The Struggle: Spot vs. Flood, and their advantage over eachother.

I was able to find a "good" price on a set of 6LED pod/square lights, but they only come in spot/driving and not floods. My question is, to those of you who have spots, do you wish that you has floods? Those with floods, do you wish you had spots? I have never had floods so I have no idea if they would be that much more of an advantage over spots. Thank you all.

 

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These are my plans. One set on the hood hinge amd the other on some brackets in the bed. Right now, I have 4 spot Hellas in the front and they work alright. Do floods cover that much more?

 

Start with floods. Flood patterns are more useful for more driving conditions. If you find that you are off roading at 100mph and need to see the next curve a half mile away go with spots. Floods will give you more distance than you headlights but will also cover the road from shoulder to shoulder.

 

Im running a set of square flood lights on hood in front of my wind shield and spots on my front bumper below grill . They give off allot of light when both turned on and I just changed my headlight bulbs to xenon bulbs which are four times brighter then stock and when all light are on its like daylight . Bought my LEDs on Amazon . They are CREES

 

Well it looks like you have some hid spot lights in the front in your avatars pic, so I would've gone with floods. Those little pods would be better used as floods anyways and wouldn't be much useful as spots as the light output isn't effecient to throw them that far and would only light up a small section. Floods are the way to go for little ones. Spots for bigger ones. that's how I see it anyways. Utilizing your lights for your needs and getting the appropriate combination of lights to be as efficient as possible.
Ideally you should mix it up so you have a range of lighting both spot and flood. I have two combo bars that are mostly flood and only the center spot. Then two more shorter bars that are floods. I have a really nice output with a nice even spread of light all around. But I do plan on getting another bar strictly spot for a bit more distance lighting.

 

I live in Lubbock and my parents live around the Houston area. I am going to have to drive through some twisty, secluded and dark country roads during the winter months. I am trying to get my setup on before the Thanksgiving break. Even my advisors here at Tech told me to "throw some lights up on the rig". Those deer....
Thanks for the help so far guys.

 

I spot more deer by seeing their eye glow before the lights are on them, than with the lights actually on them. That said, I have a 22" spot/flood combo that lights up a whole lot more than the high beam and fogs. It doesn't seem to go down the road any farther than the high beams, but it does light up the ditch (and trees over head) better. Check my avatar for mounting location.

 

This is so true, I have a 42 on top and it is useless for light output. If your windshield is dusty, forget it. All you will see is every particle of dust on the glass. Not to mention the reflection off the hood if you have a light colored truck. Some guys on here with Rigids and the high dollar spot pattern big bars say it's not as bad, but not many of us have 14 to 1600 dollars to drop in a bar Basically, I only use my 32 in the lower grille now.