I just got my package, and just tested the morimoto, 1 bangers combo yellow light with my motorcycle battery. Just a couple of minutes, the first time I see the light pattern as you guys demonstrate, Very bright and very good when pointing the light further, no dark spots, no len flare, just very good. But the light pod housing is getting warmer just 3 or 4 minutes of switching on. Expensive light pods but it’s worth the price
Excellent video series. I appreciate seeing your testing done both in-house against a wall to compare beam patterns and intensity and in real-world side-by-side photos to compare throw and spread. It'd be nice to continue seeing those done in an area with greater depth and peripheral objects like in your "We Found the Best and the Brightest! | Baja Designs LP9 Pod Light Shootout" video. Hope to see ARB's Intensity V2 (32 or 21 LED) and Solis (36 or 21) thrown into the mix soon. Both are offered in flood and spot configurations.
Cool comparison! It would've been great if you compared the vision x cg2 6.7 single LED. It most likely would've been at the top as far as candela and lux numbers go. The Diode Dynamics Driving pattern is also much closer to the Morimoto BB Combo pattern. The DD combo pattern is flood light pattern on 2/3rd's of the light.
Great, detailed, professional comparison. I would have LOVED to see the comparison charts also including the price and to be clear about the price for one or two lights. I know you covered the price in the dialogue but having it in the summary would have been very helpful for me.
Awesome videos and thank you for spending the time and money. However, some of the brands experienced a bit of a disservice here. Pretty much everyone except for diode dynamics, morimoto and, the wild card mention, pro comp. Pro comp should be glad they were even invited to the party. I really liked all the lights you showed. But, for “spot” then it should be all dedicated spot optics throughout with no periphery lighting. So, I would have liked to have seen: Baja Designs XL racer edition, Baja designs XL sport; Diode Dynamics SS5 sport and SS5 pro; VisionX 6.7” CG2 single source LED, KC Highlights Pro6 Gravity single light; Rigid Industries XL hyperspot and XL spot and the Morimoto Bigbanger series. For the “combo” then take the above mentioned Baja Designs, Diode Dynamics and morimoto. Pull the spot lenses out and drop in “combo.” Then, show the VisionX 6.7” CG2 multi led and visionx 6.7” adv, KC hilights gravity pro6 driving sense they don’t have a combo, Rigid Industries XL driving sense they don’t have a combo. The amber vs white was great to see. Truly a great video and I enjoyed the content dispite a few discrepancies. However, most are not putting out this kind of lighting content and I appreciate it.
Any comparisons or tests on the 6" KC Slimlites LED? And also with the Amber cover? Their website is claiming 250,000 candela and are only $190 per light. Debating on Slimlite w/amber cover VS BigBanger HXB Combo Amber, huge price difference.
We've done testing with KC in the past, but not in the recent videos. Though it is worth noting KC is high-quality, and they tend to make great products.
Awesome reviews. Only thing. Are you sure that 5” pro comp light is not the 7” model? I looked it up and the only 5” pro comps I find look a little different and the 7” models look just like the one show here. Can you send me the link for the pro comp light please? Again, great video comparison!
When you did your night measurements, were you using pairs or just one for each test? I've been on the fence with Diode Dynamics SS5 Pros in amber. I have their SS3 Pros and those things have been a god send for me especially during heavy precipitation of any kind. I have amber so it doesnt throw as much light back at me but i need it powerful enough to throw into the distance to try and spot those damn deer before they go full kamikaze mode and just general debris that my normal lights might not illuminate until its too late.
I would love to see these compared to the Lazer Lamps Sentinel 7" Elite. Also a comparison of 9" lights and 20" and 50" light bars! Please,and thank you.
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Wish the diode dynamics ss5 MAX light was used for the combo testing. Strange how the sport version is the brightest spot but i believe diode would be higher on the combo list if the MAX version was used
I think you mixed up the Diode Dynamics lights during the spot test. Their Sports are the lower output, cheaper versions. Their Pros are the higher output, more expensive options.
Any chance you guys could do a test/comparing lights from a company called COLIGHT? I know there are so many Chinese light companies out there but without actually testing you never know if it’s a “worthy “ purchase for a lower budget .. Auxbeam ,Auxcitoox, COLIGHT, … I do understand you can get what you pay for but as we see even higher end lights with I’ll say higher price points doesn’t mean their the best. I’m surprised at how poorly the KC’s did. Thanks! And definitely enjoy your videos
May I ask you why didn’t you guys show or measure Diode dynamics Driving beam pattern which is actually similar to combo beam of Morimoto. I saw the 2 chip pod lights comparison as well, there also you guys haven’t mentioned or shown the driving beam pattern of Diodedynamics. And lastly performance with bang for the buck look at Stedi TypeX evo lights, Those things will blow away all the lights which you have shown in your video.
@@HeadlightRevolution Morimoto themselves mention on their website that their Combo beam meets SAE J581 regulation and Diodedynamics also mention the same for their driving beam pattern. That means you should be comparing Diode dynamics driving and Morimoto combo beam. If the name says combo doesn’t mean both combos should be compared. Common guys, you put in lot of effort to make these videos, then why not show the right stuff.
I think you might be mistaken, a combo beam pattern would not be SAE-compliant. However, the 4Banger wide beam photometrics are SAE F 20 compliant - only driving beams should be compliant with road standards. Combo and spot beams should never be used to supplement driving beams since they do not have a proper cut-off.
Am I missing something? Did a certain company with a lifetime warranty not make the combo table because of their name or what? If there isn’t a mistake I know which brand I’m getting.
@@2Greenlidit’s in the other comment. If you watch the whole video you will see they left them out of the table listed at the end while their numbers came out on top.
Rough country is decent for budget lighting but not in the same league as most of these brands as far as performance, a step up from Nilight but that's about it
Morimoto just competing with the sun at this point 😂😂
Love this!
They're trying 😎
They established shop and made it the sun's problem 🤣
I just got my package, and just tested the morimoto, 1 bangers combo yellow light with my motorcycle battery.
Just a couple of minutes, the first time I see the light pattern as you guys demonstrate,
Very bright and very good when pointing the light further, no dark spots, no len flare, just very good.
But the light pod housing is getting warmer just 3 or 4 minutes of switching on.
Expensive light pods but it’s worth the price
Probably the best video to date!
Thank you!
Excellent video series. I appreciate seeing your testing done both in-house against a wall to compare beam patterns and intensity and in real-world side-by-side photos to compare throw and spread. It'd be nice to continue seeing those done in an area with greater depth and peripheral objects like in your "We Found the Best and the Brightest! | Baja Designs LP9 Pod Light Shootout" video.
Hope to see ARB's Intensity V2 (32 or 21 LED) and Solis (36 or 21) thrown into the mix soon. Both are offered in flood and spot configurations.
Thank you! We'll keep this in mind for future testing videos.
Cool comparison! It would've been great if you compared the vision x cg2 6.7 single LED. It most likely would've been at the top as far as candela and lux numbers go.
The Diode Dynamics Driving pattern is also much closer to the Morimoto BB Combo pattern. The DD combo pattern is flood light pattern on 2/3rd's of the light.
We'll keep that in mind for future testing!
Great, detailed, professional comparison. I would have LOVED to see the comparison charts also including the price and to be clear about the price for one or two lights. I know you covered the price in the dialogue but having it in the summary would have been very helpful for me.
Great suggestion!
Awesome videos and thank you for spending the time and money. However, some of the brands experienced a bit of a disservice here. Pretty much everyone except for diode dynamics, morimoto and, the wild card mention, pro comp. Pro comp should be glad they were even invited to the party.
I really liked all the lights you showed. But, for “spot” then it should be all dedicated spot optics throughout with no periphery lighting. So, I would have liked to have seen: Baja Designs XL racer edition, Baja designs XL sport; Diode Dynamics SS5 sport and SS5 pro; VisionX 6.7” CG2 single source LED, KC Highlights Pro6 Gravity single light; Rigid Industries XL hyperspot and XL spot and the Morimoto Bigbanger series.
For the “combo” then take the above mentioned Baja Designs, Diode Dynamics and morimoto. Pull the spot lenses out and drop in “combo.” Then, show the VisionX 6.7” CG2 multi led and visionx 6.7” adv, KC hilights gravity pro6 driving sense they don’t have a combo, Rigid Industries XL driving sense they don’t have a combo.
The amber vs white was great to see. Truly a great video and I enjoyed the content dispite a few discrepancies. However, most are not putting out this kind of lighting content and I appreciate it.
Thank you, we'll keep this in mind for future videos!
Can you test kchilights flex era 4. I think those look good in a combo beam.
We can put it on the list!
Any comparisons or tests on the 6" KC Slimlites LED? And also with the Amber cover? Their website is claiming 250,000 candela and are only $190 per light. Debating on Slimlite w/amber cover VS BigBanger HXB Combo Amber, huge price difference.
We've done testing with KC in the past, but not in the recent videos. Though it is worth noting KC is high-quality, and they tend to make great products.
I would love to see other pods such as Auxito and Auxbeam 7 inches. Excelent work
they suck and they have done those comparisons which is why they don't include them anymore as they are crap
Maybe I missed it - but - for your tests do you have the lights installed at bumper level or A-pillar level?
For this test, they were tested as A-Pillar Ditch Lights.
Awesome reviews.
Only thing. Are you sure that 5” pro comp light is not the 7” model? I looked it up and the only 5” pro comps I find look a little different and the 7” models look just like the one show here. Can you send me the link for the pro comp light please? Again, great video comparison!
100% Sure!
great info!
Thank you!
When you did your night measurements, were you using pairs or just one for each test?
I've been on the fence with Diode Dynamics SS5 Pros in amber. I have their SS3 Pros and those things have been a god send for me especially during heavy precipitation of any kind. I have amber so it doesnt throw as much light back at me but i need it powerful enough to throw into the distance to try and spot those damn deer before they go full kamikaze mode and just general debris that my normal lights might not illuminate until its too late.
Using a single pod for testing.
@@HeadlightRevolution blimey! In that case 2 of those SS5s focused on a certain distance in front of the car should really be a killer setup!
I would love to see these compared to the Lazer Lamps Sentinel 7" Elite. Also a comparison of 9" lights and 20" and 50" light bars! Please,and thank you.
Noted!
Great video Do you have a video on 4 inch ditch lights 👍✌️🇨🇦
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You left the Pro Comp 5" lights off of your combo beam pattern results table. What gives? It seems like they compete well with the other lights.
These were the most requested from comments!
Wish the diode dynamics ss5 MAX light was used for the combo testing. Strange how the sport version is the brightest spot but i believe diode would be higher on the combo list if the MAX version was used
Is one big banger combo beam enough? Or is it necessary for a pair?
One BigBanger will be a ton of light! 2 would be even more!!
I think you mixed up the Diode Dynamics lights during the spot test. Their Sports are the lower output, cheaper versions. Their Pros are the higher output, more expensive options.
If you look at their site they admit the sports are a brighter spot because of their light spread
im happy im not the only one who notice lol but im suprise the the answer also...
Wow great video goood job
Thanks!
great videos, be even better to see the lights at a distance of a half mile or a mile.
Performance is key!
the procomp measured the highest but you didnt include it in the chart at the end?
either way, super informative! thank you!
Must've slipped through the cracks for the final chart, thank you regardless!
They forgot the nilight and the pro comp Wich is the best budget. I think the have some partnership with Morimoto.
Wish you guys would have tested the Diode dynamics MAX pods, which are actually their highest output model, not the pro's. Otherwise, good video
And to think I was just about to invest 2600 buck into the KC pro6 gravity light set up.. I think I'll wait.
Try Lazerlamps from the UK. 5 stars, its expensive😊
I'd like to see how these compare to a newer brand called Dark Defense made here in the USA.
We can try to include them in future videos!
Could you guys to do an “update” to this vid and include the new Harbor Freight’s Road Shock Edge lights??
We can, but they won't compare to the brightest pods in this video.
Any chance you guys could do a test/comparing lights from a company called COLIGHT? I know there are so many Chinese light companies out there but without actually testing you never know if it’s a “worthy “ purchase for a lower budget .. Auxbeam ,Auxcitoox, COLIGHT, … I do understand you can get what you pay for but as we see even higher end lights with I’ll say higher price points doesn’t mean their the best. I’m surprised at how poorly the KC’s did. Thanks! And definitely enjoy your videos
We can add them to the list!
By sv4 you mean supernova 4 right?
This comment is for your led headlight video you did this year
SV4 LED: www.headlightrevolution.com/search?keywords=sv4
Sucks that you missed the kc highlights flex era 4's
Maybe we can use them in a future video!
May I ask you why didn’t you guys show or measure Diode dynamics Driving beam pattern which is actually similar to combo beam of Morimoto.
I saw the 2 chip pod lights comparison as well, there also you guys haven’t mentioned or shown the driving beam pattern of Diodedynamics.
And lastly performance with bang for the buck look at Stedi TypeX evo lights,
Those things will blow away all the lights which you have shown in your video.
This is what we thought was most comparable, we can consider that for future tests regardless!
@@HeadlightRevolution
Morimoto themselves mention on their website that their Combo beam meets SAE J581 regulation and Diodedynamics also mention the same for their driving beam pattern.
That means you should be comparing Diode dynamics driving and Morimoto combo beam.
If the name says combo doesn’t mean both combos should be compared.
Common guys, you put in lot of effort to make these videos, then why not show the right stuff.
I think you might be mistaken, a combo beam pattern would not be SAE-compliant. However, the 4Banger wide beam photometrics are SAE F 20 compliant - only driving beams should be compliant with road standards. Combo and spot beams should never be used to supplement driving beams since they do not have a proper cut-off.
The LP6 has the best light pattern. Output is not the only thing
wouldnt put the rigid hyperspot in the mix again
Am I missing something? Did a certain company with a lifetime warranty not make the combo table because of their name or what? If there isn’t a mistake I know which brand I’m getting.
Don't know what brands we'd be missing here, we got the heavy hitters with Diode Dynamics, Baja, KC, and Morimoto 🤔
@@HeadlightRevolution based on your values the pro comps are a leaderboard worthy light right?
Thats correct, definitely one of the better ones tested!
Just tell us what brand you feel wasn’t tested, why all the mystery dude?
@@2Greenlidit’s in the other comment. If you watch the whole video you will see they left them out of the table listed at the end while their numbers came out on top.
Again Morimotos hands down the best for candela and size and price.
Morimoto is always a solid choice!
What about the rigid Q series
Wans't on our list, but we can add it for future videos!
I have no idea what is back light 💡 😊
A back light is kind of like a DRL, it stays lit when the vehicle is on but the pods aren't at full power function.
Faltaron las Lazer Sentinel Elite
Harbor Freight for the win!
😅😅
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What i learned from this video is that KC has really fallen away from it's legendary status
HELLA ROUGH COUNTRY not featured ????
Didn't make this list time, but we can throw them on for a future video!
Rough country is decent for budget lighting but not in the same league as most of these brands as far as performance, a step up from Nilight but that's about it
Didn’t know kc was that bad. Good thing I didn’t buy them
Why is Rigid even a contender? They're low quality, they have a cheap looking blue hue, and the pod design is outdated
Because they're still a pretty popular choice for those off-road boys!