Monday, February 2, 2009

Pimp's Official Whacker Technologies The Ohr + Fury LED Dash Light Reviews

Check out Pimp's official review of the Ohr and the Fury LED dash light: Click here for review

Here is a link to the video: Video of dash lights in action.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Inciter EX Review by Pimpala

Pimpala's review of the Inciter EX:

Not too long ago, I received two Inciter EX Dual head dash/deck LED lights from Herschel with Whacker Technologies. I got a red/blue and an amber/white model, both dual heads.

Right out of the box the first thing I noticed was that the lightheads looked similar to a Whelen TIR3 lighthead. The quality of the product seems to be excellent. I got the cigar plug version of the light. The cigar plug has power, pattern, and sync all built in. The cigar plug is a bit bulky but saves you from buying a switchbox, I suppose. The extrusion is well made and offers several mounting options. The lights come with a plug in system for syncing the lights by connecting the wires near the cigar plug. I tried it out and it seemed to work fine.

There is an SAE approval on these lights which should add some extra reassurance in purchasing these products. The word WHACKER is etched into each lense twice along with the SAE approval. This light is available in a 1,2,4,8 and 10 head design. The two head lights have 21 flash patterns. Herschel will be doing a video of those patterns soon. The flash patterns on the light were pretty good patterns. The red and blue were very rich and not pink or teal (see pictures).

I think these are really good lights, especially with their low price and seemingly great quality.

Final disposition: Pimp approves! Cool

You can view the actual review here.

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The Junior Review by Pimpala

Pimpala unoffically become the official product review guy on elightbars.org. He did a review on the Junior lighthead and here it is:

A while back I received in some "Junior" lightheads from Herschel over at Whacker Technologies. I played with them on several occasions and I'm pretty impressed with their performance.

These lightheads are comparable in size to a Whelen TIR3, LXP LX3, 911EP Star, Bull, Nova, (insert your own of the 9,000 other 3-LED surface mount modules out there, here.) They are SAE certified. The color of the diodes is a nice and crisp red, as evident in the pictures. The wiring is fairly simple to follow. A traditional four wire setup for the lightheads includes power, ground, pattern, and sync. To sync these lightheads you must connect each lighthead's yellow wires together. To change patterns, apply the blue wire to the black wire for 1 second. The wiring was rather confusing at first but, I after reading both parts of the instructions it was understandable.

I was very impressed by the off-axis performance of these lights. I did receive the optional "L" brackets for mounting of the lighthead. These seem sturdy and simple to use (will update on that once I get them installed)

I hooked these up to a DC power supply in my office for bench testing. I left them running for 7 1/2 hours one day while synchronized. When I came back they were still going with no notable discoloration, dimness, heat buildup, or loss of sync. I was a little concerned of the unique flange and plastic tab system but, it shouldn't be a problem... (see pictures)

Final disposition: Pimp approves! Cool

Video done by Pimpala: Junior LED Lighthead

You can view the actual review here.

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