Maxabeam Harbor Freight Shootout

[stargzn]

Well I put the maxabeam up against my Harbor Freight so i will let the pictures tell the story. You might need to turn your brightness up on your monitor. I shot all pics at the same exposure but they are a little darker than they looked for real.

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[Gunner12]

I'll take the Harbor Freight if you don't want it anymore

Those are great beamshots. The Maxabeam looks like a white laser.

 

[stargzn]

This tree line is 340 yards and this is the first wide angle shot. HF on left and MB on right.

 

[stargzn]

Here is the tree line zoomed in and maxabeam with the focus adjusted to match the HF. maxabeam on right.

 

[stargzn]

This one is the MB at tight focus

 

[stargzn]

This picture is of a barn down the road from me and it is 850 yards. This is the Harbor Frieght.

 

[Beer]

Good to see that big orange can still hang with the mack daddy of throw (well to 340 yards at least) :laughing:

 

[stargzn]

This picture is the maxabeam at the same focus as the Harbor Freight. Notice the trees behind the barn are more illuminated with the maxabeam even at wide focus. 800 to 1000 yards is about max for the harbor Freight. I did not get a picture but i can shine the maxabeam on the water tower in town from the next county Rd which is a little over one mile away and the Harbor Freight can not.

 

[Beer]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.....:thumbsup:

 

[stargzn]

Here is the maxabeam at tight focus. Notice the hotspot on the barn roof even at 850 yards. What is amazing is that the maxabeam is half the size of the harbor freight. I really like this light. I just got it last Saturday and I can't put it down.

 

[stargzn]

In this picture there is a tree line that is 1400 yards + This is the HF and it can not reach the tree line.

 

[stargzn]

Here is the Maxabeam at tight focus and you can see it on the tree line.

 

[stargzn]

here is the Maxabeam with focus to match the HF and it still reaches the tree line.

 

[ICUDoc]

Wowowowowowoww! Throw redefined for me. Thanks for the pics.

 

[stargzn]

I moved a little closer to the light in this picture and the beamshot came out a little better. In the other pics i was standing about 15 to 20 feet off to the side. This is the Maxabeam on trees about 1500 yards. This is all for now. Sorry there not the best pics but it was my first time. I do have photo experence just not with beam shots.

 

[Flashanator]

Very nice pics you got there stargzn

Ahh, the HF can't keep up with the maxabeam at 1500yards. LOL
Gotta feel sorry for it, not...


I assume no high mode on the maxabeam was used here aswell?

 

[ez78]

Nice shots! :thumbsup: I think that HF is about the best throwing automotive HID but that did not save it from the *** kicking. The MB rules. Maybe slighty more exposure would have been good for the pics.

 

[djblank87]

:duck::kewlpics: thanks for taking the time to post them. I'm still waiting for my HF HID to arrive.

 

[stargzn]

The next time i will use a longer exposure. these pics were shot at 2.5 seconds at F5.6 iso 200. Canon 20D with the kit lens.

 

[BVH]

Great performance for a $79.00 (original Costco HID) light versus a $2000 +- light. still have two of them and enjoy them. Retrofitted one with a 75 watt ballast and a Fatboy lamp but never took the time or effort to focus it. Someday.