I used to shoot television news for a living, so I can often spot when the gain has been turned way up. So I can tell you from experience, the gain has been turned way up in that second photo. You can see it in the digital noise in the picture, and you can also tell from the reduced contrast.

What that comparison tells me is that the amber light is much, much darker than the white light. Either the auto exposure in the camera they used automatically raised the gain to make the exposure the same in the foreground, or they manually manipulated the second image to make it appear as bright as the first.

Either way, the additional detail visible in the shadow areas of the second photo is because the amber lights are darker, not brighter. All that same detail would be there to your naked eye with either light. The white ones are so much brighter that the contrast in that top scene is higher than the camera or our displays can handle.

TL;DR: Those pics are a trick of photography. The lamps demonstrated in the top pic are actually brighter.

 

The big thing is the amber doesn't give you problems with glare coming off the snow/fog like a white light will. And snow/fog is when you don't necessarily want the brightest light.

 

Has anyone had the amber radiance light bar from rigid industries?

 

I checked a little more on that Super Bright LEDs website for ya... might wanna give this one a look....

https://www.superbrightleds.com/more.../Photos&Videos

Might be geared a little more towards what you're looking for and puts out more lumens (2750 Lm vs. 1950 Lm). It's also a spot pattern with a 15* angle on it vs the medium 35* pattern of the other one. That should help it have more distance to it than the flood pattern of the other one.

You can always buy a set of 4 or 6 LED pods and get the covers for them. Might be a better idea anyway because you could get a couple in the middle with a spot pattern and have flood patterns for the side. Just make your own "Light bar" with the pods mounted in whatever configuration you want them in instead of a fixed "array" (which is what the LED "light bars" being sold actually are).

Oh yeah... total crap!









And that's just 4 pods with a flood pattern.



Planning on throwing 2 spots up there, or maybe even replacing two of them with spots and putting the 2 floods on the back for work/scene lights.

I'm not going to sit here and try to argue that the fleabay lights are the exact same quality as the Rigid Industries (or insert similar brand here____), but the light output is more than adequate. Would I use this setup desert running? No. But for trail riding in the woods when there's another vehicle in front of you that you don't want to blind, this is perfect... I'm sure it would work great on a lower location such as on top of a bumper or above a plow.

 

Cheap eBay and Amazon led lights are fine. Just alot of them let moisture in. Easy enough to seal them though. But they also burn out quicker in experiences I've seen and had. But that's why they are cheap hahah.

 

 

I found a sierra led light bar that's white/amber combo

 

http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...yABEgJ9HPD_BwE
This one right here. I don't know where i'd put the switch though.

 

That's a good one, man! Spot/flood combo and puts out a TON of light.

As far as the switch goes, the possibilities are endless!

https://www.google.com/search?q=jeep...w=1280&bih=903

 

So I could use a toggle switch instead?

 

The metal toggle switches I mean.

 

you can use any switch you want. Just have to rewire it to the switch.

 

Well its a combo light bar that has a amber setting and a white setting so wouldn't i need a three stage switch?

 

oh crap didn't see that haha...but yeah use any 3 position switch...on white, on amber, and off

 

The light bar in the link YOU posted comes with the switch. The light bar in the link I posted does not... but they have links to the correct switch on the website as well as the wiring harness.