Help, Osram Night Breakers or HID kit?

[Drive Blind]

After using Philips Xtreme Vision bulbs on previous cars with no problems I foolishy decided to give the Osram nightbreakers a go on my current vehicle - I wish I hadn't bothered.

One lasted under 6 months and the second one went at 13 months.
I won't be buying them again.

[jimxms]

Have you considered LED? If you get a decent set of LED's, the light output angle will mimic that of a normal Halogen bulb.

I've been running LED's as dipped, and Nightbreakers as my main beam for a while and my dipped beams are brighter and whiter.

[MrBrown]

Drive Blind said:

After using Philips Xtreme Vision bulbs on previous cars with no problems I foolishy decided to give the Osram nightbreakers a go on my current vehicle - I wish I hadn't bothered.

One lasted under 6 months and the second one went at 13 months.
I won't be buying them again.

Did that experience inspire your username?

[MajorMantra]

Nightbreakers are ok but they really don't last that long. I've been using them since January 2015 in my Mk1 Focus and judging by my order history the bulb I fitted this week was my fifth replacement in that time...

I've been getting them off ebay and paying around £7 a bulb though, so I can live with that.

[Mike335i]

jimxms said:

Have you considered LED? If you get a decent set of LED's, the light output angle will mimic that of a normal Halogen bulb.

I've been running LED's as dipped, and Nightbreakers as my main beam for a while and my dipped beams are brighter and whiter.

Tell me more.... Reflector lamps or projector? Which led lamps did you get?

I am intrigued!

[jimxms]

Mike335i said:

Tell me more.... Reflector lamps or projector? Which led lamps did you get?

I am intrigued!

I'm running projectors on mine, which always seemed to make the nightbreakers look pretty underpowered. Here are the ones I used:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01I4MROB8/ref...