Light bars light bars!

I currently have a 40" Cali Raised light bar mounted in the Prinsu and a 30" Cali Raised amber mounted between the bumper and the grille. These lights have never let me down, and for the price are pretty bright. However, they have some serious condensation problems going on. I am looking at Baja X6s for the Prinsu and Heretic for the bumper. Is the baja worth the $1400? Is Heretic any good? I want to buy lights once more and never buy them again, just cant quite figure it out!

 

If you're happy with what you have I would just keep them

 

We are talking about saving over $2000, that does sound most responsible! I'd need to get rid of the condensation in the current lights and come up with a way to seal them if I keep them. Its honestly more of a looks thing as I feel they haven't lost any brightness, but still, shouldn't happen.

 

If you've read any reviews on their products, that almost always happens.

 

I am not going to compare apples and watermelons but if you are looking for a quality product I would suggest the diode dynamics for a little less money.
I did not go your route originally because my friend had the same issues as you after only 6 months.
Having compared both units side by side I can tell you you would not have the same issue with the diode dynamics ones.

I believe @memario1214 is offering 15 % off these lights for a limited time also.

 

Same here, it was literally about 6 months when they started to fill up with moisture. Would you say they are brighter than what I have now?

 

I might suggest that "brightness" is not as important as "focus." Many people judge how bright a light is by looking into it. That's not a valid test. Heck, you can blind yourself with a small flashlight by looking directly into it. Does that make it bright? Not really. Same goes for automotive lighting. What really counts is light focused where it counts in front of you. I generally call this "pattern discipline" and good lights have it. Many cheap lights just blast light out every which way.

Getting back to your original question, I'm exceptionally qualified to answer that one because I went from a CaliRaised 30" LED bar to a Diode Dynamics Stage 30" LED bar. The CaliRaised was two row where the DD bar is single row. Both were full driving pattern bars. The DD bar is hands down better because it focuses the light into a far more usable pattern - even with half the LEDs. The CaliRaised bar had far more scatter and less throw down the road. Yea, it put out some light, but much of it was unusable. Trust me. You get what you pay for.

 

Lights are like women, sometimes you pay more and get the same parts.

 

I can signal aliens with my baja designs light bar. shits bright.

 

I fully agree after i installed my DD lightbar I took it over to the friend that had the same fog issues as ISU800m with his Cali stuff and he was dumbfounded by how well it worked.

His words that he may have heard me say recently “I wasted my money on that China S@#t,
“I know better than to buy cheap China parts”
There is no way he thought that single row would be nicer than his double.
He said It seems easier on the eyes while doing a better job of lighting the road.

I have been guilty of being cheap once in a while. Thats why I was Amazon shopping and also looking at the Cali stuff at first.
But with these types of things you truly get what you pay for IMO.

 

Thank you for the feedback! I'll probably do the 30" amber flood diode dynamics for the bumper. As for the roof, BD is the frontrunner. The only other light I'm considering is heretic but I cant find much info on whether or not they are quality.

 

I would recommend reversing your brand mounting. Use a Diode Dyanics bar on the roof with a driving optic which will vastly reduce hood glare compared to BD, then use a BD for the front bumper if desired. Diode Dynamics TIR optics and KCs Gravity optics produce far less stray light to illuminate the hood and cause significantly less vision reducing hood glare than brands that use a forward facing open emitter optic.