Headlight Bulb Replaced Again

[Ray]

Good to know.

Brand loyalty pays off these days.

Free bulbs.
Free tires.
If you do it right, free bikes.

[Grumpy Goat]

...He asked if I knew the Sylvania bulbs I was purchasing had a 1 year warranty. I did not. He said just keep the package and sales receipt and bring them in when they burn out and they would give me a new one.

I was surprised.

That is indeed good to know. I use Sylvania bulbs too.

[mspratz]

I have been using Sylvania UltraVision H7 bulbs for a while. They are somewhat whiter than standard, but don't last very long. Less than 270 hours by my experience. I got four of them for about $10 each from eBay. Since then I can't find them for less than about $20.00 each.
I recently bought four of the Hella H7LL (Long Life) for about $7 each. They supposedly last twice as long as the standard Hella H7s, but I can't find anything on Hella's website or on the box they came in to say how long that is likely to be. I seem to remember finding something saying that were rated at 1000 hours, but I can't find it now. I'm still on my last Sylvania bulb, so I haven't tried the Hella yet.
I just stumbled upon these on Amazon. They claim to be "Super White" and "Super Long Life (1200 hours)". https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HCC3NGD/ref...UTF8&psc=1
Some of the reviews call into question the "Super Bright" claim.

[Ray]

(Still can't believe we continue to have these discussions in the era of LEDs.
The old school H7 was my biggest surprise when I picked up the otherwise technology-ridden RS in 2015.)

For a few bucks, I've started to change my bulb pre-emptively every 12,000 miles at the beginning of trips.
(I figure I lose a lot more money prematurely changing tires and oil....)

That said - if I go to O'Reilly's with a burned out bulb and a receipt, it's now worth a few bucks (that's a few bucks more than a worn out tire or oil). And there are O'Reilly stores everywhere. 5 bulbs/60,000 miles = one hotel room.

[Lee]

When paying for the bulb the person waiting on me mentioned I bought the same bulb in April and again in July of 2020. He asked if I knew the Sylvania bulbs I was purchasing had a 1 year warranty. I did not. He said just keep the package and sales receipt and bring them in when they burn out and they would give me a new one.

I wonder why they require the receipt and package when they can see your purchase on the computer?
I buy mine at Walmart because Walmart is $6 cheaper. $7 cheaper with Deb's discount.
I need to keep the cheap BMW rider reputation going

[Grumpy Goat]

I buy mine at Walmart because Walmart is $6 cheaper. $7 cheaper with Deb's discount.
I need to keep the cheap BMW rider reputation going

I wear it like a badge of honour.

[runnerhiker]

I just checked the manual on my 2020, high and low beam are LED's. I have a couple of H7 and one H4 I'll bring with me to Logan and give away.

[darrell]

I decided to buy a simple thing like a bulb at my local in town business 3 miles from home vs driving 8 miles to the large big box Wally store that has already driven thousands of small town stores out of business and continues to do so. There is something I enjoy about seeing a local town person trying to make a living vs going through the self checkout line at a large retailer. My point of the post was to inform others something that I was unaware of as far as warranties on light bulbs, not to divert a thread on who can find the cheapest bulb.

[Lee]

Ouch
Excuse me for replying.

[Ray]

Ouch
Excuse me for replying.

Lee, I understand your sentiment.

On the other hand, Darrell's comment makes me feel like less of a chump for my practice of paying the extra $2 to buy my once-a-year bulb at the dealership.