When I was first drooling over Lazer lamps the Triple R was the obvious choice, the Linear range was still to be released. The decision became a lot harder once the Linear range came on the scene.

When you’re looking to spend £500+ on lights it’s good to get it right first time. Despite all the data available I found it hard to work out what each light was going to be like and what would suit best.

Fast forward a few years and I’ve ended up with both the Linear 18 Elite and a set of Triple R 750.

The Linear 18 Elite came first and blew me away. It’s even light distribution and massive left to right spread make night driving a pleasure. Later a set of Triple R 750s were added and if I’m honest I was a tad disappointed. I certainly wasn’t “wow’d” in the same way as withe the Linear 18 Elite. They did add to the overall distance.

I recently ran both light setups back to back on the same road to really see what the real world difference between them was.

The Triple R 750s had more distance however I really missed the wide spread of the Linear 18 Elite, it almost feels as though you can see around corners. Despite the Linear 18 Elite having less distance there is more than enough to comfortably drive a country road at 60MPH.

If we were to only run one light it would be the Linear.

Check out this video of both lights that will hopefully help answer which light would suit you better.

We are constantly striving to find the best road legal lights available. It’s often hard to tell from the specs given what a light is going to be like. We are keen to test lights back to back so that we can compare the differences.

We recently took a night drive to compare the Lazer Lamps Linear 18 elite and the Stedi ST1K. We’ll be honest a fairer test would have been the standard Linear 18 but we don’t have one.

To test the lights we drove the same road back to back swapping between the lights.

What did we find out?

Beam: The Linear 18 elite has a very smooth wide beam but due to the amount of light it puts out it also has a good distance. The ST1K has a good spread of light but has a much more defined hotspot in the middle which we thought gave it a bit more distance.

Colour: Both lights are a good colour of white with no blue tint to them. We found the Lazer to be a little warmer in colour.

Size: both lights are very similar in shape and size and look good mounted above or below a number plate.

Overall we preferred the Lazer Lamps Linear 18 elite, we found it’s warmer colour and smooth, wide beam easier to drive with. Whether it’s worth 2.5 times the price of Stedi’s ST1K isn’t as easy to answer. We don’t think you’d be disappointed with either.

If you want the best go Lazer. If you want a great light that’s easier on the wallet go for the Stedi.

Lazer Linear 18 Elite Vs 2x Triple R 750

Lazer vs stedi