[mattyherts]

Just noticed after getting in the car last night I have the ns dipped bulb out. :?

I replaced the standard bulb with H7 Osram Night Breakers mid November when I took delivery of the car and seems a very short period for this to fail.

anyone else had any experience like this, what should be the life span of the bulbs?

Also is there anything whiter / better than the night breakers available. I have LED sidelights at the moment that work no problem in MY10 but am going to change these as a bit to blue.

Thanks

 

[mcmoody]

I have osram nb's in my car. Been in since September and they were in my golf for a long while before. Still both work. Maybe you just got unlucky?

 

[Ra)]

sorry for reanimation, folks))
but got some German tests - osram life is 150 hours only

1. H7 White Hammer Light Distribution GmbH (240 LQ, LD 74, KO 35, GS 397)
2. Bosch H7 (135 LQ, LD 136, KO 28, GS 342)
3. NightGuide (185 LQ, LD 68, KO 26, GS328)
4. NightBreaker (250 LQ, LD 18, KO 12, GS 318)
5. Osram H7 Typ2 (129 LQ, LD 126, KO 19, GS 314)
6. X-treme (LQ 228, LD 24, KO 22, GS 313)
7. Philips VisionPlus (LQ 219, LD 23, KO 26, GS 312)
8. Osram [email protected] (LQ 90, LD 150, KO 18, GS 306)
9. Inter Union Mega White (LQ 79, LD 141, KO 34, GS 284)
10. Philips Power2night (LQ 162, LD 49, KO 25, GS 280)
11. Philips H7 Premium (LQ 134, LD 56, KO 28, GS 261)
12. Bosch Daytime +10 (LQ 99, LD 114, KO 7, GS 260)
13. Bosch 50 Extralife (LQ 170, LD 26, KO 18, GS 258)
14. Helltec h7 Clear (LQ 50, LD 150, KO 22, GS 243)
15. Narva h7 (LQ 60, LD 117, KO 22, GS 241)
16. Conrad Set h7 (LQ 50, LD 118, KO 40, GS 225)
17. Inter Union Gold Line (LQ 50, LD 101, KO 31, GS 210)
18. Philips BlueVision (LQ 127, LD 10, KO 20, GS 201)
19. Automotive Ring H7 (LQ 78, LD 82, KO 25, GS 200)
19. Inter Union BlueSilver (LQ 50, LD 83, KO 35, GS 200)
21. Unitec H7 (LQ 50, LD 104, KO 28, GS 197)

GS = Gesamtkosten ( total)
LD = Lebensdauer ( lifetime)
LQ = Lichtqualitдt (light quality)
KO = Kosten (price)

 

[pars_andy]

Are they seriously suggesting that the Phillips blue vision only last 10 hours? Surely not?

 

[BLinky]

HIDs

 

[TT-driver]

Often it's the more light, the shorter the life. Philips has Long Life bulbs. My Honda's were factory equipped with Long Life bulbs and I never had to replace one. (two Honda's in 5 years, > 100.000 miles combined)