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Hi All,

both my dipped (h7) osram nightbreaker bulbs blew (within a month of each other) after 10 months. This seems a tad short, but i may be wrong. I drive about 13k a year with 'average' headlight use (i know theres no such thing, but i dont do alot of night driving).

Does anyone else have any experience of these type of upgrade bulbs going early (philips xtremes included)? Christ if i drove a volvo theyd have lasted a month as 'day' lights.

cheers

I had 2 pairs, the oldest pair in the Octavia blew about a month ago, within a week of each other, they were about 9 months old, car not used that much.

The other pair in the freelander went in less than 5 months, but again they went within a week of each other!!

It would be nice to know if any other upgrade bulbs are better but its worth noting that the Osram packaging say that they are of less life than normal bulbs.

Steve

My Phillips xtreme are two years old

posted in fabia2 by mistake, but i guess it doesnt matter

Hi All,

both my dipped (h7) osram nightbreaker bulbs blew (within a month of each other) after 10 months. This seems a tad short, but i may be wrong. I drive about 13k a year with 'average' headlight use (i know theres no such thing, but i dont do alot of night driving).

Does anyone else have any experience of these type of upgrade bulbs going early (philips xtremes included)? Christ if i drove a volvo theyd have lasted a month as 'day' lights.

cheers

I have also been wondering this as well as my nightbreakers lasted a long as your and mine did the same as yours as well.

For the price of them i would of hoped they would of lasted longer

What a surprise - mine have just gone within two weeks of each other! I'm a bit annoyed because I bought them from powerbulbs.com and there was no mention of the massively shorter life than normal:(

I bought a second pair before I realised and this time I did notice that there is a very small graphic of a clock with only the 12 o'clock to 2 o'clock part "filled in" to indicate short life:confused::thumbdwn:

It's really annoying, because they are easily the brightest, whitest lightbulbs I've seen, but the very poor longevity means I won't be buying them again (when they blow in 9 months time )

I drive a lot in darkness and was getting through uprated bulbs at two sets a year. Came to the conclusion that good as they are when new, driving with one failed is illegal, dangerous, always happens at 5 in the morning in the rain, expensive and worse than OEM lights. So last week gave up and changed both for long life bulbs. From Pheonix cost £30 for two pairs (did SWMBOs as well). The light is not as good as nightbreakers or similar, but is adequate. Supposed to last twice as long as 'normal' bulbs. I'll let you know, hopefully not for a long time.

My 50% brighter (Powerbulbs own brand) bulbs are 2 and a bit years old (maybe 2.25). And of course I've got a spare pair as well.

My Phillips xtreme are two years old

My phillips extremes lasted about a year, then they both blew within 2 weeks of each other!

Although not good from the 'Oh not again' point of view, the way that a number of members have had both bulbs fail within a short time actually suggests good quality control.

I got some of the Halfords 90% brighter jobs.

Lasted 6 months, about 14k miles. I do tend to drive with my lights on as soon as the sun starts to go down though, always have. Changed one and the other went 2 days later!

Luckily Halfords were doing buy on get one free!

aye, well i think ill try the xtremes next for comparison. Like i said the nightbreakers are really good in terms of light, but i think i want something that lasts a bit longer.

cheers everyone

trust me to read this post after buying two pairs of nightbreakers from powerbulbs last night. I'll be keeping the OEM ones nice and safe in the boot for when the inevitable happens

Frankly I'd rather spend some extra cash to get way more light, and yes, keep the OEM ones as an emergency spare is a good idea as you need to have a spare bulb on you if you were to visit the continent anyway..

I have always uprated the bulbs in all cars I've had in the past, and the difference is just too big to even consider not having uprated bulbs. I do/did drive at times where good light is essential so I dont mind spending a little extra to make that happen.

My Philips xtreme power +80% are nearly 2 years old and still going strong, but I don't do many miles.