Originally Posted by RainmanP
LED MR16 replacement bulb. Well, I got my 48-LED MR16 replacement and tried. I am underwhelmed. It does produce quite a bit of light, but the light is too diffuse. It makes more of a smudge of light than a beam. This particular bulb seems to use pretty vanilla LEDs, ie they may not be "high intensity". The beam of my Cateye EL300 (5 LEDs) seems slightly brighter, but the beam is extremely tight. It is hard to say which puts out "more" light. I took the 48 LED bulb out after one morning ride.
FWIW,
Raymond
that is what I was afraid of . I have a SImilar problem , and that is using the High in tensity LED's With in about 10-15 feet it is great after that it just is not a beam. That is why WHen I use that I use it for the Close stuff ( aimed atthe road/trail Right in front of me ) and let the Halogen with the Spot beam go for a the farther distance ?
On that note:
the MR-16's generally come in 3 differnt beam ( at least for the 20watters) configuations
12 degree Spot
20 Degree
38 degree flood
what do most of you use ?
I tend to like the 12 degree spot.
I might have the actually numbers wrong , bit I do know it is spot , middle , flood .