Tiny 40 Watt HID

[kinga]

Found this on the Web.

I have purchased the Firefoxes Elite edition about 6 months ago which has slightly less output that this baby, (38.5 +/- .5 watt vs 42 +/- watt). I also have the polarion Abyss with the OP reflector changed to the smooth reflector and i can say that the Polarion on low only just out performs the Firefoxes elite in throw but not in spread. If the specs are correct then this baby will be interesting to see. It cuts back to 24 watt as thermal protection kicks in, i know no specs on how long it takes to drop to 24 watts.

On the Website it stated that these will be available at the end of this month.

Kinga.

Please Do Not link directly to sales sites - Norm

 

[Fern]

Looks awesome. Let's see if this thread vanishes mysteriously like the previous.

 

[RedForest UK]

Can you post some info on what to search in google to find it? Direct links just get deleted so aren't much use on CPF.

Is it a made by 'firefoxes'?

 

[Fern]

Add the com domain after this:

fire-foxes

 

[RedForest UK]

OK I found the 'firefoxes' homepage. There are some great products there, but a bit pricy and very difficult to get to the EU/US.

EDIT: Thanks, that would've saved me a bit of googling time if I'd checked back here first ;)

 

[kinga]

Redforest UK, you are correct when you say they are difficult to get as there are no english web sites that sell these items. As for the price i believe they are well priced as they are of better quality than most HID lights out there, the build quality and reflector quality are first class. I say all this based on the elite edition not this model but i would say quality would be similar.

Try the photos again.

Kinga

 

[chesterqw]

threadstarter, can you pm me the sales link?
thanks!

 

[mohanjude]

Sent the thread starter a pm yesterday for a sales link as well.

 

[Lips]

It cuts back to 24 watt as thermal protection kicks in, i know no specs on how long it takes to drop to 24 watts.

I think around 8 minutes with Panasonic 3100 before kicks down automatically from 42 watts to 24 watts...

 

[easilyled]

Does anyone know if the 1600m distance listed for the throw is realistic?

 

[BVH]

Not a chance that it will throw any usable light that far. And the typical human will not be able to resolve anything at that distance without using binocs or some other scope. Any usable light over 1,000 to maybe 1200 feet is wishful thinking.

 

[FRITZHID]

Not a chance that it will throw any usable light that far. And the typical human will not be able to resolve anything at that distance without using binocs or some other scope. Any usable light over 1,000 to maybe 1200 feet is wishful thinking.

i'd have to agree... with the Hand-Sun... light was thrown well over 1400' but without the zoom on my camera (or an extreamly large target) the object lit up at that distance is almost useless to look at with the naked eyes (given, is there were a person there, he/she could easily be reading the sunday paper!). It can hit clouds at 1/2 mile, but if there was something there, it would be damn hard to see what it was, let alone any details about it. at 800' the trees i was lighting up were quite visible and details could be decerned nicely, but over that, some kind of optics are needed (unless you just want to read the writing on a water tower or billboard)

 

[jmpaul320]

having difficulty also finding a sales link... could someone pm it to me? cant even find msrp??

 

[bitslice]

having difficulty also finding a sales link... could someone pm it to me? cant even find msrp??

Try "fire-foxes hid"

I can't say more otherwise I'd get banned,
Ironic that a forum for the discussion of hid's, lives in fear of discussing hid's, or most things for that matter.


It's a bit expensive I think,
But I doubt I could mention the price without being banned either.

 

[jmpaul320]

yeah that price is quite high lol

 

[KuanR]

I found the site, if anyone is interested PM me for the link

 

[TEEJ]

Yeah, over ~ 1/2 mile range is not too relevant with the naked eye especially for a tight beam...ALL you see is a little circle of light, and typically no details IN the light.

With a larger beam area, you have enough context to make out things you might have made out during the day at that range....if the lux on target can resolve it for you.


As for the mods and links...well, they guard the integrity of the forum like rabid wolverines, and any hint of potential shilling goes in the hopper. So, by banning links, they avoid that.

You CAN simply down load the pics you wanted to share to flickr, etc...and then link to your OWN pic account, THAT'S ok...as long as the pics you post are ALSO less than ~ 800x800 IIRC.

:D

It seems you can also write "Dot Com" instead of .com, etc...to share a link. I think too many hot links slows the site down/increases the risk of crashes, etc.

 

[BVH]

Yeah, over ~ 1/2 mile range is not too relevant with the naked eye especially for a tight beam...ALL you see is a little circle of light, and typically no details IN the light.

With a larger beam area, you have enough context to make out things you might have made out during the day at that range....if the lux on target can resolve it for you.

Illustrated very well by my Megaray vrs Maxabeam pics in another thread. The MB spot was brighter on the subject tree at 1100 Yds - (once I could find it using the MR) but I needed no other help finding the tree when using the MR. It had a bigger spot so I could tell it was a tree unlike the with the MB.

 

[Doberman]

Ah,
here is again a thread according to the HID i am longing next.
@Lips: what´s your assumption of 8 minutes runtime before TP kicks in based on ?
Im really keen in getting one; but all the sites offering that HID protect my wallet due to the shop´s language. Even with a g-translator it is hard to ask a vendor if he´d manage to send to EU, too. I´ll try again in the evening.

Is there any insinder news or rumors on that HID itself ?
I think there was somebody stating within the disappeared thread who was owning a pre-series.
Could be interesting getting further information according build-quality stability, performance, thermal protection...
Regards

 

[ma_sha1]

I wasn't totally convinced if the OP of the disappearing thread actually had one, because the photos he posted looked like what I saw from other sites. Where the FF3 was 5 times brighter than the MF HID, which is not possible.

When he was asked to make some additional beam shots, he all of sudden couldn't do it because he already "sold it".