Most of us look at a set of quality LED driving lights on the front of our rigs as a necessity for 4WDing – particularly for late night runs out in the bush, or for those big camping adventures where you might need to push on through the night to make up ground. But as the days get shorter and we approach the winter equinox of June 21 – the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere – you increasingly need the brightest LED driving lights you can get your hands on, just for the commute to and from work! Okay, maybe not if you’re one of the lucky ones who works from home and your daily commute is between the kitchen for a coffee, the office desk and the kitchen again for a bit of lunch, but considering that as we close to the shortest day of the year, the sun doesn’t rise for most of us until almost or just after 7am, and starts to set around 4.30pm, and you can see why LED driving lights make so much sense purely for commuting!

It’s a pretty well known fact that animal strikes occur during dawn and dusk hours, when visibility is at its lowest. However most animal strikes also occur during winter in some of Australia’s traditionally driest months, as wildlife move onto the verge of country roads in search of grass to feed on. Combine that with the natural tiredness that comes with fighting the body’s circadian rhythms – the sleep and fatigue patterns that tell you to go back to sleep after you’ve hit the snooze button on the alarm four times – and you can see why something like a set of LED spotlights is a vital safety upgrade for any vehicle. And we’re not just talking for those who live in rural towns either – even city and suburb-based people are at risk of hitting possums, foxes, or the most deadly animal of all – an overweight bloke in his 50s clad in lycra riding his deadly treadly down a dark street before dawn. In all cases the ability to hit the high beam stalk (on a non built up road of course when it’s legal to use your spotlights) and flood the road ahead with bright clear LED light from your LED spotties makes a huge difference – it literally turns night into day!

And the ability to light the road ahead on your morning commute, before you’ve had time to inject a whole heap of caffeine directly into your bloodstream via that extra-strong triple-shot espresso, is one thing. How about on the evening commute home? You’ve had a bloody long day. The boss has being giving you grief about a deadline that they forgot to tell you they moved up by a month. You just got a call from your other half that one of the kids has been in a punch-on at school. And you’ve got an hour’s drive on the way home along country roads. Bring on those Kings LED driving lights!

And that of course isn’t even to mention those who don’t do a traditional 9-5 shift. Heaps of us start at the crack of dawn, crawling out of bed at some ungodly hour to get behind the wheel and start the early shift. No-one’s on the road except the milk delivery truck and you’ve got a 45min slog to get to work. Hitting the LED driving lights to properly see what you’re doing at 3am is an absolute must! A shout out to those poor buggers who work third shift too – they’re rocking up to work when everyone’s getting into bed, and they’re heading home for a much-needed after-work wind-down just as the sun’s coming up. And then of course there’s the truckies too – who grind up and down our highways and country roads 24/7, driving city to city delivering everything from mail to groceries. Because Kings LED driving lights can run on both 12v and 24v, it’s easy to add seriously bring LED spotlights to your work truck to keep the wheels turning and the money coming in even when it’s dark – and in particular allow you to work much more safely.

We’ve got a theory here at Adventure Kings that we believe rings true. The more you use your camping and 4WD gear, the better value it becomes. That’s true of things like your camping BBQ, but it’s especially true of LED driving lights. They’re not just the kind of thing you use on a big camping adventure to Cape York – you’ll be so grateful you’ve got them on hand every time you need to light up the dark road ahead.

The only real question then is what size of Kings LED spotlights do you want? Our Domin8r Xtreme spotlights come in 7” and 9” sizes – the 7” size is perfect for many modern bullbars where space is at a premium, with the new model N80 HiLux being the prime example. Because they run genuine German-designed OSRAM LED chips, they’re incredibly bright despite having a compact overall size. Of course if you can fit a set of 9” LED driving lights then it’s hard to go past the incredible 9” Domin8r Xtremes – they’re the ultimate in bright, tough and affordable LED driving lights!

Whatever your reason for having to drive through the night, you can do it safely when you install bright LED spotlights like the Domin8r Xtreme spotlights. They’ve got the ability to turn the darkest night into daylight, and they’re far and away Australia’s best value LED driving lights. Whatever size you choose, you’re going to love the difference these incredible lights makes!