Thread: Light bar recommendations

Looking at navara and Stedi,
Have new hilux so keen to add a bar to the front for night ops. Any feedback welcome
Tia

Stedi

one of the things to look out for is the colour temperature. most light in your home are about 3K and slightly yellow (warm white). 4K is really white (cold white) and then things get super startlingly white 6.5K which has a slight blue tinge.
the effects of super white light is that things appear brighter than what they are and its great for workshops and kitchens where you really need to see what you are doing in detail. the bad side is that its pretty hard on the eyes and brain matter.
same goes with car lights. put 6.5k light on and the first 1/2 hour its amazing. after that its so white its hard to focus long term. and if you hit snow or fog its like going blind

Another vote for stedi. You need to work out how you are mounting it on your hilux first before deciding what light. I think mine is a st4k maybe 12 or 14 inch which am more then happy with.
If you go to bright it’s hard to see cars lights coming towards you on back roads and to reflective on the big yellow signs

As above, or a mate of mine runs Lightfox if you want a cheaper version but still casts light a decent distance

I’ve got Hardkorr spotlights on my Ute, very happy with them and a bit cheaper than Stedi. They do light bars as well and all manner of other stuff. Could be worth a look for ya.
Available at Supercheap and other places if you look online.

I have a big ass Stedi lightbar on the roof of my boat and not real impressed with it to be honest doesn't really throw out an amazing amount of light of anything and the main lens has gone all cloudy after about 3 years and had moisture in behind it within about 12 months of mounting it. Boat is on a fresh water lake (Te Anau) so it's not exposed to harsh salt conditions or anything. Seems to be one of those brand like Yeti, they got their marketing right and every second person you see driving up the rangitata has a stedi lightbar and a yeti cooler on the back but there's much better brands that do the same or better job for less money. Have lightfox units on our quad bikes and my old farm navara and they've been bloody good they are constantly getting bashed about and covered in all manner of stuff, hosed down with high pressure hose daily etc and they have stayed water tight and perform well.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I have a big ass Stedi lightbar on the roof of my boat and not real impressed with it to be honest doesn't really throw out an amazing amount of light of anything and the main lens has gone all cloudy after about 3 years and had moisture in behind it within about 12 months of mounting it. Boat is on a fresh water lake (Te Anau) so it's not exposed to harsh salt conditions or anything. Seems to be one of those brand like Yeti, they got their marketing right and every second person you see driving up the rangitata has a stedi lightbar and a yeti cooler on the back but there's much better brands that do the same or better job for less money. Have lightfox units on our quad bikes and my old farm navara and they've been bloody good they are constantly getting bashed about and covered in all manner of stuff, hosed down with high pressure hose daily etc and they have stayed water tight and perform well.

That's why you buy lightforce!

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Originally Posted by andyanimal31

That's why you buy lightforce!

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No that's why you take it back and get it replaced under warranty

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

That's why you buy lightforce!

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'cos it rhymes with Nightforce.

Originally Posted by Tahr

'cos it rhymes with Nightforce.

Same company!

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Originally Posted by bigbear

No that's why you take it back and get it replaced under warranty

I'm more of a "no second chances" kind of a person, I hate dicking around with warranties etc to have a product replaced with something that's already failed me once.

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

Same company!

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Surprise !!