Thread: LED Light Bars....Special offer

Originally Posted by disco_disco

Just reading the Specs on these, and to anyone getting overly excitied. These Bars are only 5w Epistar LED's.
No where near as bright as 10w Cree LED's.
IP67 Rating is ok but you will find alot of these Chinese manufactures will lie to sell anything don't be surprised to find condensation and water ingress.
look for ip68 which will deal with continuous water submersion
Also the mounting bracket looks quite flimsy. save your Pennies and get a real bar that will do the job.

Not being a party pooper but when you will compare this to a CREE LED bar the difference is VERY noticeable,

On the contrary.

The mounting brackets are VERY solid, the light output exceeds the rated specs (I have measured using calibrated equipment) and I have had my 240W light bar mounted upside down, parked out in the weather through all the rain and storms we have had, with no evidence of water ingress.

Im offering some advice people, take it how you want it. Sounds like a stirred everyone up. Compare then answer. Value for money is what your after then that is fine.

Originally Posted by disco_disco

Im offering some advice people, take it how you want it. Sounds like a stirred everyone up. Compare then answer. Value for money is what your after then that is fine.

The wattage advice was fair enough, the rest was unfounded (and incorrect).

Do you have a 240W light bar with 10W crees? It would be interesting to meet up and compare them.

Like I said its my personal opinion having seen and delt with LED bars for a few years. IP67 rating doesnt stand for much.
The mounting is from looking at a picture which looks quite flimsy 3mm aluminum holding a heavey bar. The sliding mount to the bar is a common mounting method with LED bars.
There cheap yes. But as stated you get what you pay for.

Originally Posted by disco_disco

...IP67 rating doesnt stand for much.



The mounting is from looking at a picture which looks quite flimsy 3mm aluminum holding a heavey bar. The sliding mount to the bar is a common mounting method with LED bars.
There cheap yes. But as stated you get what you pay for.

Neither does IP68 it seems - given that my IP68 rated rear LED from a reputable marine chandlery fills up with water when it rains....

As I have stated the mounting is very solid, and does not move with the isuzu idle rattle... You are welcome to come and check them out in the metal.

However if anyone is concerned I am sure Murray could provide heavier guage lasercut brackets for not much increase in price...

I have no financial interest to declare here - do you???

Lol mate I offer some advice to people and it creates a **** storm. Im no keyboard warrior nor do I have an invested interest which I am pushing. So incase im wrong this is a forum which is based on opinons and facts and untill that changes I will try to help others who are on here searching for answeres opinions and facts.

Originally Posted by disco_disco

............ save your Pennies and get a real bar that will do the job...............,

Would you tell a D4 owner that he should've bought a Range Rover Vogue because the D4 is not as good, even though the Rangie is more than twice the price

Originally Posted by disco_disco

Im offering some advice people, take it how you want it. Sounds like a stirred everyone up. Compare then answer. Value for money is what your after then that is fine.

No, not stirred up at all, I welcome any input, just trying to be clear that it is a matter of value for money with these light bars, not a matter of having what is considered top of the range for a premium price.
If I were to offer 240W genuine 10W Cree light bars on here for $1000 I would be lucky to get one taker.

Also, a lot of people get carried away with the name 'Cree'. Yes, genuine 100% Cree LED chips are considered the best, but, from what I understand, the only part of an LED device that is actually "Cree" is the little glowy thing in the middle . The rest of the device (drivers and heatsinking) is just as important. Many manufacturers refer to their products as 'Cree' LEDs, and they may well have Cree glowy things, but the rest could be crap, so you have to be careful broadly claiming that Cree is the best when referring to a product.

Cheers, Murray

The only person offering something is Murray, a good quality affordable led light bar. You just seemed to be saying they are crap. Yes there are better out there, may be you can help others by getting a deal going on them, you seem to have some background in them.
And good on Murray for organizing what he has