Thrower recommendation for $50 ?

I just purchased a FatMax HID. This thing is amazing and oblitrated a few of my LED throwers out the box. What mods will this Stanley HID take? I need a little direction

Maybe a Solarforce Masterpiece Pro 1? XRE is ment to be a thrower.

I have a FandyFire, a SmallSun and a Tk41. HD2010 is on the way. They all look like they have the same reflector. TK41 $120 was a thrower, then I saw FandyFire $45 could do the same for half the money, and then I found my Small Sun which could throw almost the same for ~$24 :slight_smile: if I had a lux meter I could make a proper comparison. But I think they all share the same capabilities, with the same emitter and the same reflector sizes. Only driver currents count then, but as far as I’ve seen many times a max for a light is for a few minutes only.

All good till one with a different emitter, XML2 or such, arrives.

When I was at Lowes yesterday I was trying to decide whether I should get that for 60 dollars or the XM-L one for 30. I ended up going for the XM-L which does 110kcd by my measurements.

That is awesome!

How do you like the quality on the Fat MaX?

Scaru - I paid for $45.00 for an open box FatMax HID.I checked it out and this unit was never powered up. Im actually riding over there today , my brother loved it.

ILF - When i first read comparisons of the Stanley lights i blew them off. I really underestimated this particular FatMax HID. Once it warms up it throws a hot spot that could very likely beat some of my best throwers, Jetbeam, Ultra-fire, even Surefire... Ouch...ok, that hurt. Its true..Lights don't lie.. Quality is so-so. Cant compete with some of the high grade anodizing and its not built to last. The performance on the other hand sorta makes up for the crap build. If you want to review it i'll throw it in the mail? ( i"ll place gently) Shoot me a PM if your interested [quote=ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

That is awesome! How do you like the quality on the Fat MaX?
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Darkside, should I go buy it? They have new HIDs for 50 dollars...

Ok the Fat Max is the LED version that says 2000 lumens on the package.

Here are the HID ones.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-STANLEY-HID0109-HID-SPOTLIGHT-/390492646983?pt=US_Flashlights&hash=item5aeb2cee47

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stanley-HID-Rechargeable-Compact-Spotlight-/271034089682?pt=US_Flashlights&hash=item3f1ae400d2

The Jacob A60 is one of the best throwers for the money. Can be had for under $20. I’ve tested them at 500M and about 57Kcd. Not much spill but a great thrower. It just edges out the HD2010 which costs roughly $30. I’ve measured them at about 450m and about 49Kcd. It offers a lot more spill than the A60 though. For under $50 dollar throwers, those two are hard to beat.

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Its not pretty but its effective…

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A Small Sun ZY-T08 for around $26 shipped would be a good one for the money. You could actually buy 2 of them for $52.52 shipped from Manafont.

Here’s a zoomed in shot at 445yds from my ZY-T08.

Im pretty sure you’ll have the same impressions of the Fatmax. If you get it PM
i want to know what you think. Once it warms up its pretty amazing…Who knows how to mod
this or upgrade the HID bulb? 2100 or Kriesler should know this…

Im just waiting for it to get dark outside…

ILF - I have both the T108 and the TC40 knockoff and they didn’t have a chance…
3 to the right is the TC40 knock off

Again the Fat Max is not a HID light. It’s a XM-L LED light.

You saying i dont know what an LED Diode looks like? opposed to an HID? lol
Whatchusayin Willis?

My Jacob A60’s I had would not out throw my better XM-L throwers like the T40CS, M3X, or 7G5.

Top pic and center…

What I’m saying is the the Stanley Fat Max is a LED version light. The HID ones should not say Fat Max on them that I know of.

Look at the ones I posted from ebay. Tell me where you see Fat Max on them.

Right here.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_201165-89606-HIDLISL_0__?productId=3979793&Ntt=stanley+fatmax&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dstanley%2Bfatmax&facetInfo=

Scaru,

That’s just labeled wrong is all.

Here is the new Fat Max LED version.

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/9016/0615121609a.jpg

Again this is not a Stanley Fat Max.