Selling my Maxabeam Gen.1 searchlight. It has been upgraded with a Gen. 3 tube, and a new NiCad battery pack. Comes with a DC cord for battery pack or cigar lighter, strap, Pelican case, and a tripod with magnet that I used for stationary operation. I also have the old Nicad battery pack if you want to experiment with your LiIon homebrewed pack. $1300 shipped. Retail is about twice this cost.
Photos on request
Nice first post
At least he got a reply. My sales thread got nothing!
To be fair he is a longstanding member of CPF, as am I.
We are supposed to know that? Wouldn’t hurt to post a pict or two with his name and date on a sheet of paper along side the light.
It’s certainly not that nobody wants it, it’s just being able to justify the cost, I know I’m trying to convince myself but that’s a pricey toy if you don’t have a real use for it.
When all else fails and curiosity arises, try Google. ;)
I agree with you on posting pics, it would help.
Wouldn’t take more than a few minutes to pull a name off CPF or anywhere else and create a new account here or anywhere else.
Proof is much better than assumption.
By that rationale anyone posting on any forum is potentially of questionable reputation. Only a handful of people own a $1K flashlight, much less understand what kind of upgrades he threw in there. If all else fails send him a PM at the other forum to cross reference the veracity of his post.
$1300 for a second hand NiCd box light…
Okay, it’s HID and a big reflector, but so is this:
http://www.yoycart.com/Product/526528475441/
Okay, i’ll leave…
Just the electroformed precision reflector is worth hundreds of dollars. The ballast for the Xenon short-arc bulb is worth hundreds. In addition to this you have the bulb, the motorized focusing system with joystick control and a housing that is constructed to actually allow everything to work reliably.
Only a reflector as precise as this one can focus the small point of maximum intensity in the tiny arc of such a bulb.
Yeah there is a huge difference in short arc and HID. Totally different animals. They can’t really even be compared. I have a Maxabeam BTW
Okay, sorry…
Wow. Thanks for the explanation; it sounds like a really awesome piece of engineering.
Yes it does, and i should have known better.
We’re all human; I was thinking similarly. It’s always cool to realise that there is so much technology involved in a product that looks so discrete and simple.
This (realistic) pic answers all questions:
Doesn’t everyone have a use for 12,000,000 candlepower?
I’m drooling right now
Here is a pic of mine.
Bouncing off clouds that were about 10000ft accord to the weather report.
Hitting some lowhanging clouds
Awesome