Nite stalker Roo Lights..preliminary impressions.

Submitted: Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 10:34
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The lights are well packaged in a tough plastic pack that needs considerable cutting force to extricate them from.
The wiring kit is neatly hidden down the bottom of the pack and the instructions are carefully hidden at the bottom of the pack.
Once packing is demolished, it's all systems go.
Lights appear to be a close pinch of the Lightforce 170's, with similar construction.
The kit is complete with two different switches, which is handy as there appears to be a design fault in one of them. Heavy handed installation can result in it coming apart.
In my case I found that the light plugs wouldn't fit the existing holes in the bullbar, and the length of the loom was slightly short.
Following the instructions will result in lights camera and action.

Initial testing was done just before dark (roo time) on a short stretch of track, followed by a hilly winding stretch of tar.
Because of the testing time, I found it difficult to adjust the lights so that they lit up the sides of the road. As it became darker the lights tended to provide a long distance "cone of bright light" for a long way.
These are serious lights.
How do they compare with previous Oscars, aircraft landing lights and misc. other brands I've used? Well, my last set of cheapos were starting to rust, and weren't all that effective. The Roo Lights construction should ensure lack of rust, and I don't expect vibration to kill them too quickly.

In short,after just installing them,I'm impressed.

Cost was $240 including the wiring kit.

Whether it was false economy over the genuine Lightforce units, only time will tell.

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Reply By: SmithyWA - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:24

Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:24
Footloose

I have been using the same lights for 6+ months or so. I have had them alongside lightforce 170's and they are not as bright because the reflectors are not as high quality. The globes are the same as lightforce so it comes down to the reflectors.

Having said that, they are still very good for what you pay and they sure can handle the knocks well. They are a bit tricky to set up being basically non-spread pencil beam lights. I have mine so they angle out slightly and have the lenses rotated to slightly broaden the beam. You end up with kind of a figure of 8 light pattern in front of you but the sides of the road are very well covered.

Regards

Bushy
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:46

Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:46
Thanks for that Smithy. I can handle not as bright, as its where and how the lights put that interests me. I really don't want to burn the koalas out of the trees at 2km :)) I'll work on making that cone a figure 8.
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Reply By: Member - Shane D (QLD) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 19:55

Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 19:55
I bought some nite stalkers 3 yrs ago and have been happy with them. . . . except one thing, both mine kept loosing the little screws at the bootom that hold the lense into its housing, just keep an eye on them,I used a bit of silastic to hold em' in place

Shane
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Reply By: Paul5 - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:32

Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:32
footlose
i just brought my roos,$199 from TJM.Im impressed.
paul5
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