Comparison of 10MCP and 15MCP Thor reflector PICS!

I just recieved my 15MCP Thor that I bought for my HID Mod because it has a larger reflector than my old 10MCP one.

While it is much bigger, the quality (only of the reflector) also seems to be much worse. The aluminium it is made of is very thin and if you aren't careful when touching the outside you will have a den't in the reflector immediately. Obviously the worker who assembled the Thor weren't very carefully. This is the result:


This isn't the only problem. The 15MCP reflector is (unlike the 10MCP one) fixed to the big plastic ring at the front. Normally this should look like this:



Unfortunately one of these looks like this:



Here's a size comparison with the old 10MCP one:





I'm unable at the moment to make any comparison beamshots because the 10MCP thor is totally disassambled. I'll do some beamshots of the 15MCP one as soon as possible.

LOL holy crap! its that much larger?! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

I thought my 10MCP thor was huge !!!!! shhhhheeeeesh

too bad about the denting /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif guess they wanted to keep it thin to save weight.

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Just made a few more pics:



This is beamshot against a white wall in my room at a distance of about 2 meters.
You can clearly see how bad the shape of the spot and the sourrounding rings is due to tha bad shape of the reflector.

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Thanks for the pics. That's kinda dissapointing about the dents and the quality. O'well, it's probably still very bright.

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I think you got a bad one. Here is mine at the same distance! BTW: The room is pitch black before i turn the light on! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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I agree with Gekofix that you must have gotten a bad one. My 15mcp reflector is fine, and is the same quality as your average 10mcp reflector. Just a whole lot bigger. It's actually better than my last 10mcp which came with little dents in it.

Out of three Thors I have purchased (two 10mcp and one 15mcp) two were good and one had small dents. Luckily the dents were small enough that they didn't alter the beam at all. After reading about the problems with the light above, my guess is that a decent percentage of Thors leave the factory with dents or flaws since the reflectors are so thin. Guess it's a price vs. quality control tradeoff.

Anyway thanks for all the great pics!


cfb

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p.s. Was that a black 15mcp originally, or did you swap bodies with the 10mcp?

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OOH!!!

Looks perfect for a Jarhead EDC.

Gotta get me one of those puppies!

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p.s. Was that a black 15mcp originally, or did you swap bodies with the 10mcp?

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I didn't swap the bodies, you see them on the photos exactly the way I bought them.

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could you tell us where you bought the 'black 15mcp thor'?? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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I bought it on eBay Germany for 50 Euros. Please PM me if you want to contact the seller.

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Here's a pic of my 10mcp with a 35W HID pointing up into the night sky. Does anyone know if this is illegal? Every night, a police helicopter patrols our neighborhood. I'm afraid they will catch me testing my light and I'm not sure what the legal ramifications are.

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Well, I'm not sure, but I am in a situation somewhat like that and I doubt there is a law about how bright your flashlight is. But could be wrong. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif

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Hey Jazz - PM sent.

best regards

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Ignore this, I replied in the wrong thread and now I can't delete this.

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So, where can I get a 15MCP Thor?

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http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?contentID=productDetail&prodID=GMCYCS1500

I think Northern Tool may have them too. The Natchezs price is pretty good at $51.

cfb

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Heya

I live in the UK and think the 15Mcp Thor is absoloutly awesome. Does anyone know if there is a UK supplier or where i could get one from.

Mike