ucaller lamp vs lightforce

smokin ace

hi everyone with the new lamping season not long away now i am on the hunt for a lamp i had a lightforce 170 before and it was a top notch lamp but now i have seen the ucaller lamps on the internet and they are cheaper than the lightforce but has any one used the ucaller lamp before do they throw the same light whats the spot like out of it and they are as good as the lightforce
thanks

poulo6.5

smokin ace wrote: »

hi everyone with the new lamping season not long away now i am on the hunt for a lamp i had a lightforce 170 before and it was a top notch lamp but now i have seen the ucaller lamps on the internet and they are cheaper than the lightforce but has any one used the ucaller lamp before do they throw the same light whats the spot like out of it and they are as good as the lightforce
thanks

what lamping season. you can lamp all year round if you wish.

i'v never seen the ucaller lamp, have you a link where i can look at one.

smokin ace

poulo6.5 wrote: »

what lamping season. you can lamp all year round if you wish.

i'v never seen the ucaller lamp, have you a link where i can look at one.

i know you could lamp all year round but i dont fancy lamping in the summer out to late when working the next day and if you lamp in the summer and the dog kills rabbits your only killing rabbits in young and destroying the fun for the winter
i know a lot of lads that ferret lamp and shoot every rabbit out of an area and then complain there is no rabbits after that

here is the link for the lamp
http://www.sportsden.ie/ucaller-eye-handheld-variable-beam-lamp.html

poulo6.5

smokin ace wrote: »

i know you could lamp all year round but i dont fancy lamping in the summer out to late when working the next day and if you lamp in the summer and the dog kills rabbits your only killing rabbits in young and destroying the fun for the winter
i know a lot of lads that ferret lamp and shoot every rabbit out of an area and then complain there is no rabbits after that

here is the link for the lamp
http://www.sportsden.ie/ucaller-eye-handheld-variable-beam-lamp.html

cheers it looks the same anyway. it might be worth a punt for the money

smokin ace

i was thinking that myself its cheaper than the lightforce but cheaper is not always better hopefully one of the other lads on the forum has one and can give a bit of feed back before i buy one

greenpeter

Have one its a great light and gets loads of abuse from us with no problems.

jap gt

u caller are meant to be an exact copy with more or less the same performance, cant be mounted on a gun though

clivej

Son had the LF 170 for the scope. A great lamp has to be said. He sold it for a LED torch. I the meantime I bought a UCaller NightEye handheld lamp. I see this to be a clone/copy of the LF170 in every way.
I use it for scaning the fields and I have a LED torch fitted to the scope for the final shot.

The son sold off his LED torch, mainly because I had a torch fitted, and got himself the UCaller night eye as well.
IMO these lamps are as good as the LF170 but I don't think they do a scope mounted version as I have only seen the hand held type. They can be had for €59 in Stakelums in Thurles.

sniper83

clivej wrote: »

Son had the LF 170 for the scope. A great lamp has to be said. He sold it for a LED torch. I the meantime I bought a UCaller NightEye handheld lamp. I see this to be a clone/copy of the LF170 in every way.
I use it for scaning the fields and I have a LED torch fitted to the scope for the final shot.

The son sold off his LED torch, mainly because I had a torch fitted, and got himself the UCaller night eye as well.
IMO these lamps are as good as the LF170 but I don't think they do a scope mounted version as I have only seen the hand held type. They can be had for €59 in Stakelums in Thurles.

Was talking to da guy in LR active last week hes getting in a range of Ucaller scope mounted lamps similar to the Lightforce ones next month..;)
have a handheld LF170 myself and even the Ucaller lenses fit the LF170 lamp.. very reasonable at only €15

jap gt

Bonecrusher wrote: »

Was talking to da guy in LR active last week hes getting in a range of Ucaller scope mounted lamps similar to the Lightforce ones next month..;)
have a handheld LF170 myself and even the Ucaller lenses fit the LF170 lamp.. very reasonable at only €15

do you know how much they will be

sniper83

jap gt wrote: »

do you know how much they will be

He was sayin around 80 quid and they will have a variable power switch on them aswell, was goin to buy a LF scope mounted or Tracer Max but tink il hold off until he gets the Ucaller version in.. hopefully be worth the wait;)

kildare.17hmr

How much would a battery be for that u-caller?? the one in sportsden for €59

jap gt

Bonecrusher wrote: »

He was sayin around 80 quid and they will have a variable power switch on them aswell, was goin to buy a LF scope mounted or Tracer Max but tink il hold off until he gets the Ucaller version in.. hopefully be worth the wait;)

let us know when they are in

sniper83

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

How much would a battery be for that u-caller?? the one in sportsden for €59

you can pick up a 12v 7ah rechargable battery or one similar in an electrical supplier, got my last one for €15 in CT electrical in galway:eek: get yourself a 12V Socket and leads with a fuse and away ya go!!;)


[/QUOTE] let us know when they are in [/QUOTE]

will do jap

kildare.17hmr

Bonecrusher wrote: »

you can pick up a 12v 7ah rechargable battery or one similar in an electrical supplier, got my last one for €15 in CT electrical in galway:eek: get yourself a 12V Socket and leads with a fuse and away ya go!!;)

let us know when they are in [/QUOTE]

will do jap[/QUOTE]
Thanks for that! how long would ya get out of one?

sniper83

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Thanks for that! how long would ya get out of one?

dont know to be honest i just keep mine charged up, id say at least half an hour of continuous lamping...

kerryltz

Got this kit from Deben with the stock mounted dimmer and lithium battery and is good does not have the range of the lightforce but is compact and light weight for the gun and you dont even notice the battery.
http://www.deben.com/lights_lamping/tracer_gunlights/max.php

sniper83

kerryltz wrote: »

Got this kit from Deben with the stock mounted dimmer and lithium battery and is good does not have the range of the lightforce but is compact and light weight for the gun and you dont even notice the battery.
http://www.deben.com/lights_lamping/tracer_gunlights/max.php

looks the job alright...how far out can you shoot with the lamp on a clear night?

kerryltz

You can see a fox clearly out to 200 so its good enough I use a lightforce for scanning and the switch to Deben the one extra bit I have ordered is a aluminium mount for going onto the scope as the one on the kit tends to roll back and forth but its only about £7 extra

http://www.deben.com/lights_lamping/tracer_gunlights/mounts.php

smokin ace

i have just ordered one of the ucaller lamps from sportsden.ie for €64 including postage saving around €20 euro compared to buying a lightforce one it should be in a few days so will up date on what its like

ronn

smokin ace wrote: »

i have just ordered one of the ucaller lamps from sportsden.ie for €64 including postage saving around €20 euro compared to buying a lightforce one it should be in a few days so will up date on what its like

what are you using for the battery, looked at some of the batterys god there expensive:mad:

smokin ace

i am using one of the deben lithium ion battery pack i know they are very expensive compared to sealed batterys but the deben pack is well worth the money
i have been out lamping for nearly 3 hours with the deban pack and the lamp dont get dimmer as the battery dies when its dead it will just stop working but that has not happened to me yet
http://www.deben.com/lights_lamping/batteries/lithium_ion_battery_pack.php

smokin ace

just an update the ucaller lamp came today and it looks the very same as the lightforce 170 apart from the on\off switch its located at the back on the ucaller
but comparing the spot of the two side by side the lightforce wins
the spot on the ucaller is slightly wider even when adjusted to give the tightest spot possible but its still a very good lamp for the money
but if you can afford the extra few euro i would recommend getting the lightforce

kay 9

If ya pull out the bulb a little, it will tighten up the spot. I have the scope mounted version and I have to do it from time to time as the bulb keeps going into the last with the recoil I suppose. I noticed first when I would screw the LF focusing bell right in and it would still have a darker point in the middle.

ormondprop

just some advice if you are doing this never touch the halogen bulb with bare skin always use a clean cloth or something

kay 9

Agree, or else the bulb will blow or it's life will be shortened. Forgot to mention that. Cheers...

CJhaughey

If you do touch the bulb, use a bit of alcohol on a tissue and clean the bulb.
What happens is that the grease carbonises on the quartz and causes a localised heat buildup which can damage the filament.

kay 9

Didn't know that one Cj, cheers again...