BeamShots*BarnBurner*Harbor Freight*HellFire*Helios*Beast II*

[cmacclel]

Thanks to Shortarc for putting these into GIF format


The Lineup

Reference

Individual Comparisons

Reference 0.5 Sec

 

[XeRay]

Mac,

You should post a couple of photos of the (your new) unit here so that people don't have to go to the other thread with all the photos and details.

Custom & Modified/ Homemade and Modified lights/ 35w/50w HID

 

[cmacclel]

Mac,

You should post a couple of photos of the (your new) unit here so that people don't have to go to the other thread with all the photos and details.

Good Idea

I will add them when I organize the beamshots better.

Mac

 

[XeRay]

Bump, surprised no-one is commenting yet.

 

[Patriot]

Great comparisons. It certainly performs like a 50W light.

Mac, will you be building these for to sell?

 

[BlueBeam22]

Thank you for doing this cmacclel, it is a great comparison.

The Costco/Harbor Freight HID is just astonishing with its laser like beam and hotspot. It clearly generates the highest lux out of all the lights, and really stands out. I have the newer version of it and know what an impressive thrower it is.

The SF HellFire has an incredibly nice beam, and I am very impressed by how much light the BB puts out. I also love the perfect, extremely intense pinpoint hotspot of the Mac's Customs 50W.

Once again, very good job and I really enjoyed this useful thread.

 

[DM51]

I'm very glad to report that this thread has now been recovered, having been inaccessible for a short while.

 

[Patriot]

Mac that bare PH40 is beautiful! I'd like to own a 40W X1 like that.

 

[toby_pra]

Awesome Beamshots Mac! :twothumbs :twothumbs

 

[Parker VH]

Great comparison photos Mac. Thanks for taking the time to do this and keep us posted if you decide to offer your light for sale.

 

[Mjolnir]

That custom light of yours truly is a beautiful creation.
It seems almost like The Beast II, but with way more class.

I would say the Beast II looks more like a medieval weapon than a flashlight.
I recently went into a store that had a Beast II in a glass case, and it really was bigger and meaner in real life. Your light seems similar in overall shape, but seems more like a precision instrument than a melee weapon.

 

[bullettproof]

That Hellfire sure is nice.Perfect if u ask me

 

[XeRay]

Awesome Beamshots Mac! :twothumbs :twothumbs

Mac, I looked at the photos a number of times before I realized (read post #1 again) that there are 2 photos side by side every time. I was just looking at (seeing) the left side photos.

I believe the unit being compared to your light is at the top of each pair. Not at the bottom.

I got mixed up because there is a description at the bottom of the last group this got me all goofed up. when working from bottom to top. Please clarify (or correct) this a bit more.

Dan

 

[Patriot]

Something happened. The pictures and text seem messed up now.

 

[cmacclel]

I will resize all the photos today and take care of it. It looks fine of you have a higher resolution monitor

Mac

 

[Kiessling]

Cool comparison !
Thanx Mac !
bernie

 

[Patriot]

I will resize all the photos today and take care of it. It looks fine of you have a higher resolution monitor

Mac

The actual pics look fine on my end, it's just that somehow the pictures are now stacked with no space in between and no corresponding description tag.

 

[Mjolnir]

My monitor is 1920 x 1200 (24 inches), and the pictures still don't seem right. There are 2 rows, but only one matches the description. The one on the left of each pair appears to be correct (the only way I can guess this is from the Harbor freight, which has a very distinct beam compared with the other lights), but the right ones don't seem to be correct. The second one under the harbor freight tag is definitely not the harbor freight. I don't remember it looking this way earlier either...
Either way, they are very good beamshots.

 

[cmacclel]

My monitor is 1920 x 1200 (24 inches), and the pictures still don't seem right. There are 2 rows, but only one matches the description. The one on the left of each pair appears to be correct (the only way I can guess this is from the Harbor freight, which has a very distinct beam compared with the other lights), but the right ones don't seem to be correct. The second one under the harbor freight tag is definitely not the harbor freight. I don't remember it looking this way earlier either...
Either way, they are very good beamshots.

Did you read from post 1???

*Note* All Pictures on the *Right Side* is my light at 50 watts in comparison to the others

Mac

 

[seery]

Nice comparison pics. Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

Any chance of getting a pic of your light laying next to the others for a size comparison?