Initially, no lights on our 4WD campervan didn ' t fill me with confidence with nighttime returns.
HALOGEN, HID OR LED?
The‘ good old days’ of halogen are pretty much gone. Yes, a handful of brands are still flying the halogen banner, and for good reason. I used a set just a couple of years ago and had great results. Their main advantage is the colour of the light they emit is close to natural. Not the brightness – the colour.
Halogen lights offer a warm hue that is more pleasing to the eyes( less harsh) and return a high colour rendering index( CRI), a reference to how natural objects look under a light. Some LEDs( depending on their light temperature) are lower on this chart.
Older versions of LED lighting, with high Kelvin ratings( a temperature scale), tend to look overly white and bluish to the eye, which causes eye strain, fatigue and an inadequate driving experience. Later versions are improving, with Kelvin ratings closer to matching natural daylight but still not up to halogen standards.
As for HID lights, they were a‘ thing’ years ago, with phenomenal and instant brightness. These days, plenty of LED lights vie for similar abilities.
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