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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share some information with everybody about the process binning. There are two primary performance characteristics of LED light bulbs that manufactures use to categorize and price their LEDs – Luminous Output (brightness) and color temperature.
All LED light bulb manufactures sort their bulbs for luminous output and color temperature after mass- production using a practice called “binning.” Binning is complicated but in general terms, bulbs measured with the highest luminous output and the most desirable color temperature are put in the highest rated “bin.” Each subsequent bin has lower performance ratings and/or less desirable color, until they get to the last bin with the lowest performance ratings.
Most important, the cost differential and LED quality from the highest rated bin to the lowest rated bin is significant. For example, the lowest Cree XPG model LED output bin has 20% fewer lumens per watt than the highest rated bin. To save money, many manufactures of off-road lighting systems select from the cheaper, inferior LED “bins” , which produce vastly inferior results when compared to the same model LEDs from higher rated bins. Of course, their marketing departments still claim the maximum theoretical lumens instead of what they are actually using.
Be sure to spend your money wisely and buy from reputable manufactures that only use bulbs from the highest rated bins.
Baja Designs only accepts bulbs from bins containing the highest output bulbs and optimal color temperature for off-road. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Zach BD
760-560-2252
Just wanted to share some information with everybody about the process binning. There are two primary performance characteristics of LED light bulbs that manufactures use to categorize and price their LEDs – Luminous Output (brightness) and color temperature.
All LED light bulb manufactures sort their bulbs for luminous output and color temperature after mass- production using a practice called “binning.” Binning is complicated but in general terms, bulbs measured with the highest luminous output and the most desirable color temperature are put in the highest rated “bin.” Each subsequent bin has lower performance ratings and/or less desirable color, until they get to the last bin with the lowest performance ratings.
Most important, the cost differential and LED quality from the highest rated bin to the lowest rated bin is significant. For example, the lowest Cree XPG model LED output bin has 20% fewer lumens per watt than the highest rated bin. To save money, many manufactures of off-road lighting systems select from the cheaper, inferior LED “bins” , which produce vastly inferior results when compared to the same model LEDs from higher rated bins. Of course, their marketing departments still claim the maximum theoretical lumens instead of what they are actually using.
Be sure to spend your money wisely and buy from reputable manufactures that only use bulbs from the highest rated bins.
Baja Designs only accepts bulbs from bins containing the highest output bulbs and optimal color temperature for off-road. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Zach BD
760-560-2252
