spot lights

Have a set of IPF 900x's

On our trip we found we didnt travel at night and in all honesty I wouldnt buy another set of driving lights.

Have probably only used them a dozen times in 3 years.

Also remember if its really hot you dont want to block the airflow to the radiator more than necessary.

Hi Smitty are you East or West coast??

I like me Narva's.

Never blown a globe, never fallen off, don't vibrate, good wide long beam.

Cheers.

I have the 240 Light force on Darkie as he came with them. If they get damaged I will get the 170's as the 240's are to large IMHO.


Cheers Kev

Hey smitty, back to the actual question that you asked. Seems alot of people have trouble reading.

The Lightforce are alot better light then the Roo Lite. If at the same price i know what i would be buying. Build quality, customer service, light output are all heaps better with the 240 Blitz.

But they do come with some negatives. They are a thief magnet the 240 Blitz. The reflector can be unscrewed from the arm and taken in 10 seconds, as can the RooLites and smaller Lightforce. They are a great spotlight though if your after spot only.

The XGT is the pick of the bunch though. But quite abit more.
I sell lights and HIDs mate and pretty much know everything there is to know about lighting.

We have the 240 Blitz on our Prado, both with the combo covers and they are great. Good spread and penetration. I would get the XGT if I had to buy again for the better security.
On the flip side to comments above, where we live it would be dangerous to drive without driving lights, and often that's just coming home from town after work/sport/whatever. On our 6 month trip around Oz we certainly didn't plan on night driving but sometimes it was unavoidable and on roads you didn't know, every bit of light was a blessing. The air 'blockage' wasn't an issue for us with the temp gauge not moving from normal, despite towing in 40+ heat. I think that's down to the individual vehicle, condition of your cooling system and the weight and resistance of your load.

Cheers,

Mark.

RooLites are a pretty good light, IMO. I have had the 180XP's on two 4WD's (all up probably three years) and have not had any prob's.

I bought mine for $220 from ARB here in Tassie, but probably have gone up by now. They're cheaper than the LightForce anyway, although LightForce are a VERY good brand and that's what I'll up grade to if my RooLites stuff up (which they haven't yet).

Cheers.

Smitty, have you seen these ? I have no affiliation, just saving my pennies to be able to get one.

Hi Smitty

I would only consider the Roo lites if you were make a big $$$ saving. The Blitz are a much better quality light.

I had a set of Roo Lights for less than two weeks until they were pinched at the Rosehill Camping show carpark..............not happy

Replaced them with Narva ones that had better mounts and are very happy with them

Unlike some of our posters, I have found driving lights to be an enormous boon.

I travel to the WA goldfields every year from Sydney and do long hours at the wheel. I pull up before sunset if I can find a suitable camp site away from the noise of the trucks, but sometimes that is not possible. Also I like to get up early and leave on sunrise - the roos are still active then and the light is bad.

I paid big money for Hella HID Predator lights and I am bloody glad I did - with my old eyes they are a boon in spotting roos beside the road.

WARNING - HELLA LIGHTS
As I said the Predators are great lights, but they fill up with water on any creek crossing and the muddy water damages the reflectors. I have to carry plastic bags to put over them.

Hella advertise in 4WD mags, but state in "the small print" that none of their lights should be immersed except for their special water proof model. I complained to the Company that their advertising should warn people, but their answer was that 90% of 4wds never go off road.

Willie

I work for a distributor of the Roo Lights, and we get a large number of returns with cracked housings. Which then fill up with water and ruin the reflector, our marketing department all wince when a magazine comparison is published as most 180 diameter lights out-perform our 220 diameter.

I have 3 x 240 Blitz on the Bullbar of my 100 series (used to have them on the Bullbar of my 80 series and swapped them over when i sold it). I have found them to be a fantastic light - I changed from Rallye 2000's after a roo wiped all 3 out... I have hit a few roos with the Lightforce lights but all that happens is they bend back on the mount (I dont do them up too tight...). I havent had any trouble with the cars over heating on either of the Landcruisers - even while towing a 5m boat on 40oC + days out of Karratha (with 3 lights across the front). I cant comment on the Roo Lights - but have nothing but praise for Lightforce....
Drew

I have had the 240 XGT's for about 5 years now. Replacing a blown globe was a real pain and luckily lightforce are in Adelaide so I went down to visit them. After having the light out the back for 10 mins they came back with a whole new light. Good service!! I guess they thought it was too hard also.

I had a spot and spread. My spread was the 'combo' filter which was just OK. Spot was great but does live up to it's name; very directional straight down the road. My other lights are IPF 900XS and they had a better spread. All 4 worked well together. I've just sold my lightforce to a friend because to be honest I couldn't see any difference when I flicked the 2 different pairs on and off at night so I'm just going to stay with the IPF's for now.

Bottom line is that the Lightforce are a great light. Security was mentioned before. I drilled a hole thru the bolt and put small padlocks thru it which works well.

Hope this answers your question rather than some of the other replies :)

Cheers,

I put the 240 blitz HID's on my truck. Great light, car temp hasn't changed. I found that I could get them considerably cheaper from the US even though they are an Australian made light. Have a look on ebay for US sellers, and burn Gerry Harvey as you won't pay GST on em..

Cheers Tanka.