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What alternatives to bulb headlights exist?

April 26, 2017Alternatives bulb exist headlights

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What alternatives to bulb headlights exist?

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Vincent Taeger writes: It’s not that there’s no interest in non-bulb light sources. The trouble is that none of the current alternatives are suitable for a headlamp. Keep looking because someday you’ll find something, but be aware of the problems and what your looking for. All the alternatives I’ve seen have one or more of the following problems: • Price [Metal Halide] • High minimum wattage [Metal Halide] • Poor white light output [LEDs, electro-luminesence] • Cannot run at low voltages, requires expensive or inefficient voltage converters [Metal Halide, fluorescence] • Wide angle and poor Lumens/m^2 require large optics. [fluorescence, electro-luminesence] • Size. • Low lumens/Watt (for electric lamps). • Low lumen hours/kg (for all lamps). • Poor resistance to vibration, wind or rain. General PITA. [carbide, propane and other ‘flame’ lamps]. Most of us use red LED tail lights. I also have a flashing green electro-luminescent belt. These are both used as “be seen