In my work as a firefighter/paramedic... we have access to these mounted
spotlights in the big red trucks and on some of the older squads.  We also
have the handheld, portable, higher candlelight power plug into the
cigarette lighter models.  The usage factor is about 10,000 to 1 in favor of
the handheld model.

Now, if you want to talk about the telescoping, double lamp models mounted
on poles behind our cabs....THESE are great for static display/illumination.

YMMV
--
Stephen
Chillicothe OH

on 2/20/07 9:18 PM, Nathaniel Poole at myth.wright@GMAIL.COM wrote:

> This is a dumb waste of money. I think. But I'm drawn to the
> uber-kewlness of it. I was at the wreckers picking up my propane
> furnace when I spotted a '50s spotlight hanging on a wall. The kind
> with the control arm that goes inside the vehicle and you can point
> the spot anywhere you want. I think it would fit on the roof pillar on
> the drivers side, beside the windshield. Guy wants 150 clams for it. I
> told myself it was a dumb waste of money and walked away, but I also
> thought it could be very useful, especially when camping. I haven't
> done much camping with my bus so I really can't say (being the noob).
> What do other's think?
>
> It would also work very well with the big tires zebra stripes bush
> theme that is evolving.