My Group 5 Christmas Shootout Pics & Thoughts

[LuxLuthor]

Ha Ha Ha!!! That must have been a lot of fun putting these through all those paces. Excellent overall shootout and displays. It gives everyone a great idea of the various comparisons.

 

[curlyfry562]

Mark's Blitz mod, is this the one Sway built or the one Queenslander built? Thanks

Halogen or HID?

 

[JetskiMark]

Mark's Blitz mod, is this the one Sway built or the one Queenslander built? Thanks

Halogen or HID?

It's a simple Halogen hotwire.

Queenslander's thread was my inspiration to build the HyperBlitz. I am post #28 in that thread and I'm speculating on how I wanted to build mine. Mine had to be self-contained and be very lightweight. Click the links in my signature for more info and beam shots.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to build a 1000 watt self-contained HID that will humble my HyperBlitz. The madness never ends....

Regards,
Mark

 

[curlyfry562]

Thanks for the info. I am wondering if there is some special reason you guys use such an expensive host. I know this has been mentioned before, but does this thing melt down? Thanks

 

[N10]

what's that "stealth volcano"??..never heard about it and it does seem to hold up pretty well against the others..more details about it please?

 

[JetskiMark]

what's that "stealth volcano"??..never heard about it and it does seem to hold up pretty well against the others..more details about it please?

There is info about it here.

I was surprised by how well my vintage hotwire toy did compared to all the HID illumination tools.

Regards,
Mark

 

[N10]

thanks for the info!

 

[Mandog]

Could someone tell me what the LarryK Sleeper is? Links?

Price?

 

[BVH]

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/135194&highlight=aircraft&page=2

"Search" is your friend.

 

[FelmarCorp]

where does one buy this light-

the HB2 ?

 

[jufam44]

Great beamshots-it looks like it was a lot of fun!

 

[BVH]

At the time of the meet, the HB's were prototypes and not available for sale. I'm not sure if any of us CPF'rs obtained contact info from the two reps that were there.

 

[KVegasPhlash]

Group 5 does list the HB-1 on their site (http://group5engineering.com/flashlight.html). Hand made, limited quantity, looks great, $3,000.

 

[AWGD8]

`Reference to post # 1

What were you guys doin` in my driveway ? :candle:

 

[Patriot]

I wonder how Phil and the Group 5 Engineering guys are doing these days. There website hasn't been changed or updated. Still no pics of the H2 on there either. I wonder how they're doing?

 

[DM51]

Another excellent entry for the "Spotlights/HID Threads of Interest" sticky...

 

[LightSward]

Mark's Blitz(I call it the HyperBlitz)
Remember this is the brightest and easily the longest throwing light of the group that was in the hills.
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300 watt Blackhawk Locator HID
Notice how much more intense the beam is then the Blitz Mod.
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VSS 3 Spot
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VSS 3 Flood
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These are some of the photos that really got me back into making lights.:thumbsup: Hope to see this thread updated.

 

[andromeda.73]

congratulations, excellent test and thread! lovecpf

 

[DM51]

It's good to see you looking around the forum, andromeda.73.

You are finding all the best threads!

 

[andromeda.73]

It's good to see you looking around the forum, andromeda.73.

You are finding all the best threads!

thanks, I'm curious! lovecpf