Dangerous, illegal, blue headlight bulbs

[tcy]

What's All The Fuss?
Various companies and individuals are selling halogen headlamp bulbs with blue or purplish-blue glass. There are lots of spurious claims made for these bulbs. They're falsely advertised as "Xenon bulbs" or "HID bulbs", the blue glass is claimed to "force the bulb to perform at a higher level", and there are seemingly endless amounts of pseudoscience aimed at enticing buyers who want better performance from their headlamps. In fact, these bulbs reduce headlamp performance while increasing dangerous glare.

Just for read... apologize in advance if reposting...

For full story click here.. http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/blue/bad/bad.html

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

it has long time been discussed in here.... those bulbs are mostly for looks only.... their brightness cannot be compared with normal halogen bulb, especially during rain... in fact, some HID do face problems in rain....

 

[ken yeang]

I think normal lamp is adequate for night driving. Just hate those drivers who wanted to drive fast, but not familiar with the road and had to use those HID lights. Probably use hi-light samor.

 

[infernaL]

hmmm initial B material i feel ?

What's All The Fuss?
Various companies and individuals are selling halogen headlamp bulbs with blue or purplish-blue glass. There are lots of spurious claims made for these bulbs. They're falsely advertised as "Xenon bulbs" or "HID bulbs", the blue glass is claimed to "force the bulb to perform at a higher level", and there are seemingly endless amounts of pseudoscience aimed at enticing buyers who want better performance from their headlamps. In fact, these bulbs reduce headlamp performance while increasing dangerous glare.