What about theme makes the high beams useless and why does the light output such? Are they just dull or is the pattern funky? If you could get a night pic of the light shining on a wall from about 25 feet back I would appreciate it greatly.
Sorry, I don't have an easy way to get a night pic at that distance where I live. The high beams at least on mine have really poor output. It's hard to explain, but when you use them it may put the lighting at a more spread out pattern, but it doesn't have as much depth. Usually when you turn on a vehicles high beams, everything is brighter and you can see much further down the road. I don't get that with these.
I just came back from a hunting trip, and I had my father and brother-in-law in the truck driving at night on Fire Roads. I had been telling them how horrible the lights were, and while driving I kept changing from high to low beams and back. What I found is that it was easier to see with the low beams in almost every condition. My brother-in-law commented that the high beams really sucked and that he thought the low-beams were better. I totally agree! It's really noticeable when you are somewhere where there isn't much light pollution (like the forest).
On that note, I think the low beams have terrible output, as well. It's just not a very even pattern, at least on mine. They make driving on dirt mountain roads at night a real chore. There have been times that I've been flat out scared going around turns, because they do such a poor job of illuminating the roads. Some of the areas that I hunt in are very mountainous with roads that wind up and down deep canyons. It's not much fun navigating these in the dark with crappy lights!
