badger007 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 i had 3 lightforce lamps now 140's & 2x 170's @ approx £70+p/p :yp: all have let me down at some time or another, the poor workmanship of the soldering, cheep brittle wire & poor quality switches that jam up, break etc etc... is it me, or are they the usual chineese poo !! as i take care & maintaine my equipt, i dont expect this for the money ! how do you find the lightforce lamps in general ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I love my S170 Striker scope mounted lamp!Im surprised you dont like them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I've had to re-solder the lighter fittings on all mine but thats it so far, after all it is a handheld lamp so you do need to look after it reasonably well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 any lightforce would be better than some of the junk that gets on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 any lightforce would be better than some of the junk that gets on here. LMAO !!!! I swear by my lightforce , 4 years old and still going strong , i've dropped it , dropkicked it ( a meterage that a certain mr J wilkinson would be proud of ) and i've fallen on it . all the best yis yp :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 better off with one of these then? http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...5568entry555568 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I took JohnGalway's advice and just chopped off the annoying curly cable, replacing it with straight cable and an in-line dimmer switch. Having said that, the standard cable and switch performed well on each lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 better off with one of these then? http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...5568entry555568 Dazza ,surely your not suggesting Raymond would bad mouth lightforce lamps (probably the best selling lamp in the world) to sell inferior ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeihrauchPower Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Weird.. I've never had a problem with them??? I use mine for all sorts, they are very handy when you've had too many beers and start the bbq a bit late (after dark...um, more like 12:00am). The last one i strung up from the outside dunny fell off the roof and was fine apart from a scratch on the casing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytim38 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, :blink: sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, :blink: sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash :yp: The point of a dimmer switch escapes me, once you have found your fox, and it's coming in, keep the light on, just point it downwards so that you can just see the eyes, when you want to shoot, simply lift the light. Easy innit? And I would agree that the weak point of Nightforce lamps is the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOLT Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I AGREE WITH BADGER I HAVE A 170 FOR 2YRS AND HAS HAD IT PROBLEMS LIKE BADGERS, I HAD 2 OTHERS I KEEP FOR SPARES A CULITE AND DEBEN SO DONT RUIN MY NITE JUST FOR A LAMP, MY 170 IS A GOOD LAMP BIT OVER PRICED FOR THE CRAPPY WIRING AND SWITCH BUT THROWS OUT BETTER LIGHT THAN THE OTHER TWO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords :blink: cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash The point of a dimmer switch escapes me, once you have found your fox, and it's coming in, keep the light on, just point it downwards so that you can just see the eyes, when you want to shoot, simply lift the light. Easy innit? And I would agree that the weak point of Nightforce lamps is the switch. :yp: Bob im getting sick of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords :blink: cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash The point of a dimmer switch escapes me, once you have found your fox, and it's coming in, keep the light on, just point it downwards so that you can just see the eyes, when you want to shoot, simply lift the light. Easy innit? And I would agree that the weak point of Nightforce lamps is the switch. :yp: Bob im getting sick of this That's OK, stick with it, we will be on home-loading high brass red cartridges shortly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords :blink: cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash The point of a dimmer switch escapes me, once you have found your fox, and it's coming in, keep the light on, just point it downwards so that you can just see the eyes, when you want to shoot, simply lift the light. Easy innit? And I would agree that the weak point of Nightforce lamps is the switch. :yp: Bob im getting sick of this That's OK, stick with it, we will be on home-loading high brass red cartridges shortly! Would that be with the old bowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 just thought I would add my experiences with these lamps, got a scope mounted 170 used to keep burning the inline switchs out , cos there only rated for 3 amps max and with a 100 w bulb they pull 8.5 amps, sorted it out by fitting a rocker switch rated for 16 amp from halfords :blink: cant attach to stock now, but at least it has not burned out on me at the most inconvinient time, John Galway said to use the dimmer switch, but Bap ( Red Thunder) has has two of these burn out so at £40 each I am not confindent in parting with my cash The point of a dimmer switch escapes me, once you have found your fox, and it's coming in, keep the light on, just point it downwards so that you can just see the eyes, when you want to shoot, simply lift the light. Easy innit? And I would agree that the weak point of Nightforce lamps is the switch. :yp: Bob im getting sick of this That's OK, stick with it, we will be on home-loading high brass red cartridges shortly! Would that be with the old bowman It used to be, until I graduated to an MEC, I can hear the Bowman now, 'clunk, click', clunk-click' and the screams of "When are you going to stop making that ******* noise and come to bed". The added bonus of an MEC was that not only could you easily load 100 an hour, you could easily load 100 an hour with no primers, or no powder etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 i had 3 lightforce lamps now 140's & 2x 170's @ approx £70+p/p all have let me down at some time or another, the poor workmanship of the soldering, cheep brittle wire & poor quality switches that jam up, break etc etc... is it me, or are they the usual chineese poo !! as i take care & maintaine my equipt, i dont expect this for the money ! how do you find the lightforce lamps in general ?? :blink: I have in front of me a Nightforce original Aussi lamp with built in dimmer its about 5 years old and the quality far exceeds Lightforce, the filter is housed in a hinged frame and the switches are beefier when compared with the Lightforce which may well be a cheapo copy for the european market? My Lightforce lamps do give trouble with the switches but other than that I find them superior to the Deben tracers. I have actually started repairing Lightforce lamps for local farmers, word soon got around and hey its bought me a few beers :yp: D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I use the dimmer often. Two reasons, to errrr dim it... and more importantly when I'm walking around shining it at the ground dimmed down I don't have X00,000 candlepower glaring back at me and lighting me up. IF, you want to have the lamp on continiously for 2,3 and more hours you DO need to CUT the lead above the switch and replace it all :yp: It's the first thing I do with all mine (four or five of them now, still working all) and they won't let you down then. They have the best beam of any lamp I've seen, they're very light weight. They do indeed have quality issues with the cabling, switches and connections which is why I ditch them and replace with my own. They're still worth the money IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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