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Post by sugarfoot on Dec 19, 2013 10:25:14 GMT -5
I finally got to try out my Wicked Lights set up the other day. I have the green LED light. The kit comes with a picatinny scope mount, shotgun tube mount,2 lithium batteries/charger, charger is for wall outlet or 12 volt, push button end cap, and tethered end cap. The LED can be easily replaced with red, green, or white LED. There are other kits with more goodies, like extra LEDs for instance.
The company claims 180 yards for animal recognition and 400 yards for shining eyes. It has high, medium, low, defensive strobe, SOS strobe modes. There is no lumen rating. Only yardage.
I hunted in a heavy snow shower the other night. During heavy snowfall, looking through your scope with the light on is like using bright lights while driving. Good to have a 2nd light or a partner for spotting. Other than that, I have no complaints about the light.
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Dec 19, 2013 22:02:09 GMT -5
A Cree UniqueFire 280 lumens
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Post by moose1am on Dec 22, 2013 20:03:22 GMT -5
A Cree UniqueFire 280 lumens Are you saying that the Wicked 400 light uses the Cree UniquieFire 280 Lumens LED light bulb? What about the reflector doesn't that have something to do with how many lumens are put out by the light? I'd love to know how many Lumens these lights actually put out. Is there anyway to measure the light output scientifically? The reason I ask is that I have the same light as the OP has. I just got it recently and have not had time to hunt with it yet. I've played around with it in the yard after it got dark. It seems to be pretty bright. I've got the Green LED too. I'm going to mount the light on a AR15 and use it with a Nikon 42 mm objective rifle scope. It should be bright enough to see a coyote at 100 yard and ID it for real. At least I'm hoping it does. They claim that you can see the eye shine at 400 yard and ID the target at 250 yards. I presume this is under ideal clear conditions. If it's snowing or foggy that won't be true.
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Dec 22, 2013 23:50:27 GMT -5
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Dec 22, 2013 23:54:14 GMT -5
I will say one thing everyone of these advertised predator lights and companys coming out of the wood work that are putting these light packages together the pieces and lights are coming from China
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Post by sugarfoot on Dec 23, 2013 10:25:28 GMT -5
Not sure where it comes from or what the lumen rating is. It's bright and I know I can see clearly with it at 150 yds depending on weather. I tried it out one evening after ranging an object at 153 yds. It was a clear, moonless night and the object was easy to see.
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Post by moose1am on Dec 23, 2013 17:40:43 GMT -5
I will say one thing everyone of these advertised predator lights and companys coming out of the wood work that are putting these light packages together the pieces and lights are coming from China I'm pretty sure we all paid way too much for just the light itself. There are similar lights on the market that sell for around $25 a piece and they look almost identical to the Wicked 400. Look up CREE Flashlights and see what I mean. It's too late for me as I already got mine. But if I were to buy another I think I'd buy one of the cheaper ones just to see what they are made of. Might be worth another 25 bucks to have a scan light. Perhaps the bezel is different in these lights. But I fear that the LED are basically all the same thing. I was told by another predator hunter on another web site that the XL250 light won't let him change the LED lights. I'm glad that the Wicked 400 light allows me to change LED to a different colored LED. I just ordered a Red and a White LED as my Wicked 400 came with the Green LED in it. I finally got the RED and WHITE LEDS in the mail today. I ordered them from www.allpredatorcalls.com and had to pay about $25 each with $6 shipping. Now I have a green, red and white LED Light. I'm going to be going out and doing some night hunting this month and see which one's work best for me. I need all the help I can get seeing at night. My eyes are not what they use to be. They were never that good but always were correctable with eyeglasses. Now since my heart attack back in 2009 and developing pre diabetes my eyes have the start of cataracts and some damage to the retinae which causes the off center part of my vision to be a little blurry. I have a portion of my vision that's gone bad and I have to live with this. I hope that it's in the lens of my eye and not in the retina and that if I get new lens put in with surgery it might help me see better. The eye doctor said that I have cateracts in my left eye and also in my right eye now but they are just beginning. Still the floaters bother me all the time. I tend to clean my eyeglasses a lot to help me see best. They get dirty easily so I keep a lot of Lense Cleaning Wipes around the house and in my truck. I know that the White LED will be the brightess but the RED may not spook the approaching coyotes or foxes as much as the white. And the green may work as it's easier to see than red but I've also read that some coyotes spook when you shine the green light on them. Perhaps they were taking about shining the brightess part of the GREEN Light on them and not just the halo part. The articles and stories that I've read didn't specify exactly how they spooked the coyotes. Just that they spooked at the Green light. But who knows what they were really saying. Which is why I'm going out to test this for myself now that I'm ready. Now I'm trying to figure out the best way to carry the AR15. Single point sling or a two point sling over the back. I worry that the rifle barrel will get mud inside the end if I carry the rifle with the barrel pointing down at the ground. I'm more use to carrying a rifle over my back with the barrel pointing up at the sky. Also I'm thinking about adding a attachment to the front barrel shroud where I can attach a Magpul Multiuse Sling to the front end fo the AR 15 as well as to the back plate where the castle nut holds the buffer tube onto the AR15. I have a Magpul Ambidextrous sling adaptor installed at that point.
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Dec 23, 2013 21:15:56 GMT -5
I have been using Cree lights for years as like the one in the link I had posted above , the bezels are smooth polished just like in the so called hi end lights , they have replaceable LED's and can switch up the colors like some of the Predator Light companys are advertising , if you go on Amazon you can buy each of the mounting brackets that come in the kits for around $5.00 each , I have a total of $35.00 invested into each of my 1/2 dozen lights I have with extra batteries , chargers , mounts , pressure switches ect ,
If any of us want to order a bulk amount from Light Malls or so forth they will put your company name on the light instead of the Cree logo , I know I personally e-mailed them to do so myself , and in the e-mail conversations I had asked him about some of the lights sold here in the USA as package deals he would not disclose who they were but he did say the lights were coming from him .
I have tested the lights exactly of which I posted in the link above and the cheap o'll Cree blew most of them all away and or identical as far as i'm concerned and it was pretty obvious to other guys that witnessed it as well .
I'm not posting this to bash light companys and new comers to the business which they are into it to make money but one thing is for sure you will never see me or anyof my hunting buddy's buy a light kit for $169.00 or more .
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Dec 29, 2013 18:05:37 GMT -5
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Post by moose1am on Jan 1, 2014 10:49:03 GMT -5
Before I check that out I wanted to ask you if you have heard of Wildlife Technologies in TX. They sell a light kit for $300. It appears to be the same light that I bought from Wicked Hunting Lights. They all have a pretty hefty Markup in price. When you can buy the same light for around $25 then why would any one want to pay $300 for the light kits? I wish I had paid more attention and saved some money. But now I know and if I have to do it over again I'll know what to do. I'm glad that you posted this information for everyone to read. I see on some other predator forum sites that there are some retailers pushing these $300 lights. I was going to post about this there but I deleted the post. I didn't want to start anything. But hopefully someone else will say something there and help save some people a lot of money. Hey it's ok to make a profit but I also think that a little completion helps keep the prices in check. Thanks for that link. I'll post it around the net on some other hunting forums so that others can see what's out there for much less than $300.
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Jan 1, 2014 18:57:28 GMT -5
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Post by dawgdad on Jan 2, 2014 13:57:19 GMT -5
I bought the Elusive Wildlife Technologies 250 Kill light set with the chargers and two mounting systems and both red and green Cree emitters for mucho $..... Went to E-bay and bought a second white Cree flashlight for $25. All parts are interchangeable with no difference in performance. The tail piece clicky switch is the weak link in this system. Keep the aluminum ring that makes contact with the body screwed in very tight. They can come loose and cause all kinds of issues. You need a set of pin nose pliers to do that too.
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Post by dawgdad on Jan 2, 2014 15:00:33 GMT -5
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Post by hoosierdaddy on Jan 2, 2014 18:23:50 GMT -5
Jeff , that's the same light I use on my gun with a white led , that's the one I was using last year at the IPC
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Post by sugarfoot on Jan 3, 2014 21:41:40 GMT -5
Do any of you have a good website for compatible weapon mounts? I have a friend that wants a light like mine, but I will probably steer him away from Wicked after seeing these posts.
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