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<blockquote data-quote="Speeddeacon" data-source="post: 1556645" data-attributes="member: 29872"><p>I've had my BD SAE's installed for 10 months now. Bought them last Black Friday but didn't get them until after Christmas due to their redesign. Here is my experience with them. Since they are based on the Squadron Sport, there is no issue of quality or performance. They have functioned flawlessly and I run them every time I drive at night, in traffic or away from it. No one ever flashes me and have thankfully never drawn the attention of any LEO. However, as an SAE product, they don't really accomplish much in terms of usable light. As Adam pointed out, they are intended to be fog lights, not driving lights. That means they throw a low, wide beam that is not intended to illuminate down the road, rather cut through fog and dust. Amber lenses may make more sense on these if that is what you really want to use them to accomplish. If you don't have any other lights, you will be disappointed in these, and I would suspect every other SAE model. They function like most OEM fog lights, which means they throw a little light down in front of your bumpers and off to the side a bit. That's it. That's what SAE allows because they cannot project a potentially blinding light toward oncoming traffic. The other Squadron in Wide Cornering are much more effective at illumination. No surprises there.</p><p></p><p>So, in my opinion, SAEs are for show, non-SAE are for function, when it is appropriate. I can't imagine that Rigid or DD are any different so decide on price, brand, etc. and don't think twice about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Speeddeacon, post: 1556645, member: 29872"] I've had my BD SAE's installed for 10 months now. Bought them last Black Friday but didn't get them until after Christmas due to their redesign. Here is my experience with them. Since they are based on the Squadron Sport, there is no issue of quality or performance. They have functioned flawlessly and I run them every time I drive at night, in traffic or away from it. No one ever flashes me and have thankfully never drawn the attention of any LEO. However, as an SAE product, they don't really accomplish much in terms of usable light. As Adam pointed out, they are intended to be fog lights, not driving lights. That means they throw a low, wide beam that is not intended to illuminate down the road, rather cut through fog and dust. Amber lenses may make more sense on these if that is what you really want to use them to accomplish. If you don't have any other lights, you will be disappointed in these, and I would suspect every other SAE model. They function like most OEM fog lights, which means they throw a little light down in front of your bumpers and off to the side a bit. That's it. That's what SAE allows because they cannot project a potentially blinding light toward oncoming traffic. The other Squadron in Wide Cornering are much more effective at illumination. No surprises there. So, in my opinion, SAEs are for show, non-SAE are for function, when it is appropriate. I can't imagine that Rigid or DD are any different so decide on price, brand, etc. and don't think twice about it. [/QUOTE]
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