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Old 12-24-2016, 05:43 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by prj3ctm4yh3m View Post
FWIW, in the cycling world, LED headlights revolutionized the Lumen game. battery size/carrying capacity may be a determining factor for how much HID one could carry, but you can now get 1800 Lumens out of single lense CREE headlight that blow away what was being done with HIDs just 5 years prior, at a much greater runtime.

that said, the 2017 Twin projectors look pretty cloudy/opaque; not sure if by design...
Great anecdotal data, and I agree; my LED surefires output far more than what my 60 minute runtime 60 lumen halogen surefire would 15 years ago.

Cars, however, do not have a capacity/weight limitation, in the headlight dept...

The LEDs are disappointing.
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