I HAVE SHAMED ALL OF CPF...SORRY ALL

[FASTCAR]

Was at the local shooting range. Capped off a few rounds on the new .50 cal DE...talk about kick !!!


Few of us started chatting about flashlights we used.Guys started pulling out lights from all over !!!.Mags, pelicans,surefires the list goes on ( Streamlight stinker seemed most carried)

Size for size no 1 could hang with me.We had a 50+ light shootout in back of Rey's sport shop.Had T5,6a/cree 9a/cree and 13v wolf eyes.
Heck I think my tiny T5 bested all of the other lights regardless of size.

B4 I left I went to the car and grabbed the PL24 H.I.D.( they assumed was a mag) Mostly to show off to be honest.Those of yall that have HIDs know the reaction you get from people new to HID.

Well that took the cake..or so I thought.

A state trooper commented on how nice my "little" PL24 was!!! YES HE SAID "LITTLE"...mumbled about how it is a nice cheepie HID.

He left and came back 2 mins later with a light I thought was a rumor.

Surefire "BEAST"

Well I have been humbled finally.

He claimed it is worth 4000$+ new.A PL24 is like 300 bucks.Was it 13 times better then the PL...no.Lol I think it took like 15 or so 123s ( really).

I must say it was DAMN bright.PL is rated at 1300ish lumens. This beasty was maybee double.

If any here own this "Beast", I bow to you :thumbsup:

B4 I left I said lets arm wrestle HID for HID. ( joking)
In typical cockey state trooper fashion he said :
#1 you got 150lbs on me
#2 I would'nt want to win that "thing"



***1 question..is that "Beast" really only 24W ? I cant figure how its roughly 2x more lumens with the same wattage.


Sorry I let yall down :mecry:


My 2cents

 

[DaFABRICATA]

You let no one down.....look at the price comparison!!!
I certainly don't have $4000.00 to spend on a single light!
The "BEAST" is bad-*** though.....wish I coulda seen it in person

 

[carrot]

I remember hearing stories about PK telling people to throw the Beast in the air as hard as they could and confidently watching it fall to the ground.

 

[FredM]

There are beam shots comparing the 2 somewhere around here.

 

[Gunner12]

Wow, sounds like you needed a Barnburner,

Must have been impressive to see the Beast in person.

What if you had a Polarion Helios?

 

[FASTCAR]

I have owned /tested well over 100 lights.
I can say hands down this beast was the best made light I have ever seen.

Not sure I would throw it, did look like it could take a beating though.

 

[TigerhawkT3]

I sure hope it was the trooper's personal property, and not paid for by taxpayers.

 

[270winchester]

I have seen the Beast once and it probably is worth every penny.

I just can't afford it. Not sure if I will ever spend 4000+ dollars on a light.

 

[270winchester]

I sure hope it was the trooper's personal property, and not paid for by taxpayers.

Ditto.

 

[toolboy]

Too bad you weren't closer, I could have brought the Barn Burner and the trooper would have been the one wishing he had purchased differently. He has a nice light but he paid for it in spades and doesn't have the lumens/dollars that you or I have. You let nobody down, there is always someone with something bigger, and even bigger than the Barn Burner. Enjoy your light.:thumbsup:

 

[matrixshaman]

Don't let it happen again :laughing: Get a Mag623 right now and you'll flame that Beast good. Just tell him it's a regular $20 Maglite but runs special batteries. Refuse to show him the batteries but hint they are new special ops nuclear based power cells.
Sounds like it was a fun time at the range

 

[Trashman]

To answer your 1 question, the Beast is a very powerful 35w HID. (versus a less powerful 35w HID). I think the new ones are supposed to be rechargeable (The Beast II). I didn't think they were $4,000, though. I thought their retail price was about $3000, but I guess a lack of available could drive the price up.

 

[Walt175]

I sure hope it was the trooper's personal property, and not paid for by taxpayers.

I don't know which is worse. Spending my tax money on it, or paying the trooper so much he could afford one! :laughing:

Ray's huh? Haven't been there in a while. Maybe I need to change that.

 

[XeRay]

Too bad you weren't closer, I could have brought the Barn Burner and the trooper would have been the one wishing he had purchased differently. He has a nice light but he paid for it in spades and doesn't have the lumens/dollars that you or I have. You let nobody down, there is always someone with something bigger, and even bigger than the Barn Burner. Enjoy your light.:thumbsup:

Toolboy, IM waiting for you, about a month old.

 

[matrixshaman]

I don't know which is worse. Spending my tax money on it, or paying the trooper so much he could afford one! :laughing:

Ray's huh? Haven't been there in a while. Maybe I need to change that.

Spending tax money for a department to buy it would suck as they can't realistically justify such an expensive flashlight. Paying the trooper enough so he could afford it himself would be by far the best choice as I don't think you can pay LEO's enough for what they have to do.

 

[tvodrd]

I was present at the Cambria CPF get-together, and witnessed pk's Beast toss! I have mine!

Larry

 

[skalomax]

Yep, I was at the So.Cal Get-together and witnessed PK launch the Beast II I believe, about 6-7ft In the air and drop without a flicker.

 

[paulr]

The original Beast ran on 20x cr123a's. Surefire sold a few dozen of them to the public for around $3K apiece and several CPF'ers got them. I'm not familiar with the PL24 but I don't expect the Beast to especially overpower other hids in its size and power class (e.g. X990). It's just a heck of a lot more rugged, and sexier looking, and has some special hot-strike capability so you can turn it on and off quickly (compared with other hids) without damaging it.

I'm entirely in favor of paying troopers enough to buy their own Beasts. It beats giving the tax money to certain other government-financed sectors that, shall we say, do less worthwhile things than troopers do.

 

[chakrawal]

FinishHard Anodized Black

Performance​

Power in Lumens
12 (LED) / 2,000 (HID)
Runtime in minutes

Lithium​

90 (HID) / 1200 (LED)

Li-Ion Rechargeable Handle​

120 (HID) / 1920 (LED) Battery
CR123 (x20) / Li-Ion Rechargeable Handle
Lamp Assemblies included
LED (5mm x 12) / 35W HID D1SLength
15.5"
Weight4.5 lbs Bezel Diameter4 "

 

[SaVaGe]

I sure hope it was the trooper's personal property, and not paid for by taxpayers.

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