Backup lights and camera

[dewalt]

Rigid has a sae fog in white with a good cutout. Looks to me it should make a good backup lamp for not washing out the camera. And it is not on website but it looks to be available in amber

 

[dewalt]

As a sidenote these lights run hot. So in snow they clean off rather than icing up

 

[dewalt]

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-led-sae-j583-fog-pod-fog-light-review.554813/

Some info on lights

 

[4x4TruckLEDs.com]

Why not just run the Baja Designs reverse kit? It works great, easy installation and doesn't wash out the camera from our tests so far.

http://www.4x4truckleds.com/baja-designs-ford-raptor-2017-s2-reverse-light-kit/

Quick video showing them in use:

 

[dewalt]

Because th rigid is a better light

 

[Loufish]

The BD S2 lights pack a lot of punch for very little wattage and are small enough not to get dragged on while rock crawling...
Rigid lights are better?....not going to get into some argument like Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge(RAM) and have run them on my last truck and have a set of Ignites Spots on my 16' BMW F800 GSA and they work awesome for the size and amp draw.

I think Rigid makes a very fine product and I won't be saying anything negative about them, but I do believe that most BD comparable lights out perform the Rigids...
Just my opinion...

 

[dewalt]

Outperform how? Lighting up the neighborhood or putting light on the ground? Or putting a half inch of ice on the lens and the rigid is still clear? How?

 

[Loufish]

Outperform how? Lighting up the neighborhood or putting light on the ground? Or putting a half inch of ice on the lens and the rigid is still clear? How?

I gave my opinion, that on most products the BD's put more usable light downrange....No I don't have scientific data...
I also stated I had no negative things to say about Rigid and nothing about that has changed...And I've got hundreds of Baja miles on my BD products...

I wanted to avoid Coke vs Pepsi....maybe because I enjoy drinking both...ha...ha...

 

[dewalt]

No argument . I simply said I thought that the rigid fog light would be a good backup light, and then the vulture landed chirping about selling Baja. Cheers and I am out

 

[4x4TruckLEDs.com]

I'm a Baja Designs and Rigid Dealer. We stock both products however we stock MORE Baja then Rigid... in fact we stock more inventory then most distributors I reckon. And for good reason. We've found Baja is far superior then Rigid. Yes, rigid DOES make a really fine/quality light, don't get me wrong. BUT Baja just offers WAY more features and more light from the same size housings. The ability to swap lenses is HUGE as well as the ability to change bezels on the fly (we also stock bezels).

I've also done side by side comparisons with Rigid vs. Baja in reverse. I had a set of Rigid D-Series Wide Beam lights in my bumper and swapped them out for some Baja Squadron Pro Work/Scenes. The work/scene just lights up a lot more then the Rigids did. I'll get even more light pattern out of wide cornering, but i was testing out the work/scene (wide cornering is good to throw a nice wide pattern where work/scene is good to just flood an area up close with light)

Here is that comparison. You can see how the Rigid Dually D2 Wide Beam does have a lot of light, but it's focused light (odd for a WIDE BEAM light). It's not quite a SPOT light, it's got a larger pattern over a spot, but not ideal for reverse.

Then look at the Squadron Pro Work/Scene. It's got a VERY tiny hot spot you can see and then the rest is just flooded with nice light, uniform light. These photos have the exposure locked in as well. You can see how a baja work/scene just lights up the ENTIRE area whereas the Rigid focuses that light... now if i do a baja wide cornering i'll have a nice wide pattern... and you can do that, you can just swap out the baja lens with a different one. Try doing that with Rigid.

So THAT'S why I feel Baja is just a better light. Made in the USA with over 60% USA-source parts. Rigid is not "made in america" it's "assembled in america". So there's a difference as well. I don't know how much, if any, of rigids component are sourced from american factories.

Still, Rigid is a great product, but Baja is just better in my eyes.

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