Your highest candlepower spotlight?

[BlueBeam22]

I am changing this poll because I did not do a good job of explaining previously and the poll was unclear.

Please vote what your highest candlepower rated spotlight is.

If your powerful spot/searchlight is not rated in candlepower, then go ahead and vote "30mcp or over".

I find it very interesting to have a vote on everyone's highest rated candlepower spotlight, and this poll does not apply only to portable or rechargeable ones.

This poll is not public, you are voting completely anonymously.

Quick voting quide for some normally unrated spotlights:

Costco/Harbor Freight/Mega Illuminator = 30mcp

POB HID/3152 Illuminator = 22mcp

N30 = 15mcp (IIRC)

 

[monkeyboy]

I'm guessing you mean advertised CP?

You should bear in mind that the advertised CP of those halogen spotlights are completely exaggerated. CPF member Ra measured them to be much lower. I can't remember the exact values but it was something like a factor of 10 lower.

 

[Flashanator]

Well 4 Advertised CP I choose the Highest you got Pal.

But for Real CP, if I had a Maxabeam id hoose 5-7

 

[husky20]

I think my pob is rated at 22mcp

 

[BlueBeam22]

I do mean advertised candlepower.

Patriot36 (or someone else) can correct me on this if I am wrong:

I figured out that candlepower ratings on cheap spotlights are exaggerated to approximately 30 times of the light's actual candlepower because some CPF members have measured under half a million candlepower from a 15mcp Thor, so it is rated 30 times more than it really is.

So using the Thor CP method a Maxabeam is equal to over a 200mcp Thor, LOL!

 

[monkeyboy]

I'm not sure how they come up with these CP ratings. It's probably a theoretical maximum based on the filament area and reflector diameter. But you're right, the HIDs are probably less exaggerated than the cheap halogens.

I'm thinking a laser pointer would have an insanely high CP rating. Probably doesn't count as a spotlight though.

 

[Ra]

Maxablaster does not have a advertised mean cp... What to do now??

Oh,, and do you mean Portable spotlights?

Ra.

 

[BlueBeam22]

Maxablaster does not have a advertised mean cp... What to do now??

Oh,, and do you mean Portable spotlights?

Ra.

Hello Ra,

Maxablaster is 52mcp!

This is about ANY kind of spot/searchlight's candlepower.

I am editing my first post.

 

[Flashanator]

Can somone tell me the Real CP of a Mega Illuminator with 55w 4.3K HID? :thinking:

 

[FredM]

Can somone tell me the Real CP of a Mega Illuminator with 55w 4.3K HID? :thinking:

What is the candlepower of a 6 Watt laser?

 

[SilentK]

yay starting tomorow i can join the 22mcp club. :nana: POB!

 

[BlueBeam22]

yay starting tomorow i can join the 22mcp club. :nana: POB!

:goodjob:

 

[Patriot]

:thinking: :huh:

In an effort to maintain a healthy mental life, I'm officially banning myself from this thread and any further confusion.

:banned:

 

[karlthev]

What size candles are you using for the lumen measurements?

Karl

 

[Illum]

What size candles are you using for the lumen measurements?

Karl

 

[BlueBeam22]

:thinking: :huh:

In an effort to maintain a healthy mental life, I'm officially banning myself from this thread and any further confusion.

:banned:

Good point!

Since you have that it looks like you can sell your PH50 and your MB now, lol.

 

[karlthev]

"BlueBeam22 will be away from June 15th until June 29th."

-----BlueBeam

:thinking: Hmmm, they'll hafta close the forums!



Karl

 

[BlueBeam22]

"BlueBeam22 will be away from June 15th until June 29th."

-----BlueBeam

:thinking: Hmmm, they'll hafta close the forums!



Karl

LOL. I plan on buying a spotlight on my trip, I couldn't be without a light but I don't think I could take a bulky flashlight on the plane.

 

[LuxLuthor]

:thinking: :huh:

In an effort to maintain a healthy mental life, I'm officially banning myself from this thread and any further confusion.

:banned:

I didn't vote, but I have a 1.000005 billion cp spotlight.

 

[BlueBeam22]

I didn't vote, but I have a 1.000005 billion cp spotlight.

:lolsign: Then I have a 3 billion candlepower Qbeam!

The rechargeable Qbeam I have is actually a very nice light, it does even better than my POB and Thor at illuminating a large area when it is on flood mode. I don't have any other lights (except for a lower powered Qbeam) that have a true "flood mode".