Philips 12361B1 H9 Standard Halogen Replacement Headlight Bulb, 1 Pack

Orignal good

I bought these for my 3rd Gen Prius. The Prius takes H11 bulbs for the low-beam by default, but the H9 bulb is easy enough to modify to fit and it's a big improvement. The stock H11 bulbs are very underwhelming. I tried some LED bulbs. Had a hard time making them fit properly and they just didn't throw the beam far enough. Really sharp cutoff and felt like it was too short downroad to be safe. Tried installing some nice aftermarket HIDs. These were really great - clean white light, super bright, projected very far down the road. But of course HIDs are expensive - the setup is pricey and the bulbs are expensive and IMO an aftermarket HID setup just introduces a lot of additional points of failure. I didn't have many issues, but when I did it was always a hassle to track down where the issue was. Bulbs? Igniter? Ballast? Relay? One of the wire harness connections? In the end it became too big a headache for me. I'm sure it works for some, but I grew tired of it. Anyways. These bulbs. They're certainly not as white/bluish as LED or HID, but at the same time they're not nearly as yellow as the stock H11s. Much whiter color temperature than those. They project further down the road than the LEDs and as far or farther than the HIDs. Super simple install, just put them in the light, twist to lock, plug it in. You know how it goes. Easy. OF course, for my application there's a bit of modification to be done, but all in all the whole job takes 10 minutes, tops. And of course - on top of that - they're dirt cheap. Right around $8 per bulb. LEDs were about $50 for a set of two and a whole HID setup cost about $150. And the bulbs are $40-50 if they need replaced. These guys are $16 for a set - at that price you can even afford to have a handful of spares available. Overall, they're great quality lights at an unbeatable price (They're even cheaper than my stock H11s!). Can't recommend enough.

Fit perfectly after slight modification to 2009 Honda Civic. Huge improvement over factory H11 bulbs and preserves the same beam pattern with no glare.

Great bulbs ! Please stop putting generic LED’s into headlamp assemblies designed for incandescent filaments and blinging passing traffic. Yes, LED’s can produce more light per watt and will eventually take over, no doubt. The problem is the reflector in headlamp assemblies designed to use tungsten filament bulbs are precisely engineered and manufactured to work with the EXACT size, shape, and location of the filament in these types of bulbs. Not to mention they are DOT certified and legal for street use. A lot of LED retrofits spew blinding off-axis light to the sides into oncoming traffic rather than pointing it forward. Annoying, dangerous, and not street legal. Quite a few LED manufactures are now advertising “filament matched” designs. Maybe headed in the right direction but it’s just easier, cheaper, and a sure thing to use these and not worry about failed cooling fans, oversized heat sinks that don’t fit in your application , melted headlamp assemblies, flickering, strobing…… and on and on and on.

This is my second order of these lamps and am pleased with them. I cut off one of the internal plastic tabs so I could use them in my 2009 Camry which takes a lower wattage H11 lamp. Since they are a higher wattage lamp, they last about 1 year, which is less than the OEM H11 but the extra light output is worth it.

For whatever reason, it’s almost impossible to buy halogen H9 globes for less than $50 a piece. Unfortunate that these had to come from the US. Globes themselves are good quality, with great light output. Does what it says on the tin.