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Should I keep this portable spotlight?
My sister bought me a Thor Cyclops rechargeable portable spotlight with 15 million candlepower for Christmas. I'm not sure why since I have never used a spotlight nor thought "Gee I wish I had 15 million candlepower right now", but she got it. Should I keep it or take it back for something a little more practical? The guy in me says "Dude, a spotlight...sweet!" but the practical part says "That will gather dust for the next 10 years". Thoughts? Pic is below:
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12-21-2005, 04:54 PM
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Rick, I recently saw this light at a local store. I picked it up and said "Wow"....then I thought "What the hell would I do with this thing?" It's still on the shelf. If you do emergency type work, boating, exploring it might be a bit more practical.
BTW, it looked to have an automobile halogen headlight bulb as the source of it's light.
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I love mine! But then I live on a small acreage with lots of trees out back. It really lights things up with that H-4 (?) bulb! Pretty handy for noting the difference between a neighbor's cat or dog and a skunk or a raccoon when I'm wandering about at night with my Browning Challenger loaded with subsonic .22LR.
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12-21-2005, 05:06 PM
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12-21-2005, 05:56 PM
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Looks like a closet dweller.
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12-21-2005, 08:24 PM
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Have a 1.5MM candlelight spotlight. Only used it when the kids wanted to run around at night - a 15MM would be pretty interesting provided you didn't look into the light.
I'll trade you a case of engine oil for it!
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2 million CP can be too much, especially in woods and other areas where visibility is limited. All you see is light.
1M CP is much better in terms of being a daymaker. I'd imagine 15M is good if you want to play lighthouse, but I don't think it would be a good light unless you have serious range. |
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12-21-2005, 09:02 PM
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I bought a 2.5 million CP light about a month ago. Love it. Deer spotting in my back yard? No problem. Heck, I can even spot the ticks on the deer!
 Works well for changing tires in the dark - which is what I typically do for DE's - the usual conversation at the hotel by the track the night before the event goes something like this: "Where's Z-man?" "He's outside changing his tires." "Oh yeah." -Z.
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12-22-2005, 06:11 AM
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i have read some of your views and any enlightenment you can get could help
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12-22-2005, 07:24 AM
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contractor guys has one. the battery is exhausted very quick. and i swear my qbeam from the past seems brighter. with the battery, dont count on it to cover your butt in an emergency.
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I've found that the battery on these things is good for about 30-45 min depending on ambient temp. I use 'em to bring squid to the boat at night. Mmmm.. calamari.
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Unless you plan on joining that citizens border patrol thing, I'd bring it back and invest the money in some of those political re-education classes. I think they have just what you're looking for at a place called Harvard, but Brown will do in a pinch
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Harvard....yeesh...gives me the heebie-jeebies...
I'll take my hard earned degree from Texas A&M University over any old Harvard degree...GIG 'EM AGS!!! And I think the spotlight will go back...maybe I can get some new metric wrenches or a mig welder. That'd be cool, then I could....you know...weld stuff.
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din't your man dubya attend harvard?
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he was a cheerleader. no, i'm not kidding
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12-22-2005, 01:26 PM
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dubya has his MBA from Haavid, undergrad from Yale.
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See? Maybe we just need a good ole Aggie in the White House...Hrm...maybe I oughta run in a couple more years...
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12-22-2005, 06:41 PM
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That's true, Thor works only about 40 minutes on a charge...
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12-22-2005, 10:33 PM
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keep it...
i worked a scca rally at night and a "hella" rally light fell off a Subaru factory car... came with a little box attached to it.. i attached it to a 12V car battery and i had the worlds biggest flashlight... nothing scatters the little punks TPing the neighbor's house like a megaphone and a light so bright that it makes your skin feel warm 3 feet away... takes about 2 seconds to warm up... but it really shines several hundred feet!
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