25 million hid,
August 18, 2008
By pilotmsrfrom Reno
"Not a bad light. Not really 25 million candlepower though. There is a lot of controversy on how they rate these lights as far as candlepower goes. Build quality is sufficient and there are two switches but I can only firgure out what one of them does. Run time is 40mins on mine. Overall the light is probably brighter than most home users have ever seen in a household light. It is also neat how it's HID technology like the lights on new luxury cars so it's a little bit different type color with that bluish tone. I think this light is not the best value in home spotlights as far as price but if you are looking for a HID rather than conventional there is not a whole lot of options."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Professional
Overall Rating:
2
/ 5
Not what it should be.,
July 31, 2008
By wkinneyfrom Wichita, Kansas
"I purchased this 25,000,000 candle power spot light because I needed something very bright that ran on its own rechargeable batteries. When I removed it from the packing, I noticed that there was no brand name; I consider that a warning.
I gave it a full charge and turned it on to see how long it would run; it turned itself off after only 30 minutes. ??? I recharged it again for 24 hours, but it only ran for 30 minutes as it did before; not the 55 minutes claimed in the description.
I already had a 3,000,000 candle power 12VDC plug-in tungsten for my truck, and I thought "wow ... 8 times brighter". Wrong! ... it does not appear to be more than about twice as bright as far as lighting up something at a distance goes. The spot color was more white than the yellowish light I get from the plug-in spot light.
This spot light physical size is huge, and it is about twice the dimensions as my plug-in spot light. The switches (there are two) are on one side, and they are easy to get to. However, they are so exposed that the thing is apt to be turned on by accident if the spot light is stored or packed amount other items. ... not good."
What is your level of technical expertise?:
Home Handyman
