« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2014, 05:23:49 PM »
Obviously the reference to 50W is the merchants opinion of a subjective comparison to the standard bulb,
Exactly. But on many sites it is presented as fact. And on others they make up bogus lumen ratings. Even as a subjective comparison I have seen silly lighting claims and the observed the bulbs as being dimmer or barely even as bright as the incandescents they were meant to replace... so I am extremely skeptical about ALL such claims now.
but they are noticeably brighter to my eye. I'll see about a video but it will be a week or two before I can get back home to the bike. The problem with photographing the difference is that the real test(especially with LED's) is not brightness in the dark but in bright sunlight and that is really tough to show on a photograph. Typically LED's may appear dramatically brighter in the dark or with a dark background but when the sun is shining on the application they do not appear nearly as bright.
Right you are. It really is a difficult task. The first main problem is that it is imperative to see both bulbs (old/new) on at the same time and with similar front and back lighting. Doing it in the daytime is best. And video instead of photo is also best (getting a photo with both on, and at full brightness is a challenge when they are blinking!) And angle is important also with LED, since light distribution is often dismal.
I'll see what I can do.
Thanks, I am waiting with fingers crossed
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