Led lighting question...

Hmmmmm... not good.
Thanks for that.

For 4WD applications, perhaps a fluoro light is a better idea. The LED's come good when you are backpacking and need a small light that uses little battery power, or on a small boat where battery power is not plentiful.
I have a cluster LED light (home made) on my boat, its OK to find my way around in the cabin at night, I could even read right under it but I much prefer a warmer colour light for reading. The LED light is a harsh blueish white and the individual LED's have a quite narrow light beam so one needs a good sized cluster for a reasonable spread.

Power consumption of the LED cluster is good, around 0.2A, while the twin fluoro I also have takes about 1A from the 12V battery.

I agree with the statement that LED's are overpriced.

Klaus

I bought one of the LED wands for camping, Very "blue" white light, fairly bright, uses .5amp per hr, all the leds still work.
Haveing said that, they are VERY directional, and a bit hard on my eyes. Found a good deal on an ARB (versalite type) flouro and bought it, it did a much better job of lighting up the camp site, and I like the flouro light white better than the blueish white from the LEDs.
Personal preference really, but I did like the low power drain from the led, but IMO the flouro give a better light.