I've narrowed my search down to these two lights I think. I was really interested in the Cibie Oscar SC's with the "cornering beam" pattern, but at $150 each, without wiring harness, they are a little too pricy.
My dilema is I'm looking for a serious off road light, but wanted a compromise between a fog pattern, and a driving pattern. Much of my time is spent on twisting back roads, so pencil beams are surely out, and driving beams aren't much better. Fog beams don't give nearly enough distance. The Cibies looked like it, but, again, too much.
I've had Piaas before, and was fairly pleased with them, but a little too narrow beam. The 80XT gives a 18 degree beam spread, a little more than most "driving" beams.
Now, the lightforce. Adjustable from pencil to spot, which does little good I think. But, I noticed they have filters for them, either a "wide angle" or a "combo wide angle" which gives a wide angle and driving beam pattern. Looks like that with these filters, and the adjustable focus, I may get exactly what I want.
But, to be honest, the looks of them are hard for me to get past (pretty funky looking mounting system), and the lense and filter attachement looks pretty cheesy. I really like the more traditional look of the Piaas, BUT, I want to know what other's who have used the Lightforce lights and in particular these wide angle filters have to say. Pricing is surely not bad, at about $220 for the pair, and is in the ballpark I was looking at with the Piaas.
They'll be mounted on an ARB bull bar.
My dilema is I'm looking for a serious off road light, but wanted a compromise between a fog pattern, and a driving pattern. Much of my time is spent on twisting back roads, so pencil beams are surely out, and driving beams aren't much better. Fog beams don't give nearly enough distance. The Cibies looked like it, but, again, too much.
I've had Piaas before, and was fairly pleased with them, but a little too narrow beam. The 80XT gives a 18 degree beam spread, a little more than most "driving" beams.
Now, the lightforce. Adjustable from pencil to spot, which does little good I think. But, I noticed they have filters for them, either a "wide angle" or a "combo wide angle" which gives a wide angle and driving beam pattern. Looks like that with these filters, and the adjustable focus, I may get exactly what I want.
But, to be honest, the looks of them are hard for me to get past (pretty funky looking mounting system), and the lense and filter attachement looks pretty cheesy. I really like the more traditional look of the Piaas, BUT, I want to know what other's who have used the Lightforce lights and in particular these wide angle filters have to say. Pricing is surely not bad, at about $220 for the pair, and is in the ballpark I was looking at with the Piaas.
They'll be mounted on an ARB bull bar.
