Are LED Landing Lights Bright Enough?

[AngelKiha31]

@VorzugLaster You are correct on the color temperatures, but incorrect on the light output. Usually, 5500k to 6000k are brightest, with brightness fading with higher color temperatures. The same goes for lower temperatures, but much more gradually than with higher temperatures. The best choice would be around the 6000k range, as that is close to bright white, easiest to see, and has the highest output.

[flexable222]

so i should go with 8000k then

[flexable222]

the hid 8000k n 6000k which is brighter?

[VorzugLaster]

@flexable222 those measurements (8000k / 6000k) are color temperature measurements and have little to do with brightness. 6000k is close to daylight where 8000k would be shady / cloudy and more of a bluish tint. Lumens, I believe, are the measurement of light output perceived by the human eye and would be the measurement you are looking for.

[ForensicThermal]

You should get them off ebay, 500,00 is way to much.

[skipde]

When we made LED's back int eh 70's- we called teh leads. Sorry, the guy is an old bastard like me and remembers when WE invented and made them......

[KB3MMX]

HID's are still the king for now

[FLjock01]

I appreciate the review. There was a comment about the LED landing light from "AeroLEDS", where he points out the beam is much broader (3:24). I'm curious if that was the "wide beam" model or the "narrow beam" model? The Narrow beam model is specifically for landing and has a greater beam distance.

[bbtapb]

So what if he says "lead"? You probably pronounce other acronyms, like TAF, METAR, SID, STAR, and even OSH. LED? Just another TLA.

[aaron8862006]

Conventions are conventions.

[nmcarpenter]

The only pet-peeve I have about this reporter is his terminology. It's pronounced L - E - D singularly...I've never heard anyone call them "lead" lights before. Anyway, L.E.Ds lack the crisp focus of most other lighting, but are great for warning lighting...might be a good solution for an ultra-lite or something?

[cnielsen]

If this editor had any knowledge of what he was talking about he would realize that there are ultra hi-power LEDs with appropriate lenses made for landing lights, not some garage operation product sticking a bunch of small LEDs into a headlight form factor.... it is reports like this and people who make lights in their garage that create misnomers and disinformation.

[theloneviewer]

This report gave good solid information. Thank you AVweb.

[kmcaviezel]

I really loved this report. But would have loved to see if different LED landing lights (different models from different manufacturers) had higher output than the single unit tested.

[nghtk7]

so the question is are they gonna make a switch to HID or LED...and if they do switch to LED they would need to find a more powerful one cause in my book that one just isnt strong enough for a landing light

[arm73c05]

fantastic!

[mjkobb]

This was a great report! Thanks!