Lightforce or IPF?

[hovenator]

I am going to get a piar of good off road driving lights. I have narrowed it down to the IPF 968csg and the Lightforce 170 stryker. The IPF's are 55/100 watt and cost about $140. The Lightforce 170's cost about $230 and are 100w/350,000 candle power. What is your opinion and why? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[slosurfer]

Lightforce, well... because, I have them. lol

Honestly, I like the versatility of them. The different covers really come in handy. I'm a big fan of the combo covers and I have a set of clear and yellow combos.

I'm sure the PIAA's are great too, but I have no experience with them.

 

[mrbishi]

I'm a big fan of Lightforce (again because I own them).

I have both the 240s and some 180 Roolites (which are the lightforce knock off but as far as I can tell every bit as good).

There plastic, don't vibrate loose, have an awesome amount of light output, are pretty much unbreakable, and come with lotsa cover/focus options.

 

[goodtimes]

All the cool kids run Lightforce.

:box:

 

[mountainpete]

I see it like comparing a 7-11 candy bar to a good german chocolate. They are both sweet and do the job, but in the end they aren't the same.

If your budget can afford Lightforce, it is a better overall light then the IPF. Light, strong and well proven. However, the IPF is bright, reliable and priced very well.

Purchase according to your budget and how often you will actually use the lights.

Pete

 

[Purple People Eater]

Slight highjack here, my apologies.

For my own personal curiosity, what is the reason behind the different color covers for the Lightforce lights? How are these beneficial?

 

[articulate]

All the cool kids run Lightforce.

:box:

And their hearts beat outback.

Slight highjack here, my apologies.

For my own personal curiosity, what is the reason behind the different color covers for the Lightforce lights? How are these beneficial?

Road conditions, different weather, and increased sales.
Some are wide angle dispersion filters, too, which I'll admit do remarkably widen the beam.


EDIT: I also put a show-n-tell photo comparison between the spot filters and combo-wide filters here:
http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=278765&postcount=16

 

[shane4x4]

We're doing a light comparison for our January issue, we just put 4 LF 170's on our FJ. So far I haven't found anyone in CO with IPF, so they may not make it into the actual comparison. I can say that the LF are CRAZY bright.

The different colors for the filters are for different environments. The yellow are great for fog, and the amber performs similarly (I haven't compared the two yet). The combo filter does a good job of maintaining some 'spot' characteristics & still providing flood coverage.

 

[miller_au]

Lightforce.. coz i have em! but i also have owned IPF's and without a doubt the Lightforce are well worth the extra coin!

 

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

Lightforce. You can change the bulbs in the field, they are light, durable and very well made. I've got the 240's, 170's and my father is on his second set of 240's (Due to a collision).

I'll be stepping up to some 240 HID's in the future.

 

[flyingwil]

As many on here have stated LightForce is the way to go IMO.

Here's the current brochure from LightForce.

 

[hovenator]

Well.......Lightforce it is! I just saw a video online of a guy shooting a Lightforce light with a 12 ga., beat them with a hammer, and bounce them on the ground like a basketball and they still worked. Very impressive.

 

[soonenough]

I'll be stepping up to some 240 HID's in the future.

Are you buying new lights or converting regular lights to HIDs like in this writeup?

 

[hovenator]

Articulate......on your edit post (light demo) you have a Yakima roof rack on your truck. Where did you get that? Something like that would be perfect on my Titan.

 

[articulate]

More details about the roof rack here:
www.markdstephens.com/frontier/yakima_roof_rack.html

The rack uses the Yak landing pads (#7) and control towers. These parts are not vehicle specific, they just bolt onto any rigid surface. Think camper shell or trailer lid.

Hope it helps.

Mark