Lightforce SL240 vs. McCulloch X990

As announced, here is a little comparison of two lights,
McCulloch X990 and Lightforce Sl240.
For those of You not familiar with them, here some basic data:


X990
Bulb technology: automotive HID
Wattage: 35W
Power source: 12V, 4.5Ah Ni-MH (two included)
Wheigt: 2500g (with one battery)
Reflector diamater: 95mm

SL240
Bulb technology: Xenophot Halogen
Wattage: 100W
Power source: 3m cord with cigarette lighter plug
Wheigt: 800g
Reflector diamater: 240mm

The X990 is always shown on the left, SL240 on the right.





Beam pattern, distance 12m:

Wide focus:
(SL240 was set to X990´s widest focus to allow comparison)



Spot:



Here a picture with DragonHID on the left, only to show that it can´t play with the big toys.






The Following pictures show a excavator (?) at 300m, tightest focus

That´s the view across the lake.
(no zoom, X900in action, SL240 resting on the car)



for more details with a little zoom:



4x zoom:



And finally three interesting shots:

The two beams side by side pointing in the sky:



The D2S bulb glows for some seconds after shutdown:




The big reflector of the lightforce does a good job in magnifying the bulb:



I hope you enjoyed the comparison,
thanks for reading!

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Pyro YOU DA'MAN!

Thanks very much for the beam shots /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/clap.gif Both are very different lights and I have been wondering for sometime how the Halogen Blitz would compare to the X990 in your opinion which light has the longest throw from your beam shots it looks like the Blitz has the edge, inquiring minds want to know /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif

Very nice beam shots thanks again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Later
Sway

My battery runs 70 minites. My Bulb 5000 hours. Its rechargable and has been used twice at live music production to bail us out for 3 sets (Replaced BLOWN 1000 watt spot light (Halogen). Can yours claim this? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

X990 Lover /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

NikolaTesla /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif


An Arc lamp is the Spark that takes away the Dark--HID smokes LED!
Recent additions to My Lights: *** http://www.tjtech.org/gallery/NikolaTesla/Dscn3236

Thanks for the cool pics /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Beams pointing up high in the sky is cool /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Thank you for the pictures pyro, very impressiv! By the way, where did you get your X990 from? I would order it from the US, but this means i have to spend a loooot of money for shipping and taxes. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Do you know a german distributor over here in Germany??
Thanks for reply

Thanks alot for that writeup !
Very well done indeed!

I have been wondering how those compare also! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Although, you ppl make me want a X990 way too much /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

Sway,the lightforce throws further,
but at the cost of a very small hotspot,
maybe i do some 500m pics later, Mc Culloch
is a pretty dark piture then