>From: Stirling@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 01:25:50 -0500
>To: drew@interport.net
>Subject: Re: best spotlight for Vanagons
>
>For $20 bucks you can get the Coleman 400,000 cp spotlight which will also
>burn a hole through a wall.  It is smaller and more compact and has more than
>enough power for most NORMAL people.  It also comes in an 800,000cp version
>with a bigger reflector.  
>
>REMEMBER, it is not so much the power of the bulb but the effeciency of the
>relflector which is most important.  HOW the light is distributred is
>critical.  It's not the gun it's the gunner...(tell THAT to John Holmes...may
>he rest in peace).  I've been very impressed with the Colemans and they
>should be considered as an alternative to the Brinkman.  
>
>And, by the way, have you measured the cp?  Is it a true million or only a
>paltry 900,001?
>
>Let's have a light off.  You use your Brinkman and  I'll use my Coleman and
>we'll see who can burn out more retinas of passing cabbies.
>
>Jimmy
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