you live but here in Canada, Morimotos sell for over $300 whereas the excellent Apollo I paid around $50 from China (where all LED headlight bulbs are manufactured anyway)
Any thoughts about H19? When can we expect bulbs from OEMs? My mechanic said they are same as H4 with very minor difference. Is it okay to use H4 in H19 socket? If so, which would be the best LED?
Hi and thanks for this amazing test I’ve been looking for years! However, could you make one for the brand new Philips Ultinon Pro bulbs? This would be interesting to see if they really improved it or not
Awesome comparison/review video. Very informative with just the right amount of technical details. Data driven conclusions...great work. However, it is now time for an update video. Can you take a look at the new breed of LEDs such as Bullvision 120w - 20000 lumens or HYNBYZJ H7 160w - 25000 lumens or Baishide 125w - 20000 lumen. Looking forward to it brother!
Great comparison. Been watching your posts for quite some time now and I find these very informative. Can you please do comparison on Novsight LEDs specifically Novsight N12Y 3000K and Novsight N50 3000K, all H11. Thank you.
Incredible and entertaining reviews. Thank you so much sir! Do you know if the higher wattage X7 X-Kronos will be even better than the Apollo? It's rated at 80 watts instead of 60 and seems to have a beefier heatsink.
Hello, could you please test LED bulb replacements meant to replace xenon bulbs? They are slightly newer thing but there is already a lot of products. Would love you to test them with all your durability methods aswell. Thanks
I'm actually using a pair of headlights from Auxito and they're working fine but not giving me so much light output I think that's because they are fanless
Great video 👍🏼 You should test the ND10 NIGHT DOMINATOR I have them on my truck fleet with projector, just got the apolo from your last video, it is little brighter but its not as uniform as nd10, there are more dark spots with apolo.
I tried the Osram LEDdriving HL H7 Gen2 and the Philips Ultinon Pro5000 and the results were not great. The Philips had the best pattern, but unfortunately it tended to stay a little higher than it should be in my headlamp, probably because it was touching something so it would've had the best pattern but when not keeping it in the right place with my hand it had a garbage pattern, so I shipped it back. It didn't throw any light on the dashboard tho! For the Osram, well I tried it but just for a couple minutes because the Canbus suggested by Osram's website was for H11, not H7, so I didn't have time to check if the pattern was good or not. Maybe I will test them again in the future, but I went back to halogens for now. The bottom line is that unless legislation wakes up and regulates these, the majority of LEDs on the market won't work properly and result in people blinding other people on the road. I wish Osram did more of its full LED Headlights (they currently have them for the Golf 7 and BMW 1 Series only)
I'm planning on buying the Philips Ultinon Led H11 for low beams in my reflector headlamps for a Honda Insight Hybrid. I'm currently using Osram NightBreaker Laser halogens but I'm blind at night, the light is so dim. Do you say they aren't so great? Also, do you know of possible consequences if the Romanian Police stops me for this issue? Do they suspend my license?
@@Noverbia with my X1 they didn’t work well, unfortunately. I don’t know about other cars… As far as legislation: they are illegal in EU apart from Germany for the Osrams, but I don’t know about other countries
@@sergioserramusic after reading a bunch of comments, I reached a conclusion that these two brands are the best though they are not the brightest. I understood that there are a whole lot of reasons for that. Then I have ordered a one version of Osram.
I just put the new Philips Ultinon Pro9100 leds in H3 format (LUM11336U91X2) to replace H3 12v 55w halogen bulbs in a Denji projector headlight (1992 Civic). The halogen bulbs work with no problems, but nothing happens with the Philips Leds, no light and even the cooler for the leds doesn't switch on. Any clues about what to check ?
Hi and first of all, thank you for your valuable, informative and very entertaining tests! I have a question. I'm looking for LED bulbs for the 4 headlights for my ATV, Can Am Renegade. HB3 9005 halogen from Philips is installed. It is important to know that no fans may be installed for cooling. You've made a lot of videos so I'm not entirely sure. Do you have a tip for me? Thank you very much in advance!
Nice job, very interresting video. I ordered my reverse LED bulb thanks to your previous vidéo. But why don't you test the last generation of philips LED (ultinon 9000Pro). I have it and i'm very satisfied of...
Hi ! At what distance from the vehicle did you measure the brightness/Lux ? This information will help us in analysing our own venhicle's bulb performance.
There is a new product of xseven. The zeus series. It only has 6 csp chips per bulb vs 12 on thr apollo. They said zeus is brighter since it has a customized csp chip. Advertised as 150w per pair at 30,000L. Is this possible? Or should I just buy the apollo since this is the on you tested?
@@SergiuGabor pro ultinon has a much better beam pattern. Compared to the other touted saber which was asked on these comment board the ultinon is almost 200 lux better at the hotspot with a wider beam. I am getting the x7 and will compare the output. Note these are h4 and your testing with h7 yields higher overall lux for that bulb but the technology pattern will be comparable between the two bulbs.
Sir what about HEAT DISSIPATION from the fan of LED bulb. As we need to close the Bulb Housing, how can the heat be dissipated. Please Clarify. Thank You Sir
Salut am o problemă dacă ma poți ajuta te rog am schimbat becurile pe spate cu becuri led funcționează bine nu dau eroare în bord dar singura problemă dau fhles când sunt oprite și merge motorul. Sunt de vina ledurile sau trebuie sa fac ceva la mașină?
