As an engineer with an strong interest in robotic design and builds I can tell right off the bat this has excellent quality actuators. I get it sounds corny but if you spend enough time around robots you can tell just by the harmonics of the actuators if they are built well... As simple as this may seem building a product that has to stand up to basically earthquakes every time you drive down the road, the elements, abuse ect is no easy engineering or manufacturing task. If these are made in the USA i'll be purchasing one. If not then i'll be going with another US maker. If we are ever gonna really get this country back on it's feet we must bring back our factories otherwise we are just dying a slow death as a nation.
You could improve it by adding a camera then hooking that up so you can select a target/object for the light to follow I'll sell you that idea for 10% of sales
That'd be amazing! Hopefully they could get it work well because my phone has that feature and it can barely track my cat walking across the room lmfao
@@ClappaGlappa My DJI drone can track people and things pretty well, and it doesn't only keep them in frame, but follows them where ever they might go So it shouldn't be hard to make this happen
I saw a security 2022 Tahoe outfitted with a bunch of Whelen lights and a Proguard rambar with more lights on it and TWO of these spotlights. I was like YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST!
Maybe I missed it or I am not up on current terminology but is there a way to operate this via some sort of wireless remote if the person should be outside of the vehicle and wants to adjust it from outside? I understand that you said that it can be adjusted manually from outside of the vehicle but In my scenario I am considering mounting this on my truck's roll bar which would make that very inconvenient to always be hopping in the bed of my 4x4 to adjust it rather than via some sort of hand held wireless remote.
That would be a perfect fit for the Tesla Model S (as some agencies are trying it out), since it can't use traditional pillar-mounted spotlights due the pillars having airbags.
1:07 he covered that.. the "old school" pillar mount spot lights can no longer be installed in newer vehicles due to several factors, but I'm betting the big one is the fact that you can compromise the structural integrity of the A-pillar by drilling through it... Along with the installation of airbags all over, you don't want to drill through one of those! So they had to come up with a different solution.
Used to have the old boat lights on the top. Some old cars from Melbourne PD and Brevard County still have them. They didn’t work well. They were slow to respond and the motors went bad often. These are a world of difference though.
Useless in Indiana & Georgia both states still used the best kind,the org. No plans on using anything other then the org spot lights on our police,& ambulance
A department near me have something similar to this on top of their roof lightbars as well as the Unity spotlights on the A pillar. The light in this video seems very tiny compared to what I'm referring to.
Most vehicles have airbags in the A-pillar now, requiring either a removal of said airbag, or the light to be mounted elsewhere. This fixes that problem by mounting to the front driver’s side fender.
@@jav_eee when my regular $100 spotlight breaks on most agencies break they dont replace it.... what makes you think a crazy expensive version of it will be a hit..
These public safety vendor sales people crack me up. They think this stuff is the best thing ever and gets command staff who never works the road to buy this stupid stuff. The LED Concentrated light is small and doesn't disperse well. It looks hideous on a vehicle and requires several holes to be drilled in the body of the vehicle. In the winter I wonder if it will freeze solid, and how long the motor will last. Stick to the Unity spotlight dont buy it!
Have you even seen a pic/vid of the beam? I know that difficult because there aren’t many out there but the beam spreads just fine. Also, 5 small holes in a fender is way better and easier to “fix” than 3 holes in an a-pillar. This light can be moved to your next vehicle without leaving a hole into the cab on the old one.
never had a light wave bye to me before, that's a pretty cool addon, might just have to get me one
Right?! lol.
"If you bump it by accident, you're not gonna break it"
Every single first responder: challenge accepted
we swung a forklift and clipped one on an expedition, ripped the mount out of the fender, new brackets and it still worked perfectly fine
Now this is a very impressive product.
Whelen changing the game with this one, very impressive.😊
As an engineer with an strong interest in robotic design and builds I can tell right off the bat this has excellent quality actuators. I get it sounds corny but if you spend enough time around robots you can tell just by the harmonics of the actuators if they are built well... As simple as this may seem building a product that has to stand up to basically earthquakes every time you drive down the road, the elements, abuse ect is no easy engineering or manufacturing task. If these are made in the USA i'll be purchasing one. If not then i'll be going with another US maker. If we are ever gonna really get this country back on it's feet we must bring back our factories otherwise we are just dying a slow death as a nation.
Good thing this bad boy is USA made , hard to find these days. Im surprised this country lets police departments buy Asian lights.
I saw one of these on a truck last night patrolling my neighborhood after a power outage.. now i feel like i need one
I think I need one of these on the top of my roof
Hey now...thats what I have been thinking about.
You could improve it by adding a camera then hooking that up so you can select a target/object for the light to follow
I'll sell you that idea for 10% of sales
That'd be amazing! Hopefully they could get it work well because my phone has that feature and it can barely track my cat walking across the room lmfao
@@ClappaGlappa My DJI drone can track people and things pretty well, and it doesn't only keep them in frame, but follows them where ever they might go
So it shouldn't be hard to make this happen
Very smart product
Ima show this to a cop and see what he thinks lol and see if he can show it to his sergeant or supervisor
I saw a security 2022 Tahoe outfitted with a bunch of Whelen lights and a Proguard rambar with more lights on it and TWO of these spotlights. I was like YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT COST!
Fill us in please
@@socomt5is $700 each for light and control head
I wish they had this and a similar one in appearance that’s thermal.
I do fier police and road sid assistents would I be alowd to buy this
Maybe I missed it or I am not up on current terminology but is there a way to operate this via some sort of wireless remote if the person should be outside of the vehicle and wants to adjust it from outside? I understand that you said that it can be adjusted manually from outside of the vehicle but In my scenario I am considering mounting this on my truck's roll bar which would make that very inconvenient to always be hopping in the bed of my 4x4 to adjust it rather than via some sort of hand held wireless remote.
So on a fire truck which has Mars lights on the front of the cab where exactly would you mount these for that effect?
How do you activate as a code 3 response?
So you can program this to go to a set location for home and then to a set location when it's powered on? Is that via manual mode?
Is there one for jeep wrangler?
Hi. Is that for universal mounting?
Can you dim the control panel lights? I work nights and they're very bright
very east through programming
No specifications?
How do you adjust the brightness of the button lighting ?
Yeah but what does the light output look like at night?
That would be a perfect fit for the Tesla Model S (as some agencies are trying it out), since it can't use traditional pillar-mounted spotlights due the pillars having airbags.
Really most modern vehicles have the pillar mounted airbags anymore
I want that in the front driver side corner of my pickup bed.
What is the point of this light? What is this light doing that the standard spotlight on a police car doesn't do now?
1:07 he covered that.. the "old school" pillar mount spot lights can no longer be installed in newer vehicles due to several factors, but I'm betting the big one is the fact that you can compromise the structural integrity of the A-pillar by drilling through it... Along with the installation of airbags all over, you don't want to drill through one of those!
So they had to come up with a different solution.
Will it fit fiat 500 fender?
Didn't these try to be a thing in the mid 2000s and no agencies outside of Florida actually purchased them?
Used to have the old boat lights on the top. Some old cars from Melbourne PD and Brevard County still have them. They didn’t work well. They were slow to respond and the motors went bad often.
These are a world of difference though.
My local department has these on their new Durangos, Tahoes, and suburbans. I’ve never seen them in use before, but they’re pretty damn cool.
I want one
Looks too touchy to aim precisely into a side mirror
Very Cool!
Need a marine version...
Do i need it no do i want it yes
How much?
You can find it on our online store here: www.911rapidresponse.com/whelen-arges.html
Can the controller control more then 1. For example if I have one on each side of my vehicle, do I need 2 joy sticks?
You only need one joystick
@@911RapidResponse can more than 2 lights be used on one controller/joystick? If so whats the max lights that be controlled by one controller
that light is 933 dollars
Useless in Indiana & Georgia both states still used the best kind,the org. No plans on using anything other then the org spot lights on our police,& ambulance
A department near me have something similar to this on top of their roof lightbars as well as the Unity spotlights on the A pillar. The light in this video seems very tiny compared to what I'm referring to.
How much is it
You can find it on our online store here: www.911rapidresponse.com/whelen-arges.html
I think it would be a waste of space in the police car. But its COOL!!
@Kraakmo yeah some older dutch police vehicles have them too!
They’re being mounted on the front drivers side fender, to replace the A-pillar spotlights traditionally used.
I think he means that Theres no Space for it Inside the cabin
Free sauce put a camera on it
R2D2
Don’t think this is necessary! How is this better than the old fashion way?
Most vehicles have airbags in the A-pillar now, requiring either a removal of said airbag, or the light to be mounted elsewhere. This fixes that problem by mounting to the front driver’s side fender.
@Tristan Murto In addition, it can be programmed into the lightbar system to automatically turn on and aim when the lightbar is switched in.
OEMs are discontinuing the a-pillar style unit lights for safety reasons.
Waste of money another problem solved for something that was never broken.
OEMs are discontinuing the a-pillar unity style lights for safety reasons. Whelen is just the first to offer an alternative
People said this about the first iPhone and look at us now haha
@@jav_eee when my regular $100 spotlight breaks on most agencies break they dont replace it.... what makes you think a crazy expensive version of it will be a hit..
@@BakedTatoes please show me your $100 spotlight that’s actually worth af 😂
@@jav_eee please show me a whelen product that's worth AF lol only thing good about whelen is the limited warranty
These public safety vendor sales people crack me up. They think this stuff is the best thing ever and gets command staff who never works the road to buy this stupid stuff. The LED Concentrated light is small and doesn't disperse well. It looks hideous on a vehicle and requires several holes to be drilled in the body of the vehicle. In the winter I wonder if it will freeze solid, and how long the motor will last. Stick to the Unity spotlight dont buy it!
Have you even seen a pic/vid of the beam? I know that difficult because there aren’t many out there but the beam spreads just fine. Also, 5 small holes in a fender is way better and easier to “fix” than 3 holes in an a-pillar. This light can be moved to your next vehicle without leaving a hole into the cab on the old one.
Hate it