How to choose your H1 bulbs properly?

H1 bulb technology: COB (Chip on board) or CSP (Chip Scale Package)?

What is COB technology?

The H1 COB bulbs are equipped with an older generation technology, which is cheaper. They do provide a significant luminous flux (up to 100 LM/Watts), but we strongly advise against buying them! It is clearly a technology to avoid nowadays, as it does not provide good road lighting.

The concentration of light emitted by a COB LED H1 bulb in a headlight optic is low. It is almost nonexistent in a projector headlight, where the light is very scattered. This phenomenon could be compared to a camera lens with poor focus.

Compared to a classic bulb filament, a COB LED chip is large. As a result, many light rays are lost or poorly channeled by the headlight reflectors. This leads to poor road visibility, a severe lack of detail in the main visual field, and low beams that cannot be adjusted. When COB bulbs are installed in reflector headlights, you will feel like you are on high beams, but still not see well ahead. Perfect for dazzling everyone!

CSP technology

The H1 bulbs equipped with CSP LED technology (Chip Scale Package) are more modern and emit higher lighting (up to 180Lm/W). As their name "CSP" suggests, the chips are miniature in size, which allows them to recreate the lighting of a halogen bulb with an incandescent filament. When you drive, your CSP LED H1 bulb will provide you with outstanding and precise visibility, without causing discomfort to other drivers. With a CSP LED H1 bulb of more than 10,000 raw lumens, you can multiply your lighting up to 5 or 6 times compared to the original. As you can see, the best choice is to go for an H1 LED equipped with CSP technology.

How to install CSP H1 bulbs?

Installation precautions for an H1 LED bulb

Be sure to choose a bulb that is compact enough, as H1 LEDs require a small footprint.

Check that your H1 LED has a 360° adjustable ring, which will give you a significant advantage for optimizing the light beam as well as achieving the most optimal lighting performance.

Installing an H1 LED bulb can be quite technical, especially when the location of your original bulb is positioned at 45°. If you fix your LED in this position, you will get an imprecise light beam and poor performance. With a 360° adjustable ring, you can adjust the position of your LED by rotating it until the emitting head of your LED is perfectly vertical at 90° in your headlight optic.

In some cases, you will find that you cannot rotate your H1 LED to make it vertical. You will then need to use a Dremel or a precision scalpel to slightly machine your headlight optic. Do not hesitate to contact us for any technical questions.

To date, no H1 LED bulb can be installed at 45° in the headlight optic without suffering a very significant loss in lighting performance. According to all our tests carried out in the workshop and laboratory, no LED positioned at 45° exceeds the performance of a standard H1 halogen bulb in this configuration. Only our H1 LED 360° bulbs will provide quality brightness and can be installed in a 45° position while maintaining lighting performance superior to an original H1 halogen bulb or a poorly positioned standard LED. If you have no choice, this H1 360° LED will be your only chance to benefit from the best LED lighting currently available.

The criteria for choosing your H1 bulb kit

To properly choose your H1 LED kit equipped with CSP technology, you need to identify your needs and your car model. In any case, two LED bulbs and a manual will make up your LED kit so that installation goes smoothly, simply, and quickly.

To avoid potential problems with your onboard computer, you can opt for anti-error H1 LED bulbs. This way, no error will be triggered on your dashboard!

Depending on the chosen LED kit, the criteria vary, including:

• The protection class,
• The material,
• The supply voltage,
• The power,
• The cooling system…

Remember to check the dimensions of your H1 bulb. This criterion must be taken into account in order to choose a bulb model compatible with your vehicle. These different criteria must be checked before any purchase. By taking them into account, you will be able to choose an H1 bulb that meets your expectations and is suitable for your vehicle. You will thus benefit from efficient and high-performance lighting over a long range.

At AGM VISION, we always offer you reliable and high-quality LED kits. If you need cheaper models, know that we have also developed an entry-level offer, called Smart, to meet the growing demand and the needs of our customers in terms of price accessibility.

AGM VISION offers you different H1 LED kits for cars and trucks, 12 and 24 Volts. For example, you can choose between the H1 Titanium XS LED kit at €79.90, or the H1 Millenium 2 LED kit at €119.90, for maximum power.

Unless you prefer to go for color with the H1 Demon RGB LED kit at €99.90 or the H1 Gold XP LED kit at €119.90 with yellow lighting color.

Finally, AGM VISION offers you the H1 LP1 LED kit at €29.90, the ultra slim H1 LED kit at €74.90, or the H1 LED kit Special Volkswagen/Audi/Mercedes at €94.90.

Quickly discover all their features!

H1 LED Motorcycle Bulbs, equipped with CSP technology

At AGM-vision, we offer you several types of H1 motorcycle bulbs such as:

• The H1 LP1 LED of 7 watts, size 1.1 similar to your halogen bulb.
• The H1 Illusion LED of 15 watts, very compact for front fog lights.
• The H1 Smart LED of 25 watts, fanless LED, good value for money.
• The H1 Ultra Slim LED of 25 watts, powerful and the most compact of all.
• The H1 Slim Evo LED of 35 watts, ultra-powerful, equipped with cooling tentacles designed to better dissipate heat.
• The H1 Titanium XS LED with a power of 45 watts, a ventilated H1 bulb, very efficient, coupled with a Can-Bus to avoid errors on the onboard computer.
• The H1 Millenium 2 LED of 65 watts. It breaks all records, featuring extreme performance and high technology.

 Quickly choose the H1 bulb you need!