Portable Florescent Lighting

[Accumulator]

I'd give some thought to what you want the light for. I've never been able to see marring very well under any kind of fluorescent lighting, but it *is* great for general-purpose illumination.

[frostydog]

Originally Posted by Accumulator

I'd give some thought to what you want the light for. I've never been able to see marring very well under any kind of fluorescent lighting, but it *is* great for general-purpose illumination.

You've used these new high output CFL reflective style spot lights and still couldn't see marring!?!? I'm completly disheartened right now I really thought these would have been the answer for me...

I've seen the light from bulbs of this style and was completely blown away...and those bulbs weren't even in a spot light/reflector style housing. They're about 2-4 times as bright as a normal strait tube style fluorescent and they can have a color of 6000+ degrees kelvin, which is basically daylight.

Speaking of...
Ruttrow, I know the bulbs that come with the unit are 45watts...but can you find a color temp for the bulbs??

[Ruttrow]

Originally Posted by frostydog

Thanks Ruttrow!!

but what's Menard's??? Do they have a website??

Is it the exact same one??? Safe around water and all that good stuff??

So how do you like it?? Any heat?? What's the light like?? Is it as bright as two 500watt halogens??

sorry for all the questions...but I'm quite interested.

Menards.com - Home

Yes same one, Mfg. Designers Edge, Model # L-2203

Have not taken out of the box yet. 35 deg in my garage so I won't be out there much until the weather changes.

Looking at it next to a halogen in the store the halogen is brighter and should be, but also creates more shadowing than this florescent.

[Ruttrow]

Originally Posted by Ruttrow

Quick update, found a place for 93.00 + shipping. I think the 166.00 shipped is the highest price I have come across.

Buy the The Designers Edge L-2203 90w Fluor Tripod Light at Hardware World - The world's #1 home hardware site

[frostydog]

Thanks much for the links Ruttrow...if you happen to open the boxes, keep us updated.

[Accumulator]

Originally Posted by frostydog

You've used these new high output CFL reflective style spot lights and still couldn't see marring!?!? I'm completly disheartened right now I really thought these would have been the answer for me...

I've seen the light from bulbs of this style and was completely blown away...and those bulbs weren't even in a spot light/reflector style housing. They're about 2-4 times as bright as a normal strait tube style fluorescent and they can have a color of 6000+ degrees kelvin, which is basically daylight...

The ones like that I checked out were in an art gallery- I wasn't inspecting auto paint but rather finishes on picture frames. Nope, they were better than the tube-types but not as good IMO as incandescents.

The reflector housing isn't IMO a big deal. I probably get the *best* marring spotting ability without a reflective housing Bare bulb, ceiling-mounted fixtures (about as basic as it gets) probably work the best for me out of all the lights I've tried.

But I hate to be such a wet blanket, especially when I haven't tried something in an actual detailing shop setting. If they work it'd be great, so post back if they do work out.