Jurassic Park Spotlights?

[Draco_Americanus]

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beam_me_up said:
Maxabeam has a 75w bulb...Thor 100w.....hmmm... maxabeam $1600-2000 Thor $45-70 .....Hmmm....

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There is a drastic differance in the types, you can not compair them by lamp wattage. an example, take a thor that has been modded with a 35 watt car HID. That will waste a stock thor with a 100 watt bulb. The maxabeams advantage is it's focus and throw, I can literaly see the beam diffuse in to and light up clouds, My modded Bltiz has difficulty doing that and an hid modded blitz will spank a thor.

1600 is indeed a lot of money, but the light retains it's value if it's miantained and they are relitivly rare and fun to play with. If you think about it most people I know would blow 1600+ on alcohol in a given year and not even notice it nor have anything to show for it.

 

[Hallis]

If i can find one floating up on eBay id pay $700 for it no problem.

Shane

 

[Draco_Americanus]

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Hallis said:
If i can find one floating up on eBay id pay $700 for it no problem.

Shane

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Yeh you may find one for that price, I have seen used ones with what was claimed to have a new lamp for about 900 bucks.

 

[TheQase]

Draco, I shine mine up in the sky, but Im not sure about lighting the clouds up? Do you mean you can see it boucing off of the bottom of the cloud, or fill the cloud with light?

I tested mine one day with a low ceiling, and i had someone shine it while i was driving, and i was able to see it off of the bottom of the clouds from about 2 miles away. It was amazing.


as for ebay, in the past month, i have seen 3 or 4 maxabeams go for 900 bucks or less. 2 of them were "new" in cases with extra battery and rapid charger, and all of that (it was the 2500 dollar package or whatever package is close to that). The other one was JUST the light... no battery or anything and it went for like 600-700 bucks.

 

[Draco_Americanus]

I am not shure what the cloud celing was when I was playing around, but it was party cloudy and I could see part of the cloud light up when I hit it with the beam, then moved the beam to an area with no clouds just to be shure I was not seeing things. I tried the same thing with the HID modded Blitz and did not get the same effect.

900 bucks for the one's in a package? I wish I was paying attention to E-bay that day. I had been looking on ebay for a while before I decided on buying mine from a dealer, some times E-bay as a dubble edged sword!, Don't find what you whant, wait another 5 min! Or better yet, you will find what you are looking for on E-bay only after you bought what you where looking for at a retail store for twice the price! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Christo_pull_hair.gif

 

[twentysixtwo]

To compare HID and Halogen you really need to get the lumens rating of each source. I think the 100W halogen philips in a stock THOR is rated for 2800 lumens. a 35W D2S is rated at (I think) 3200 lumens.

A quick rule of thumb for comparing HID and Halogen is that you get about three times as much light out of a HID as a halogen. In this case, if my numbers are correct, you get 28 lumens/watt for the halogen, 91 for the HID (Though due to ballast efficiencies in the 90% range, you will deliver 35 watt at the bulb for ~40 watts at the battery)

Note that HID gets MORE efficient as the power increases. a 35W HID (3200 Lumens = 91 L/W) puts out more light per watt than a 10 watter (530 Lumens = 53 L/W) so a 75W HID is likely putting out at least as much light as a 225W halogen.

 

[markdi]

my 35 watt hid thor lights up low clouds.

the 50 watt one I am building soon will be
a bit brighter because I will use a phillips dl50 bulb.
a real 50 watt 5300 lumen bulb - hard to get
35 watt hid overdriven to 50 watt is about 4500 lumens

maxa beams are kool but only 1000 lumens.

 

[MaxaBaker]

Touching the Clouds......Sounds fun!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


If anyone ever sees another Maxabeam on ebay for a cheaper price, let me know (if you don't want it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif)

I am in the market for one and I wouldn't mind saving some money.

 

[StEaLtH_]

markdi, the cool thing about the Maxabeam is not the amount of lumens but the intensity of the light.

 

[TheQase]

Yeah, two of these went for around 900 bucks. I found the one auction.

And just a few days ago the light itself went for 620.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16037&item=5154522912

 

[Draco_Americanus]

Now that's a steal!

Yeh the focus and intensity are it's strong points, Both of My friends agree that they would rather have the Blitz suddenly shined into their faces over the maxabeam any day!

Markdi.. where did you get the DL50?

 

[Andreas]

Where can I get a deal like that. He got a killer deal because that looks like a deluxe setup??

Andreas

 

[MaxaBaker]

Hey everyone,

I just realized that Peak Beam Industries is located pretty close to me!!!!!! I'll take a drive up there and see what you can do there. A tour maybe???......

peakbeam1, you out there?

 

[Hallis]

Wow, Just watched Aliens Vs Predator. And the MAxabeam is in there and gets quite a lot of screentime!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Had to tell my whold family. "Hey check that out, Wayland industries bought everybody a $1600 Flashlight" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Shane

 

[MaxaBaker]

Ya,

my family and friends won't watch it with me because I point out all of the lights EVERY time they are on screen /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (Unfortunatly for them (fortunatly for all of us), I don't think there is a scene in the movie without a flashlight /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif ).

Anyway, I think Peak Beam Industries only would allow the AVP crew to use Maxabeams if they were in A LOT of shots, because the amount of times the camera zooms directly in on them is very unusual. Not that I'm complaining /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Hallis]

just wish they'd make them more affordable, i mean, if they were maybe $600-$800 each they would sell the hell out of them.

Shane

 

[MaxaBaker]

I've been told they go on Ebay for that price ($600-$1000) everyonce and a while.

I'm keeping a close eye /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[TheQase]

Why doesnt anyone who wants a maxabeam, search for maxabeam on ebay, and then when it says that there are no listings for maxabeam, enter your email in the box at the lower part of the page, and ebay will email you when a maxabeam gets listed. Then you can all snipe it out.

Just a hint though, i would do it for both "maxabeam" and "maxa beam"

Im only recommending that since i already have one... and most of you probably already know of that feature anyways...

 

[MaxaBaker]

Yup........my email is already in there.

But, thanks for the tip.

 

[MaxaBaker]

Hey Qase,

How do you like ur Maxabeam. Is it as great as everyone says it is?