Looking for new Bulbs, White effect

DiNZi

Retrogamer wrote: »

I've had Osram Cool Blue, Osram Nightbreakers, Philips X-Treme Vision and Philips Blue Vision.

The brightest of them all was Philips X-Treme Vision.
The whitest of them all was Philips Blue Vision.

Thanks will have a look at the Blue Vision. Philips sure do a decent range, there is also the Crystal Vision.

The Nightbreakers seem to be a popular choice but I think they'll be too warm for me.

BeenThroughItAll

DiNZi wrote: »

Thanks will have a look at the Blue Vision. Philips sure do a decent range, there is also the Crystal Vision.

The Nightbreakers seem to be a popular choice but I think they'll be too warm for me.

So you just want them to be irritatingly white, and you're not actually interested in them increasing your ability to see?

Retrogamer

It's much easier to see road markings and road signs with a whiter light at the cost of visibility in the rain & snow.

I would never describe Philips Blue Vision bulbs as irritatingly white though

BeenThroughItAll

Retrogamer wrote: »

It's much easier to see road markings and road signs with a whiter light at the cost of visibility in the rain & snow.

I would never describe Philips Blue Vision bulbs as irritatingly white though

I was referring to the 'Nightbreakers are too warm for me' bit of the post.


I don't have any problems seeing road signs with mine, and I can see when it rains, too...

Retrogamer

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

I don't have any problems seeing road signs with mine, and I can see when it rains, too...

As do most people.
Whiter light makes the road signs / road markings brighter however and thus more visible.

mcpitman

Lifted from some website or another.....

Colour Temperature is a measurement in Degrees Kelvin that indicates the hue of a specific type of light source. Many people believe the misconception that colour temperature is a rating of thebrightness of the bulb or HID kit. This belief is completely false. The reality of the matter is that the higher the colour temperature, the less useable light output you will obtain.

However, it is also a fact that, all HID light isbrighter than Halogen, even if it is a 12000 Kelvin, the Lumen still maintainwell over 2500lm; which is still 2x brighter than 55W Halogen.

Even though some halogen bulbs are coated with blue to get that temperature colour you are looking for (ex:6000k),there's a big downside to that. The blue glass actually robs lumens and thebulb's performance is affected. So you end up having a bulb that reaches thepromised color but gives you even less road coverage than your standard clearhalogen bulb. If you want the white/blue colours and great performance, only HID will be able to give you both.