Which H7 bulbs?

Motorcycling
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So, the lights on my S-Wing suck on unlit roads at night. I want to replace them, but I don’t really want to go HID (expense, complications, questionable legality, etc). So I want to put in a “better” bulb and see if that improves things enough. The question is - which one?

The one’s I’m considering are:

Mtech Cosmos Blue
Philips Power2Night GT150
Osram Nightbreaker Plus

Anyone have any opinions on these three, or suggestions for others?

Cheers,

-simon

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I’d go with Phillips.
I remember 2 different Phillips bulb came out top in a Ride Magazine group test.

One was the H4 Xteme-Power.
I forgot what H7 won.

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^^^^ i remember that test too. But I went for HIDs, the uprated bulbs were not cheap anyway

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Hrm, damn, found a HID kit for half the price I was expecting:

http://www.hids4u.co.uk/h7-motorcycle-35w-pro-plus-hid-xenon-conversion-kit.html

Anyone used hids4u?

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It’s in this months issue, which I happen to have on my desk:

Best Buy - Phillips X-treme power (H4 & H7)

Ride Recommended - Phillips XT Moto (H4), Osram night racer (H4), Phillips Motovision (H7)

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Aldis are great for something like 3.49 a pair, but they only come around every so often. I ended up with a HID kit on my bike this time though…

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HID is the best light 5000K. But be carefull if you have a projector in the headlight. HID’s can throw the light out in funny directions and light peoples house roofs up. HIDs all the way if you want proper light.

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I’d agree with 5000k, I was told 6000 but it’s a little too ‘blue’ on completely unlit roads at night, makes things kinda blur like those night vision ‘green’ scenes in predator.