Calling all members who recently bought scangrip lights...

I`ve had the Multimatch Light for about 18 months now. Overall it`s a very nice work light that produces a more accurate color in my pics than my cheap LED work light does. It shows defects pretty well and I love having the ability to run it off the battery when needed...actually this is probably the best feature of the light IMO. It`s also very solid and well constructed. That being said, I feel they are over priced for what they do and the overall light it puts out isn`t much different then my Husky LED stand.

The Sunmatch looks pretty nice with some cool features other hand held lights don`t have, but when it comes to showing defects like faint DA haze or micro marring, I have yet to use something that shows as much as the Fenix PD35...aka "Dream Crusher".
 
Here are the 2 comparison pics I took when I first got my Multimatch Light.

This was with my $50 Husky LED stand



And this was the Scangrip
 
RatZ1LLa said:
Do you remember what the price was on DI for the combo that they had on sale?
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the combo was [removed by me] for the pen and handheld back during the holidays and I bough pa stuff instead and coatings bc they`d make more profit margin

now I want more toys! haha
 
Mary B said:
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Flex light, just could not find swirls, flashlight. Not a crisp light. Med. viewing area
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It was actually better for finding swirls in my Blazing Blue (metallic blue) color on the Yaris, than other lights I had tried up to that point.

Just in case you haven`t tried.... I found you need to find it`s sweet spot, with variables that include: the slide in/out part of it, the viewing angle, the distance from light to the panel. It took some time to figure this out, and it worked. But, it`s not like a find-the-setting-and-leave-it type deal, since other factors come into play. It`s why I don`t care too much for the Flex light. Don`t get me wrong, it`s neat, it`s been working, but it`s too much work and I lose patience.
 
WashRinseRepeat said:
Price match - DI has the hand held on sale for $120
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I think I may pick up some matte coating instead... but knowing myself I might buy both, lol

this is definitely my next swirl light or that astro one looks promising as well - one of the two, probably an easier choice since they only sell one of them here
 
Folks, I`m going to leave the posts but remind all members that this forum isn`t here to advertise products and prices for other retail businesses. That said, remember that Autopia Car-Care will match any other retail site prices. Discussing products that Autopia doesn`t carry is perfectly acceptable but naming other sites/prices of products that ACC carries is not. Of course the Astra isn`t a product that ACC sells but the Scangrip product is. This forum is good to us, I`d hope we`d support the store when possible.
 
husky led isnt able to reproduce colors correctly, it washes out the machine lines on the wheels.... and the silver became yellow. you wont find all the swirls that way.

the difference is in the detail.
 
I`m interested but how come AG and Autopia don`t sell the color match 2s? Scangrip apparently has had second generation products for a while....


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nickclark08 said:
Merlin had positive praise

http://www.autopia.org/forums/car-d...nkmann-dual-xenon-spotlight-rechargeable.html
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In the thread above at the time I only had the SCANGRIP Sunmatch.
It worked very well to do a 2017 Porsche 718 Cayman

After the success with the Sunmatch I purchased the SCANGRIP Multimatch Tripod Single.
This is a VERY professional piece of equipment. The light is solid and the tripod is really beefy!
You can light up the room putting way up on the tripod or in my case you can also use it by hand.

Although it is heavier than the hand held I use the handle on the back and easily hold it while I work.
Here`s how I look at the two lights...
The Sunmatch is my money maker...It`s Small, light, portable, works well, easy to show client swirls.
The Multimatch is my work maker...It`s a bit larger, lots of "color correct" light and it shows everything.

The nice things about the SCANGRIP Multimatch Tripod Single. It can be plugged in or runs on its own battery.
The tripod although really solid and beefy can fold up small and takes up very little real estate.
I can put the light on the tripod, hang it from my detailing cart and even use it hand held.
 
Mr. Slick said:
I`m interested but how come AG and Autopia don`t sell the color match 2s? Scangrip apparently has had second generation products for a while....


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Mike Phillips on AG addressed this and said he talked to the Scangrip reps and they said the second generation was for painters looking for a light to color match paints and the second generation would not do more to aid Detailers looking for swirls and other defects. I believe the second generation is more costly.
 
512detail said:
dangit, Bob..the cart is already in 200+ range with no SG stuff!

but 25% off 600 or so is intriguing
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Agreed!! I only do this as a hobby and my cart is close to $700 with the 25% off, knowing I don`t need anything right now. Guess I`ll sleep on it and see how I feel in the morning
 
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