Spotlight experience?
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Spotlight experience?
Has anyone any experience with these new multi-million candlepower spotlights? (1 to 15 million?!?!!!) I have an older Brinkman Max-Million that I want to replace. It is ok for a spotlight but the long distance lighting ability is not that great. When it is used over water it really fades in power. The light just seems to disappear. John
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Over water here is nothing to light up, and usually a great distance to the shore/banks. Plus at night (at least around here) there is a foggy mist from cooler night air versus warmer day temps which kinda hinders light performance.
I have a 2 million CP Q-Beam that does pretty good at lighting up what needs lit up at night but the battery doesn't last very long at all. Due to that it isn't much on tracking deer at night but it works great on a nightime varmit hunt!
I have a 2 million CP Q-Beam that does pretty good at lighting up what needs lit up at night but the battery doesn't last very long at all. Due to that it isn't much on tracking deer at night but it works great on a nightime varmit hunt!
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I had a big whisler I got from my snapon dealer and after 6-9 months would not hold a charge a friend got a cheaper one and his died after 4 months I want another one but dont trust them to hold a charge.I do have one on my boat that you plug in to your lighter and it works pretty good but your limited because of the cord.
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I had a 1mil. that lasted almost two years and still use a 2 1/2 mil. Husky and a 10mil. that is about a year old. I used it from a hilltop when camping last weekend and was impressed how far it illuminated the desert. The batteries can be replaced. The 10mil. costs $25.00 at Costco. The problem with the bigger light is they are heavy and awkward to hold. For me it's more of a novelity rather than a tool.
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A few years ago we were jugging a lake and decided to wrap our jugs in a reflective tape, except a few. When we wet back at 2 am to check them we never found the unflagged ones till a week later when we were fishing and it was still (barely) daylight. Of course they had drifted about a mile away from where we had set them due to a very light wind we had had that night.
The ones we had flagged drifted up to 2 miles in some places that night, of course they'd been there for 6-8 hours by the time we went back to get them.
The ones we had flagged drifted up to 2 miles in some places that night, of course they'd been there for 6-8 hours by the time we went back to get them.
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Worked at scout camp this summer with a guy who had a million+ spotlight. We'd go up in the lifeguard tower at the waterfront and spotlight campers who were out too late from across the lake (200-250 yards at least). That lasted until we spotlighted a guy from ~50 yards away and he complained to the camp director. Camp director asked him if he could give a good reason why he was out so late. After the camper left, we were told not to do it again. 
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