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Scott90



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1995 Defender 90 300 Tdi PU Coniston Green
Hid spotlights
Post #313856 5th Mar 2014 11:24pm
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leeds



Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
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Have not tried these lights but a few comments.

Housing ABS rather then aluminium. So not as
good heat sink so do these HiD lamps run cooler then LED's?

Life span of 3,000 - 5,000 hours. About 1/10th of what LED's are rated for!


IP rating of IP68 is good, better then some LED headlights available. On face value a good IP rating.


Brendan
Post #313859 6th Mar 2014 12:10am
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ozzy57



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A friend of mine went through three sets of these in under a year. I know nothing about those numbers above, but 3 sets in that space of time. Not good. It wasn't me!
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Scott90



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Thanks for the heads up ozzy.
Post #314196 7th Mar 2014 9:26am
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leeds



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Just had a quick look at the other items that ebay seller has. Mobile phones, incubators, travel pillows, archery bows etc. etc.


Also sells a snorkel for Defenders, looks like a Safari Snorkel but at a third of the price of the Safari Snorkel. THIS makes interesting reading.

Brendan
Post #314199 7th Mar 2014 9:35am
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LandRoverAnorak



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Whilst not particularly doubting the findings, it's worth mentioning that the site you've linked to belongs to Safari Snorkels. Darren

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Post #314216 7th Mar 2014 10:37am
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leeds



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True Darren, I should have mentioned that fact, my mistake. However it was independent research done by a laboratory paid for by Safari Snorkel. At one stage there were cheap snorkels coming into the UK with a logo on extremely similiar to the Safari Snorkel logo. That is a case of 'passing off' Now many snorkels are advertised as 'Safari snorkel style' Now why don't they just sell them as Brand X snorkel rather then trade off the Safari Snorkel trade name?


There is a lot of good equipment coming out of the Far East and there are a lot of cheap knock offs of varying quality. Western companies can only assure quality standards when they have their own representatives out in the Far East doing the quality checks.



As for those HID lights we have had another email coming in, offering us those lights.






Looks familiar and they are cheap, cheap. Very cheap in fact.



Brendan
Post #314225 7th Mar 2014 11:18am
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jimbob7



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It's so obviously a Chinese seller, just read the advert, not even gonna be close to 6k temp. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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ericvv



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Post #314419 8th Mar 2014 5:21am
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leeds



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They are sold for off road use, so no need for an E mark, they will be illegal to use on the road!


Interesting comment, they hold large stocks in the UK, which is managed by a third party warehouse hence their long delivery time??

Now IF you owned the stock why would you use a third party warehouse and distribution centre?? Or are they just acting as selling agents and taking a commission on each sale??



Brendan
Post #314590 8th Mar 2014 9:08pm
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