+1 to everything stated by StarHalo above. :thumbsup: Also, BVH's link goes to a very informative and useful thread about the Stanley.
The Stanley HID will be a lot brighter than any halogen spotlight rated in candlepower. Candlepower ratings are usually grossly inflated on rechargeable spotlights, and even your best throwing halogen spotlight will only produce less than one million true candlepower, whereas it might be rated at 20 million. Halogen spotlights are usually rated from 1 million all the way up to 25 million candlepower, but the Stanley will still be brighter than all of them. This is where candlepower ratings become completely useless, and lumen values determined by specifications are the only real way to determine performance. Reflector size is another factor, but not as important when it comes to practical use. The brightest halogens will generally produce no more than 2500 lumens.
Candlepower, if used properly to rate lights, should measure concentration (a.k.a. lux) at the brightest point of a light's beam as soon as it reaches its own minimum distance at which final and complete beam collimation occurs, and at any distance beyond that. Halogen spotlights with extremely high candlepower ratings (as exaggerated and overrated as they are) might out throw the Stanley due to their larger reflectors with relatively vast surface area, but they will not be as bright in overall output. Unfortunately, halogen spotlights are arbitrarily assigned falsely high ratings that have no reflection on reality and cannot be taken seriously, and will never be commensurate from brand to brand.
Regarding the "HID3000" vs. "HID0109", it is exactly as stated above by StarHalo; both refer to the same light. It sounds like a minor packaging/labeling change or difference.
On another note, I would like to mention that StarHalo did an excellent job of explaining why HID lights perform so well, and how they produce light. HID bulbs will always give a significant amount more throw than a halogen bulb of similar output when using the exact same reflector or similar sized reflectors. My Stanley HID's reflector is only a little over 4'', however it has no problem out throwing my 7'' reflectored 10 million candlepower halogen spotlight. My SunForce 25 million candlepower HID spotlight out throws my 15, 17.5 and 20+ million candlepower halogen spotlights with ease, even though all three of those halogens have larger reflectors than the SunForce. The SunForce has an 8'' reflector, the same output as the Stanley, but just more throw.
I am pretty sure the SunForce 25 million candlepower HID spotlight is really the longest throwing rechargeable light you can get behind higher wattage HID lights and short arc xenon lights, as well as the Ti Mega which is just about equal in throw. Short arc lights will throw even better than standard metal halide HID lamps such as the ones used in the Stanley and SunForce due to their smaller arc size and higher surface brightness, which equates to far superior focus ability. This in turn is how standard metal halide lamps beat incandescents.
Regarding the Stanley's true candlepower output, I estimate that it is somewhat over 1/2 a million true candlepower. If it were to be rated using the bogus system, I would say it would be a relative 12 or 13 million going by the power of the many halogen spotlights I have used.
I highly recommend you get the Stanley HID. You will be truly impressed.
