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[Jer]

Picked up these mostly free Coleman Xtreme cooler off of Craigslist today. Cat for scale. Also got a Save Phace welding helmet for $10.

That's a score. Most tests put those at about 95% the performance of the high end YETI, RTIC, etc. coolers at a fraction of the price. I've been thinking of getting on but haven't yet. Not sure how you got three of them for nearly free but if you end up needing only two, let me know!

[Irving]

A halogen bulb is just a bulb that sends light in all directions, except straight forward, and depends on the reflectors in the headlight housing to direct the light, right?

I'm sensitive to being that guy that just sticks a high output HID bulb in without a projector to focus, which is why I haven't gone that route. Since the LED is putting out light in a similar pattern as the halogen, I'm less worried about blinding others.

[Irving]

Full disclosure, I got one cooler for free, and the other two for $3 each.

[Jer]

A halogen bulb is just a bulb that sends light in all directions, except straight forward, and depends on the reflectors in the headlight housing to direct the light, right?

I'm sensitive to being that guy that just sticks a high output HID bulb in without a projector to focus, which is why I haven't gone that route. Since the LED is putting out light in a similar pattern as the halogen, I'm less worried about blinding others.

Yes and no. It really depends on what bulb type/size it is. Many have the beam pattern built into the bulb itself so then the reflector just redirects that. They have light in certain areas and no light in others specifically for the housing that they go into. LEDs tend to just scatter light wherever and pay no attention to the proper light pattern that halogens emit. The end result of a halogen in the housing is a proper beam with a cut-off across the top to avoid blinding oncoming drivers. LED replacement bulbs in the same housing result in light everywhere which can "look" brighter against a wall but in the real world it's often times less light output with poorer uniformity and it's dangerous because it blinds oncoming drivers.

[Jer]

Full disclosure, I got one cooler for free, and the other two for $3 each.

I'll take the free one.

[Irving]

That's why I was saying that in the photo the LED looks more washed out in the picture then in person. You can see a clear demarcation of where the light cuts off and it is very similar in size to the halogen. When I took it out at night and parked at the end of my driveway, the beams were still focused; whereas when I turned on the cheapy light bar, that filled in all the gaps with the flood.

Coolers aren't mine too distribute, I just picked them up for a buddy.

[Jer]

That's why I was saying that in the photo the LED looks more washed out in the picture then in person. You can see a clear demarcation of where the light cuts off and it is very similar in size to the halogen. When I took it out at night and parked at the end of my driveway, the beams were still focused; whereas when I turned on the cheapy light bar, that filled in all the gaps with the flood.

Coolers aren't mine too distribute, I just picked them up for a buddy.

In the photo you can see where the right one is clearly higher where the concentration of light is. All it would take is a little more than an inch higher at that distance before you're blinding oncoming drivers. It's not much. You can try to aim it lower to compensate but then your beam will be so low on the sides that they'd be useless.

What vehicle is this in? Like I said earlier, that makes a big difference but in almost every case you're better off staying halogen or doing a full-blown HID retrofit.

[Irving]

It's in an Isuzu Amigo, so parts are pretty much non-existent, which is why I chose not to do the full HID set-up.

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[Jer]

It's in an Isuzu Amigo, so parts are pretty much non-existent, which is why I chose not to do the full HID set-up.

What size bulb?