Drove my wifes Freelander(2010) tonight,the head lights are absolute crap. i have uprated to 150% brighter bulbs still poor,especially on dip beam. Has any one uprated their headlamps and if so to what.

I drive a Defender and my lights give you a sun tan.

Feel for you

My lights [on full beam & spots] are that bright I get dazzled by the 'bounce back' from road signs.
Bit dangerous though as it takes me a split second to recover my sight.
However when switching to dipped it's as if I've switched my lights off...... but I do adapt  FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

Agreed they are poor lights and I like your good self up-rated my previous FL2 bulbs but still found them lacking.

On some smaller back country roads in my current FL2 I tend to use the fogs as well but try and keep them off elsewhere.

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On some smaller back country roads in my current FL2 I tend to use the fogs as well

ive put some GE ''sport bulbs'' in mine, +50% HID look H7 bulbs in my dipped and some +130% H7 in my main beam from Hellfrauds.
The dipped are a little bit better but still not brilliant, however the main are now pretty good. When the roads are empty I put dipped/main and fogs on which is more than sufficient. Even the deer put sunglasses on

I suppose its what youre used to, coming down for xenons yes they certainly are rubbish, but mines got H3B bulbs in and I didnt think they were that terrible, certainly no more than other normal halogen lights Ive had, maybe its the units between the early FL2 and the later ones with the H3B bulbs and shutter for dip/high beam that are most crap?

Mine are the HB3 with shutter and dipped beam is an improvement over my previous cars MY11 halogens, but still inadequate for a 'not cheap' car. Quite happy with full beam though, although its hard to find a clear road to use it.

Agreed not good for such an expensive car, this is why I would like to fit Xenon units as a swap, but its not plug and play is it if you want to remain legal and not dazzle everyone else, if it was as easy as undoing 2 screws and pulling out the plug and vice versa Im sure no one would put up with the standards?

Is it not, in the 'For Sale' 3Disco states it is

It is perfectly legal(check the mot regs if you have any doubt) like all lights they have to be aligned properly as do any lights to avoid dazzling other road users! :)but in will need enabling on the ccf did mine with an indie in chard for£20.

.... and are they plug and play with MY13 onwards or does the dealer have to configure?

Has to be edited in CCF.
Along with DRL's.
There are numerous settings.
Even for Police! MY15
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
Surround Camera System
InControl Apps soon to be replaced with CarPlay (WIP)
Meridian Premium Surround Sound
Digital Audio Broadcast
Timed Climate
Cruise ECO Data
Follow Me Home Reverse
Extra Features Menu
Picture In Motion
4x4i screen (WIP)
Digital Broadcast TV
Meridian Rear Media with WIFI
Factory Powered Tailgate
Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)
Reverse Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
Electrochromatic Wing Mirrors (WIP)

I don't want to be rude but the last time I heard this about poor headlights on a 2010 Free lander 2 with halogen was from a mate who turned out to be short sighted when she visited the opticians she was shocked to find out her eye sight was just below the legal limit for driving.

Eyesight is certainly a factor. mine is fine for my age but my night vision isn't quite what it used to be and it's definitely harder to pick out detail. One thing though if you wear glasses - I have varifocals and realised about a year ago that at night I was sometimes looking through the mid-range part of the lens rather than the distant part. Obvious during the day but at night there are fewer things to focus on and I just didn't realise that the view was out of focus. I now have a pair of bifocals just for driving, mainly distance lens but a tiny patch at the bottom to read the speedo and satnav. As a result I'm much safer! Worth considering if you wear varifocals.
Regarding the front fog lamps, I put mine on last night to drive home as I realised one of my HB3s had blown. I was surprised at how much they improve the dip beam, as E Yorks said above. Trouble is it's illegal to use them except in fog. So do you go for safety of legality? I can't see them blinding anyone as they point down at the road near the front of the car.
That's both my HB3s gone now at 2-2½ years old. Seems that's about their life span. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.