New HID torch.....its like daylight !!!

[aquaholic]

Just been playing with a few samples from a friend who has set up a business supplying HID torches spotlights, conversion kits etc, went out with me bandq 990000000 candle thingy, then turned on the HID torch....jesus it was like daylight, has a lighting distance of 1.5 km and made mine look like the battery was flat!
One of those must have toys I think, will have to tap him for a discount though /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[pvb]

Is there a website?

 

[aquaholic]

Its being worked on as we speak I am told, the address will be www.hidcity.co.uk.
If you want any info you can contact them by email sales@hidcity.co.uk

 

[rich]

Is it this one!
web page or this one

 

[aquaholic]

No looks much different,this is 35w. will post a few pics

 

[aquaholic]

Brighter I think, these are 6000 luminums, 35 watt. 3 x brighter than halogen and use 50% less power.
Here are the pics

 

[Twister_Ken]

Google says there seem to be plenty of HID flashlights out there. What's special about your buddy's?

 

[sailorman]

bought a rechargable from b & q last week 4 a tenner. does me.
there was a much larger 1 for £16 but the lense was about 200m/m dia ok for bouy spotting ( if yer eyes r bad ) but no goosd as a gp lamp

 

[aquaholic]

Maybe you have already got one or seen one in action, I hadnt, and was amazed by the brightness. Not saying there is anything special about these particular ones only that I havent seen them before in the shops.

 

[longjohnsilver]

What's HID?

 

[Gwylan]

High intensity discharge - there

 

[wiggy]

I think VW have used this technology in head lights in the past.

 

[Gin]

Never mind what it is- this looks to be a real bargain at the price- I reckon there will be a stampede to buy before stocks are exhausted /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

http://www.polimil.co.uk/acatalog/Surefire_-_The_Beast_II_Ultra_High-Output__3199.95.html

 

[longjohnsilver]

£2,700 for a torch!!!!!!!!

I'll have one for the boat, another for the house, one for the car and another as a spare /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[richardabeattie]

+VAT

 

[Twister_Ken]

Thank heavens VAT is 'only' 15% then.

 

[DinghyMan]

They are common, and expensive, on diving sites. I've recently been looking at getting one for diving but need to justify several hundred quid for a torch.

There are some Youtube vids showing people igniting paper with the beam as they get that hot.

Bulb replacement costs are frightening as well.

 

[geoffatstanpit]

HID is offered as an option for vehicle headlights on some models. I enquired if they were the blue ones that don't seem to be able to dip. Yes they are - because they are a discharge they can't be as accurate with the geometry so the difference between dipped and main beam can't be as well defined. So if you don't mind incurring the wrath of all on-coming drivers - get them. But I for one would rather you didn't.

 

[Ruffles]

Not sure that's true. HID lights are (or can be) better controlled in terms of direction. They are slightly blue which is not ideal.

The problem is with halogen bulbs that have been doped to make the light appear blue. Sort of pretend HID lights.

 

[billmacfarlane]

Wow what a torch. I'd buy two and keep one as a backup.