Here’s The Only LEDs THAT DON’T SUCK!!
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- Опубліковано 1 кві 2020
- Here’s The Only LEDs That Don’t Suck!!
These Are The Best LEDs!!
These Are The Worst LEDs!!
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My older brother always said to me: "The first thing you learn about any new hobby is that you bought all the wrong stuff"
so true 😂
The sheer quality of your videos shows how much time you put into your videos. I applaud you. You’re videos are up there with the quality of @ChrisFix videos if you ask me.
Hey Jimmy, first of all I want to thank you for your time, effort and sharing this information with us. Have you tried to diagnose and repair any of the failed LEDs? I'm not talking about the obvious burned out ones but the ones that flicker, maybe just a bad solder joint or broken wire? Here's an idea, since you probably have quite a few of the cheaper ones as well as probably the mid priced ones what if you were to connect them to a 12-volt power source such as an old computer power supply and let them run for a week which would be over 10,000 miles at 65mph. Or just leave them connected until they burn out and see how long they last. I may do it myself, if I do I'll comment here. I have plenty of power supplies (computer technician) but not a variety of LEDs. Just curious. Thanks again for sharing.
I been buying the Auxito led lights and installed them on both of my vehicles and none of them burnt out yet. And it's been over 2 years now. Interior and exterior. Amazon and AliExpress has them.
Your channel is a great source of knowledge. Here in Europe, brands like sylvania are not very popular but we have osram, philips and other more expenisive but good quality bulbs. Ive been using one set of osram w5w led bulbs as front position lights for about 8 years now. No issues at all. Still work just as fine as new ones. Best regards.
Jimmy, I have to disagree why the LEDs fail. It’s not because of heat. These lights don’t get near as hot as the old incandescent ones. You can put your finger to the surface of the Map LEDs and not feel anything.
The issue is the circuit design and LED quality. The cheap LEDs have poor or non-existent current limiting circuits.
For an LED to operate properly, it needs a constant voltage and current.
Typically LEDs only need 3-5 Volts to light up. Battery voltages are usually 12+ Volts. So they put a lot of LEDs in series to divide that 12V among each LED
Not all LEDs are perfect and some draw more slightly more power than others. When one LED wears out, more power goes through the remaining ones and burns them out faster.
The quality LEDs have the proper circuits that power each LED independently and can adjust to the changing 12-14V range.
That’s why OEM LED tail lights in modern cars don’t fail as often.
The problem is we can't tell what LEDs have good circuit design ... 😒
For my OBS, I went the expensive route from the get go, but i did a bit of research beforehand on the expensive options, i picked up sylvana bulbs all around but with more diodes, and the single map light bulbs for the doors, so far, almost two years in, im pleased with the abuse and how long they have lasted, i have cheap ones by my feet only because they are easy to replace but other than that, they have done wonders and without issue, for the center bulbs i wanted more direct light from the diode and decided to sand open the plastic, since the light cover is meant to disperse light already, and it seems to be a good happy medium for me. to this day, the same Auxbeam headlights you have are kicking shadows to the curb, and those where a good price, a little on the high side but after taking performance into consideration I'm happy
Ive had the 6k zevo on my truck as my license plate and side marker lights for over 2 years and still working perfectly
Thankfully I always had that mindset and bought some expensive ones the first time and have had great luck with lights!
1,Road im recently a new subscriber,and ive watched other people do vidios i like yours the best you start and get right to the point instead of a bunch of fluff about nothing thanks
Seconded. I really appreciate that.
I’ve only used Dorman and Phillips led lights on my car and I’ve never had any of them do out and it’s been 2 years so far
Great video, thank you!
I agree with you . Same concern I heard from many other electricians too. But my point is how often do we use dome or map light ? These lights are not like car head lights that we use everyday few hours. Average drivers use may be 5-10 minutes per day or may be less. With that limited use I don't think led can get heated that fast.
I got GZTC LED for 569 style (4 for $8) in my 2006 Silverado, works great, nice and bright (600 lumens), and works well with the dimming after door is closed with no flickering. Been in there for a year now with no problems.
Valid point, especially with heat, but imho, with the cheap ones of quantity/heat of led is the issue, begs the question if you remove a few leds off the cheap ones if they'll last longer (got the electrical know how to do so) also, most leds aren't too great with dimming, so that may also be a small part of your issue. But i usually stick to mid-high value for bulbs myself as well.
Haha I wish I had seen this video 2 years ago. I went through a similar experience buying the ebay 14 dollar led set. The license plate lights gave out one by one switching to strobe mode after being a giant pita to install for my particular car. I arrived at the same conclusion you did and switched to the sylvania ones despite the cost and never regretted it. My intermittent cheap ones though in the rest of the car have been going strong. I believe your particular front housing with 3 lights and packed cheapy leds is what did yours in so quickly
Half my car is Sylvania Zevo, the other half are cheepo led's.
I use the cheepos because, I tried the Zevos in certain locations, and sometimes they don't work quite rights due to the type, or shape of the reflector housing, or they're just not bright enough compared to the cheepos.
-Chuck
👌Good stuff - thanks ! ✔
Phillips and Sylvania used so far much better than the cheap ones worth the premium.
I got lucky, I bought a set of led bulbs for my entire 04 tahoe for like 6 or 7 dollars when I first bought it 3 years ago. They all still work, and are plenty bright for me. and they are designed the same way as the ones you replaced here. As far as I can tell, you can still get a very good product in most things for cheap, if you know where to look and do enough research. but sometimes it just boils down to luck.
I've bought probably 5 sets of cheap leds of Amazon and they all burn out at about the time. I buy the like $20 set of lights for the whole truck when one burns out or starts to flicker because I knew all the rest of the bulbs were about to start acting up. I've been changing everything over to sylvania aswell recently took about $250-$275 for every light minus resistors that also includes cheap "I know it's like I haven't learnd" Amazon led high beam, low beam, and fog lights. Also made sure the keep the recipe's for the bulbs from the parts house because they come with a lifetime warranty if you have proof of purchase.
Will you ever do a review on the company LASFIT I see them a lot for LED’s. I want to see what your opinion is on those
the older you get the more light you need, i want the bright light.
Linnie smith we need E.T.s finger light up a room... no pun intended 😂
Around 10 years ago I replaced all bulbs except the cluster and ac in my 90 c1500 with LEDs at $20-$25 per 2 pack. Also used an electronic flasher for the signals to prevent hyper-flash. Within 6 months they began to fail and by the next year all had been replaced again with incandescent.
I loved them when they worked properly and I realize LEDs have come a long way in recent years, but for now I'm sticking to incandescent and hid's.
If these ‘expensive’ ones start doing that to me, I’ll be back to incandescent too.
Ya, everyone's said it very eloquently. This guy simply rocks very hard. I watch tons especially about lighting & love this dude.
LMFAO. LOVE THE TITLE. MOMMA WILL.ALWAYS SLAP ME.
Yes, Exactly my issue...over head interior lights. Bought the cheap ones off amazon. Worked great for about a month, now they flicker. Guess I`ll be changing them out. `04 GMC Yukon.
I usually have to pay your Mom extra for that.
What do think Lasfit, Alla and Sealight 921 LED bulbs? I want to replace my reverse bulbs but not sure which brand is best. The prices in Canada are comparable to Slyvania.
The zevo leds are too dim in my 2011 kia forte. I just used regular sylvania leds (not the zevo ones) and it was super bright and I was able to see.
This has become the lightbulb channel.
Haha! Seems that way ..
@@1RoadGarage we need more mechanical stuff
Usually you have a voltage regulator that converts your voltage to 12v. It's about 25to 50 cents. After, you can use any led lights.
Great video
I have a dash switch on my Ford (essentially a potentiometer) and I'll bet if you dial back the brightness (and dial back the heat) it MAY extend the life of those inboard lights.
Today I bought a similar LED bulb that you use for $ 5 with 6 flat smd LEDs.
It does not have the volt regulator transistor only two resistor but it does not get so hot and has white light without blue!
Are there good led's for not only the cluster but the even smaller one's that light up the AC controls? Of course they would all need to be dimmable.
I put little blue leds in the ac and in the cluster
Old saying goes - buy once, cry once. Agreed, it is cheaper in the long run to get something that is quality from the start.
Which better Flexibility & Reliably for u SUBURBAN 1995 or 2003? And WHY?
My expensive sylvanias went dead as well, but within 2 years
Really??... not good to hear that...
ebay ones right ?> might have not been real
Were the bad ones Zevos?
I’m guessing the regular sylvania led didn’t last as much as zevo’s. So without the heatsink. And with 0.6 watts with 8 LED’s. I can see that. Zevo have a heatsink and 1 led with 1 watt. So those zevo will do fine.
I have those flat kind in all 4 door lights, both courtesy lights, and for the license plate. They have been there for atleast 6 years...lol!
good advice buy once, cry once. i put cheep amazon 194 leds in my k5 blazer instrument cluster and i love them. i haven’t had any problems yet. i can buy a dozen bulbs for less than the expensive ones. i’ll replace if they burn out, with all the extra bulbs i have left.
Mr. 1rode, For LEDs you should put a load resister in the circuit so the leds don't burn out. Even the cheap leds should last a while if this is done. Cheers!
Is that something intuitive? Is it mentioned on the product info?
Zevo LEDs come in all colors. Just have to pay but trust me it's worth it. My 06 H3 is all LEDs zevoz. Except the headlights. I have the gold Sylvania fog and headlights. That's only because I get pissed when those of you with led headlights be blinding me on the road. I figured I wasn't going to be a hypocrite. LoL
Nice!
Go and explore different brands of cheap leds and expensive ones too..
Just wanted to give you a heads up. Sylvania is coming out with led headlights. I talked a lady from the company. She said the led headlights maybe out this Fall or maybe next Spring 2022. I hope they come out this Fall 2021. Most of my leds are Sylvania Zevo Super Bright Leds. They're the expensive ones but they're worth it. Currently my led headlights are Oracle Lighting V Series they're ok but not as bright as my other ones. But they're street legal so the company says. Sylvania does make a fog light led bulb. But this fog led bulb doesn't work in my 2000 Toyota Camry LE. At present I don't know what to get for my dashboard, console, glove box, and the light in heat and AC department. It takes 194's and 74's led bulb. I just don't know what brand to get. Plus they have to be dimmable as well. Any suggestions on brands to buy? Thanks much for your videos watch them all the time.
I use the cheap LEDs on my interior lights. They have worked great for over a year now. Not one problem or flicker. I have a 2011 dodge ram and put them in the dome and rear seat light even under the dash as well. just like the ones you first showed. They are never on long enough to get hot enough to melt anything. I do not use them on my licence plate light. Why would you want that brighter to begin with?
They don't work in the door markers either. Trouble is the more expensive ones don't fit well in the bulb socket. They're usually bigger than the hole the bulb fits in. The cheapo flat ones fit perfect but then burn out or start blinking making my Yukon look like a disco when I hot my door locks
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Try JDM ASTAR LEDs on Amazon. I have had mine for almost a year and a half and none have burned out or started flickering. I changed out headlights, turnsignals(also DRLs), brake lights, interior lights, and marker lights.
Turnsignals/brake lights 17.99 for pair
Map light/marker light/license plate light 12.99 for 10
Headlight bulb 70ish
I highly recommend you check these out.
I agree. I used these on my interior and after 2 years there’s no issues at all. The price is right and they last
I haven’t used them yet but I’ve heard they make the best ones
How I change head light switch bulbs?
You can always change the current for less by changing resistor on the PCB. Simple soldering can fix all your troubles and you can have another video HOW TO MODIFY YOUR CHIP LED BULB AND MAKE IT IMMORTAL.
Good camera
I bought a used (like new) Sony A7s so I could use the existing Sony lenses I have. This talking head portion was filmed with the Zeiss 55mm f1.8
Haha I spent 6 bucks for 12, i "WAS" in rideshare for over 2+ years still use as my daily...guess what all the cheap leds are still running strong...that includes license plate and rear taillights...I went to check on them now too to confirm. Best 50 cents each bulb I've ever spent...you should cheaper then 1 buck...
I still like the brighter blue light cannot get bright enough lights inside the cab of any of my trucks when you want light you want it bright
There is too much focus on maximum brightness !!
I made my own LED lights. I took to destroy some cheap led light bulbs that are to the roof inside a car. I used regular 1 watt light bulbs that sit in flashlights that use 1 light bulbs. You get them purchased on Ebay in different LED color temperature. I took away the existing LED bulbs and solder 1 new in. The result was good!
U should try lasfit.
Lasfit is the way
I buy the moderately priced ones on Amazon. Read reviews. Lic plate. Dome. Reverse. Bedlight. Floor footbed. Underhood. None have burned out in over a year. Do your research.
Glad they’re working out for you!
Contact me if they last 10 years.
My dad would always say "A poor man can't buy cheap tools" It took a long time as a kid, along with my own personal experiences over time to fully comprehend that simple statement. It applies to the quality and workmanship of the tool and or product endurance over time and use. This video is another testament to my dad's simple statement to me 50+ years ago. Thank you for your honest experience with 12v LED replacements.
You’re dad sounds like a very smart man!!
I wanna know why your 2003 is 100% less rusty than my 03 Silverado. I live in the salt belt in Syracuse NY. I tried car washes in the winter seemed to make it worse. The underside looks like the titanic. driver's side floor pan is gone. both bumpers are rusting from the inside out. wheel wells are rusting, had both rocker panels replaced at $1100.00. crazy .. what's your secret
Where did u buy the ones that fade out?
They both fade as it’s the truck doing that part..
1ROAD are they any good?
Travis R. So far. Time will tell.
1ROAD where did you find them at??
Unfortunately LEDs aren't new technology. They started coming out in the late 90s early 2000s. Even though the older ones are little bigger and bulkier, they never draw as much as the new style does and never heated up. The more compact they made them and the more people wanted them, the shittier the quality and cheaper they got.
I still have led 1156 and 1157 in some of my older vehs that still work from mid 2000's
That’s why I said -ish...
@living in a desert I was thinking more when commercial trucks and civilian used vehicles started using them that I could remember. But yes LEDs have been around for awhile.
Like I said before cheap and chrome don't get you home
Buy cheap and pay dearly... words from my grandfather. For the most part its not the LED but the circuit boards that are known to fail.
There are much better LEDs than sylvania. Super bright leds has affordable LEDs and they have lasted me well over 5yrs of everyday use
People have been using superbrightLEDs for decades with good success.
it is a pure hit or miss. i use the cheap one and they have been running in my car for 4years now. 10 for 9$. because they are cheap i have got several packs from dif producers and dif stores. i use them in my work car and my private cars. most still work years later and some has died after a few mounths.
when i buy 50 bulbs cheap for 40bucks or osram led 2pack for 25$. when i use thfm in 3 trucks x alot of bulbs buying premium bulbs is to expensive.
why they fail is because the connections are to small and if you fix the small conbections they start to work again. just my experiance.
Do not focus on maximum brightness and most possible led chip! Most Car LEDs inside your car has too much brightness! Many LED chip and to much brightness are no good combination! LEDs are also pressed too hard and so they break apart fast.
Those are those cheap sealights you bought
Why not have a lot of light AND great quality? I will never complain about a very bright dome light.
they say led's last a super long time but its a lie most led's ive bought over the years shop light led's, every type of automotive led's, home led's they don't last very long about 1 year maybe right around that kinda lifetime i tend to replace house inconcent bulbs about 2 times a year and the $30 shop light i got for the garage only lasted about 1.5 years an i don't even use the gauge very much
rather have them brighter than more dim and more expensive
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In Russia we use to say: I'm not that rich to buy cheap stuff.
P.S. But most of the people still buy cheap stuff :(
I have the techno leds 😂 pew pew pew .... pew pew pew... pew ... pew pew...... 😂 my laser beam sounds 😂 😆
Let us explore this a little further. If I'm not mistaken, the Phillips Zevo is made in Germany, not shocking and I'm guessing the cheap ones are made in China. China is really smart in realizing they can sell Americans most anything providing it's cheap. We'll just buy another one with the thought process, hey it's cheap. Reasons to move away from buying cheap, low quality products from China. whenever possible.
It’s sylvania zevo. Not Philips.
Philips makes ultinon. And sylvania makes zevo.
Both look exaclty the same but names are different.
1:48 take off the defuser it's much much brighter that is what i did on my sylvanias much much brighter by 50%
CALLED it i told you to buy the sylvania bulbs
Can you confirm there is just two LED diodes inside of each? Also is there some kind of reflective material?
@@1RoadGarage i have not taken apart those but I have taken apart some others there was no reflective material inside (4157 bulbs wedge ) but it did have a defuser like those removing it increased the brightness by at lest 50%
leds shouldn't be so expensive, it's not like it's a new technology. anywho, I've been running the cheap leds on a chip for 10 yrs or so, I've even plucked them out of vehicles when I sold them and put them in my replacement hoopties.
your paying for good LED chips make sure it's made in germany or italy or USA .. the china ones might be fakes
@@punker4Realsome of the best reputable brands are Chinese made but a very good ones.
There's better cheap leds on AliExpress, better constructed and with awesome built-in heat sinks, just take 30 minutes and search properly. I've using it for years and none have failed me. Chinese copy everything, they've copy cree and csp chips quite successfully, just search it thoroughly.
U gotta find a great quality led bulbs from a reputable brand. Never go cheap
For a dollar i,ll make you holler for buying the cheap one,s when in fact you know better than to do such so think about it before you do such
Hey what if I buy the LEDs but my mom has been dead for over 4 years now
That makes no damn sense whatsoever
That's not always true. I bought the expensive items for both home and auto and installed the and in both hours or days off to the junk pile
Buy cheap, buy twice!
Buy expensive, buy once.
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What up with the poker face🤣
Those aren't the best and aren't the most expensive. My interior lights were $20, each. Quanitity 1.
The zevo LED’s are definitely the best ones.
You look so sad in this video
7 months ago “ Here’s Why You NEVER INSTALL LEDs IN YOUR CAR OR TRUCK! “............................,...,.,..,...................
That’s before. This is now lol
Buy Cheap, Buy Twice
Buy expensive, buy once
Buy cheap, buy twice
By expensive, buy once
Cheap LEDs suck. Actually, I find most LEDs suck because they are way to bright. The morons that replace their non-LED headlamps with LEDs deserve a special place in hell for blinding on coming drivers. If I want brighter light, I just get the Sylvania Ultra Star brand of bulbs.
1: that’s only when they didn’t do their own research to find the right type of led bulbs that matches the specs of the halogen, such as beam pattern, the right size, the right type of led chips. If it’s larger than the halogen. Those are bad.
2: I use to run sylvania - silverstar ultra and man they were great. But I moved on after 2 months for led because I want brighter lights.
So I went Lasfit - LD Plus switchback.
6000k and 3000k.
Buying cheap LED’s, especially for low and high beams will not last. Buying a reputable brand are most appropriate thing to buy.
@1ROAD. If u truly curious and worry about the LED’s that will not last as u hoped for. We’ll stick to the most reputable brand that works, and u wonMt have to deal with it.
Sylvania zevo, that has a metal piece that acts as a heatsink, and with two simple led chips. It’s better than multiple stacks of diodes of led with very small or no heatsink at all is no good.
Now if u want even better or the best of the best, look up xenon depot. They have even higher quality led bulbs that can dissipate the heat much faster.
Instead of metal to dissipate the heat, they have full ceramic bulb that can dissipate the heat much faster.
Morimoto have also T10 that’s called hybrid.
The top it has a lens, the middle is a rings around that’s a heatsink, and the bottom of the base is a ceramic body. Hence why they call it a hybrid. And it doubles the heat much much more technicality efficient bulbs that they are worth to buy. They maybe worth $5-$7 more than what u pay the best sylvania led bulbs. But the xenon depot, and morimoto have an incredible led bulbs that u can imagine.
What’s the big difference?
The brightness. All three of sylvania, xenon depot, and morimoto have a matching design. But the big difference is the brightness.
Sylvania zevo T10 makes 68 lumens.
While xenon depot makes 74 lumens.
But the morimoto hybrid T10, makes an amazing 174 lumens. That’s super bright.
So go check those out and see if u worry about the sylvania might give up on u. But they will not. As long as they have a metal piece for heatsink, u are good.