Hi all, Alan's spotlight seems excessively expensive to me.
I use a (seemingly) brandless quartz halogen spotlight giving 1,000,000
candlepower for about an hour per charge which I bought for a mere $24
from Cheap as Chips ( or it might have been Go Low). It has been working
"brilliantly" for about five years now. It's not "light", but for $24
I'm not complaining.
And it came with both mains and car chargers.
Tony.
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From:
On Behalf Of Alan McBride
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:01 PM
To: Birding-Aus Birding-aus
Subject: SPOTLIGHTING equipment news
Hi all,
I know a lot of you go spotlighting and probably a lot more would if
they had good equipment.
I wanted to let you know about a new re-chargeable torch I've come
across which does a great job spotlighting for just over an hour,
maybe even 90 mins depending on battery care. Naturally with these
batteries you need to charge, then flatten, charge, flatten, charge,
flatten and naturally, charge before going out into the field. They
also last longer with full discharging and charging each time.
I recently bought a Pelican Black Knight M11 series flashlight. Aust
RRP around $249.00
Australian residents see:
http://www.pelicanaustralia.com/
and for those overseas:
http://www.pelican.com/about/international.php
It comes with a charger, car charger and for another $60 - 70 dollars
or so you can buy a spare battery (in order to have two when you go
out spotlighting thus having up to 3 hours of light). The only
drawback is it is a non focusing beam so what you see is what you get
(so to speak):-)
The main reason for looking for a new light was the drama one has
going through Airport Security with the motorcycle battery and
chargers and associated wires, to say nothing of the weight!
I had occasion to return the torch to Pelican (this was to to do with
the retailer and not the torch) and was astounded at the speed of
unquestioned service from them. They offer full back up to their
products worldwide and I suggest contacting them and asking for a
recommended retailer in your area or even buying direct from them.
This e-mail comes with the standard disclosure that I have no
commercial interest in these lights whatsoever except to say they're
terrific, light and easy to carry through security!
Hope this is useful to you, I know I'm impressed with it.
Cheers
Alan
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