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Does anyone know about the CE-1500 Night Guard? Specs have it at 1,500,000 cp, with a 20 min run time, rechargeable from 12v or 120v, for $47. Is this a gooden?
 
phred..... I do not have the CE-1500 Night Guard but I have the LSI NiteTracker RC3800 2 Million CP.

It is brighter, wider beam, and throws beam farther than my SureFire 12ZM 500 Lumen. I can't tell you much about its runtime yet because I haven't got the opportunity to turn it "ON" longer than for 2 or 3 minutes of intermittent use because I'm bound to shine my light to the window of surrounding rowhouses and buildings in my neighborhood, and they might compliment this with a return flash of light that goes with a "BANG!".
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I've been considering the RC3800. Of course the 12PM can't compete with a larger reflector searchlight designed for a different purpose, and a searchlight is a illumination tool I will be adding to my selection.

I would like to know people's experiences with these larger searchlights.

Please?

Thanks!

Al
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Thanks Verge.
Based on your comparison to Surefire, i'll buy one for home use.
Sorry to hear that you can't play with your lights in your neighborhood without a BANG.
......dana......
 
The RC-3800 is very powerful and illuminate
the target over 2km, but this light is not
easy to carry.
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The two hand held searchlights I have are both LSI with no batteries, and were designed to be plugged into a cig lighter jack. One is a "hot spot 400" with a 55 watt 12 v. halogen. I modified it to attach to a free standing car battery and will run about 5 hours straight, but the manual says its for intermittent use only. It is really light weight, feels like flimsy plastic, but is way brighter than any flashlight I own.

Actally it appears brighter than car headlights because it is focused so that at 100 feet the hot spot is 5 feet wide. I dont have any of the models with batteries but I bet they are heavy to have enough batteries to run a 55 watt lamp.

It was 17 bucks at department services. Not bad for a real beacon. On a foggy night it looks like those arc lamps for drawing a crowd.
 
Al.... can't tell you much about LSI RC3800 yet because I haven't got the opportunity to play with it outdoor.

I can tell you that physically it is big, really bulky, and heavy, compared to my SF12ZM. Not the kind of light you can put in your pocket and briefcase (won't fit into any standard jeans or jacket pocket) or be comfortable to travel with it hanging over your neck or wrist with a lanyard, ....probably hanging over the shoulder with a strap.

It comes in a box with a AC-Charger and a DC-Charger for its rechargeable battery. The Lexan lens covering the reflector and bulb is too thin and looked flimsy for a high brightness searchlight of this size. It bends inward with the light push of a finger and it looked more like a clear transparent x-ray film to me.

About the beam, LSI RC3800's beam is not as clean as SF12ZM as seen on a side-by-side beam comparison against a wall. It has some darker rings around the wider center beam which is not noticeable because when beam is directed to a target farther from the light its brightness seem to overwhelm the dark rings. Its brightness beats my SF12ZM and I can tell you not by a very big margin.

Runtime is rated at 20 minutes of continous light with fully charged battery but I haven't tried to run it for that long.

Photo of SureFire12ZM basement hallway shot;
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=443720&a=9513897&p=31276228&f=0

Photo of LSI RC3800 basement hallway shot;
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=443720&a=9513897&p=31276229

Here's an indoor/basement room shot I did of different lightbeams. You'll find SF12ZM's and LSI RC3800's lightbeams at the lower portion of the photo.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=443720&a=13143240&p=50425315

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by phred:
Thanks Verge.
Based on your comparison to Surefire, i'll buy one for home use.
Sorry to hear that you can't play with your lights in your neighborhood without a BANG.
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You're welcome phred. Yeah, but I'll find a way. I'll try to take some outdoor photos of SF12ZM and LSI RC3800 lightbeam's long-throw while the weather is still nice.


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Thanks for the photos! They really brighten my day
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Yeah so it's really a long range spotlight I'm after, so these type of beams won't looks too good at close range me thinks.

I'm not after portability as such, and the reflector size is something you can't avoid.

Of course the quality isn't going to be SureFire, and I'm looking for an illumination tool for tasks current SureFires are not designed for.

The RC3800 is "cheap" so I may well buy one for shits & giggles as Austin Powers might say...

Thanks!

Al
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The LSI HSRC is smaller than RC-3800 and output 300,000 CP, can illuminates objects over 600 meters, runtime about 25 mins,
but RC-3800 emits a beam of light as white
as the Sun.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 2d_edge:
Al.... can't tell you much about LSI RC3800 yet because I haven't got the opportunity to play with it outdoor.
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I have a similar light which is available here (from time to time) for some $18 (including 20% sales tax) with both chargers for 12V and 230V. It contains a 6V/55W bulb and a 6V SLA battery, somewhere in between 4-6Ah, maybe a little more.

edit: It is a 4Ah battery, should last some 10 minutes with the 55W bulb, maybe less.

It is a very nice search light and has a regulated charger built in. Kids like to play with it.
 

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