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70 Watt HID Handheld review continued!
Dec 13, 2011

Mario from Kruger 2 Kalahari dropped us a small testimonial regarding the lights he tested (see post below for the full review).  Here is what he had to say:

The Lightforce Blitz 240 HID spotlight on Safari

Waterholes in most Southern African national parks are situated quite close to the chalets - in the region of 50 metres so that most spotlights and camera flashes can reach the subjects. But then there are the exceptions such as Kieliekrankie wilderness camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa, where the waterhole is about 120 metres away, and Dolomite camp in Etosha National Park, Namibia where the waterhole is a whopping 300 meters away!
Our old spotlights simply could not reach this far with clarity but for the new Lightforce Custom Built Blitz 70W HID 240 with Xenon bulb these distances are no challenge - we found the beam could reach over 1000 metres! 
In addition to this superior candlepower, the light is white which makes for much better photographs in terms of colour and clearness.
The photograph of the cheetah was taken at Kieliekrankie wilderness camp - the Lightforce Custom Built Blitz 70W HID provided light for us to focus our camera and to light up the whole waterhole while our camera flash provided some fill flash on the subject.
The pride of lions drinking was taken at Dolomite waterhole in Etosha - the Lightforce Custom Built Blitz 70W HID spotlight was the only source of light. We could not use a flash due to the distance and had to ensure that the camera was very stable when taking the photograph.
Without the Lightforce Custom Built Blitz 70W HID spotlight we would not be able to capture such photographs while on our African safaris.

Mario
http://www.kruger-2-kalahari.com/