The Truth about LED bulbs - Don't Buy LED Headlight Bulbs Before Watching This!

Looking to upgrade the awful stock halogens on my 2018 F150 XLT. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

What is your recommended HB3 for highbeam for LED or Halogen?
Thanks GREAT VIDEO👌👌👌

What a dumbass video...LED headlights now completely surrounding us and clearly "work" way too damn well.

What do u recommend for a 2o24 Silverado h11 build ??

@005 Nissan Titan what is a good LED replacement. Thanks

I will add that LEDs have always been current-driven loads, not voltage driven. (There's a difference!) So a good so-called "driver" is a well-designed CURRENT SOURCE. Current sources sport high-impedances, unlike voltage sources that have low source impedances. This doesn't really change anything the excellent moderator has taught, but might give a little insight into some DIYer that tried to improvise, and experienced frustration with strings of LEDs; i.e., putting numerous LEDs in series.

I got rid of mine they done melt the snow if they did I would keep them.

The heat of the main headlights is one reason why I still won't replace my halogen bulbs with a LED bulb.

However, for parking lights, brake lights, turn lights, they are all now LEDs. As are the interior lighting bulbs.

However that does not mean I don't want LED headlights; as long as the headlight assembly is designed for LED lighting, I'm good.

Edit: Also, my car's headlights assembly has a springy retainer clip that presses against the flange of a halogen lightbulb. The retainer clip swings in and out of the way. So heatsinks will just get in the way and the bulb won't be held as tightly as possible against the bulb hole in the headlights assembly.

Most led headlight bulbs that come with Built-in Fan stay away from those as to if you drive off-road or Dust what Happens is that the Dust or sand gets in the Fans and stops them from spinning, and then they overheat and burn out.

I bought two beam Philips LEDs for my 2013 ford focus and when I installed them they worked for about a second and then shut off. I talked to a person at Philips he said I must have touched the led which I didn’t but when installing them they did hit the casing. But not on the chip part.

As a senior consumer who currently needs to replace a LB driver side bulb, I found this to be a thorough explanation, however I kept having to back it up to catch the names of bulbs Chris seemed to approve. Maybe when showing a photo of the bulb, he could also show the name and manufacturer. Things moved too fast for me in this jam packed review.

I purchased a set of BEAMTECH 9005 H11 LED Bulbs for a projector headlight I purchased. It feels like I have two candle stick in front of my truck. Is it the bulb or should I go with a halogen setup for projector style? Thanks HR!

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No wonder my newer lights seem to have no focus at all. On top of having no focus and my light bouncing off reflective surfaces so high up my lights should never touch them. My brother-in- law did the replacement and assured me they’re angled properly. But they are very obviously not focused, they wash everything out and actually the ones I have don’t even seem bright enough to make up for the lack of focus, so they seem ridiculously dim, especially now that in less that a year one of them is already going out.

Is it alright to use LED or HID bulbs on an old housing meant for halogen? My thoughts on it is that the glass design won’t properly contain all that light energy and simply blast the light in all directions.

Man, I will just leave my stock halogens after seeing how expensive your kits are. Yikes!

Going to get downvoted however need to say this. I would like to see LED banned in the USA .Tired of the glare from OEM and aftermarket LED stuff. If I needed that much light to see at night, then its time for an eye examination That's just my opinion. thanks

So what led bulb should i get for my 2017 xc60 ?

At the end of this video I am no better off than at the beginning... I STILL do not know which bulb to buy, I simply wasted 15 minutes of my life.

New here. I own a 2001 Honda Accord EX. And my wife has a Toyota Rav4. Her headlights are great. They really light up the road. Do you have a recommendation to put similar in my older Honda? I would like bright white to light up the road so I can see better.

2012 mazda cx7 which one is the best bulb

Do yourself work lights

In order for me to get the full effect of LED headlights, do I need to change my stock halogen headlight housing to get the full effect of LED headlights

WAy too expensive!!!!

Are any of these LED headlights DOT approved?

I didn't even finish the vid before HLR got a thumbs up from me. I subscribe to someone who works this hard to figure out what manufactures do not even care about.

I have a 2006 Saturn Ion. Want to change to LED. Is that possible and which brand and size. I m confused. Thanks

I actually wear my sunglasses when I drive at night because it's so bad. i keep putting them on and taking them off reason.

It's so irritating that the auto companies are creating all of these problems for us and calling it red tape when really they have so much power & can implement this immediately if they actually wanted to. More car wrecks equals more car sales. How about adaptive windshield tinting technology or just a divider that's high enough to block the lights on highways and freeways? Obviously that's not going to work everywhere but it could work in a lot of places.

Hey I want to change my OEM bulbs on my 2022 F250. There yellow and don’t quite cut it at night time driving. I need the correct beam better than stock but not something going to work with the truck’s electrical wire system.
Excellent video

is there a high and low beam or just one h11 is that high or low

Is there such thing as information porn? Because that was a beautiful put together video of led headlight evolution

how do yall feel about Auxito LED lights??

Thank you very much very useful information 🤍👏🏻

Well my online bulbs came today $50 Canadian; having watched this video I feel like returning them….he didn’t indicate how much we should pay for better bulbs. I’m surprised there are so many terrible products.

LED = Light Emitting Diode
If it needs a fan or heatdink...it is not a real LED light, they do not produce heat .they last forever hence..50,000hrs LEDs have been around for decades ...todays stuff in stores are insanely bad design with cheap electronics attached that die faster then filament coils.. i checked out headlight revolution site . An the menu doesnt display properly..all messed up ..the web coding is not programmed correctly
I Have many LED lights in a box from the 80s veryyy bright and ZERO heat output... the good old days of genuine technology

Thy for your hard work,testing

I watched this video as well as another video on your channel. I was trying to find LED replacements for my 2016 Toyota rav4. Nothing on your website was clear this video that you put out didn't really help and I ended up going to O'Reilly Auto parts here in Maine and buying the Sylvania replacement bulbs for a 9012. It cost me $100 for two bulbs. They're guaranteed for 5 years. They have heat sinks and fans. They're plug-and-play. And it's from a company that has been making light bulbs since time out of mind. The lights work amazingly well. I drive to work in the dark and I drive home from work in the dark now and the difference in lighting is night and the day. The only thing that the internet helped me with was to make me more confused. So instead of going with a bunch of Chinese products on the internet that I've never heard of and probably that are made by companies that won't exist in 2 years I went with a company that has been around over a century and with a warranty that will actually mean something and it cost me half of what it would have online.

If you drive minor roads at speed at night, then up-grading the lights makes sense. But if you don't, or only drive main roads, then you're wasting your time with all this experimentation. Headlights only, gimme a break. They don't do much more than fill the two holes in the front of the car. Two fogs turned out at say 30 degrees for cornering, a spot and a driver for distance. Grime and mud will degrade performance, and there's a huge difference between snow and rain driving. But then you'll need relays, stalk switches you can use with your hands on the wheel and warning lights. And probably a better alternator.
One tip, avoid those all fashion, no function light covers. If you accidentally leave the auxiliaries on under the covers you'll burn out the lights.
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HID use a ballast.

Thanks for the video it is very informative, I changed my headlights with LED but the driver was getting so hot, so I changed back to the old one to prevent fair. Is it supposed to warm up so bad?

buy them all and find out😂

Those fins or braided heat sinks seem ridiculous. They are way too far from the heat source to have any meaningful effect.

Im getting Fahren Forerunner 9012 for my chrysler 200 2015 lx would it work? also would it be plug and play?

what is that small box that comes with the bulb wiring?

Thanks for this excellent explanation of different types of bulbs. As a consumer I couldn't hope to discern all the differences and designs that are available. If I find myself in the market for LED headlights, I will definately look you people up. Great job!

i bought auxito 55w H1, i wonder if it will overheat or not. The driver is near the leds and there is no fan. The dissipation is just on the design of the bulb, very near the leds.

Even with Stock. Headlights Promasters will Win High Beam chicken! Out lights are right at car driver eye level! I want to get brighter lights when it is time to replace them. Im thinking of a Light bar +or fog lights?

Umm yeah but,, after selecting low, high beam and fog - $1,000? Nope!!!

Please enlighten me about the best bulb for my 2013 Ford Edge