Lighting Development Testing by Narva Provides a Valuable Guide for Motorists

KNOXFIELD, AUSTRALIA – July 27, 2009: The ultimate test to check out the claims made by automotive lighting companies on the performance of their product is to mount the lights on a vehicle and take a long night drive on demanding roads covering a range of different conditions.

For the average consumer endeavouring to make the right choice of lamp for their vehicle and style of driving, this suggestion is not all together practical. Not too many retailers we know would be keen to let you take a range of expensive lamps from their store on the basis that after an exhaustive trial you might buy a set.

With the range of lamps available and the variety of options in size, shape, beam patterns, light output and colour etc., tests such as this are none the less important to ensure that you select the ultimate lamp for your purpose. With this in mind Australia’s leading automotive lighting company NARVA has done the testing for you in front of a band of leading motoring journalists and here are the results.

The testing was conducted in Lancefield, Northern Victoria in an area that offered ideal made and unmade roads, winding passages and long straight runs with tree lined sections and a high overhanging canopy. It was a region that provided the perfect conditions replicating those we all face in highway and country night driving.

For ease of mounting the vehicles used in this exercise were a Toyota Prado and Toyota Land Cruiser. A selection from the range of Narva auxiliary lamps was chosen to represent Australia’s top selling halogen lamps through to the latest High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D) models just released. Comparisons were made between standard headlamp lighting as we know it along with Narva Models 175, 225, and Extreme driving lamps with the options of standard halogen, halogen blue plus the ultimate HID. For the testing and demonstration, care was taken to select a road that had a long straight, (in this case -1.3 kilometres in length) with typical bush lining each side.

Practical field tests such as these provide a valuable reference guide for motorists as each beam pattern is carefully checked in the lighting laboratory and illustrated on the respective Narva light packaging. They are invaluable in assisting motorists to simply select the best light for their vehicle and style of night driving. As an example, the supporting photographs illustrate the vehicle’s standard headlamps; the new Ultima 225 Halogen (225 mm round lamp) which is taking the world by storm, plus the ultimate in lighting, the Ultima 225 H.I.D version.