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.