Yet another "Why?" from Able 2 Products...

[badge22]

Flash Force LED Mini Bars


SHO-ME Flash Force LED Mini Light Bars





Why?





I am dumbfounded at the goofy products that they come up with. They just introduced their "Lineal" technology which is there linear LED's (welcome to where everyone else has been for years). Why not focus on Lineal dash lights, warning bars, etc. instead of this?





Was the strobe / LED version of this that popular? (In 20 of years of public safety experience I have never seen ONE in person)

 

[acala91]

It looks like they made that with one of those disposable baking pans you buy at the grocery store.

 

[Hoff]

It looks like they made that with one of those disposable baking pans you buy at the grocery store.

Keeps the cost down lol!

 

[PHX_Upfitter]

The ODOT offices in the area used to love using the 11.1200.000 bars on their equipment. Seems like every dump truck and vacuum truck had at least two or three of the things. They've mostly switched to Whelen Responder LPs over the past few years, but I think there's still a few that have the Sho-Me bars. Anyway, point is there is/was at least some sort of market for the things.

 

[badge22]

The 11.1200 is one thing. Decent bar, very popular as is the 12.1224 Luninator. But why put 5MM with strobes facing the mirrors, previous model and now a model with "Lineal" LEDS facing a mirror? Put a Lineal in the front and a Lineal in the back and flank them with 5MM panels.

 

[HILO]

I've installed dozens of the wrap around style over the years, on security guard vehicles, and construction trucks. Good bang for the buck, and very durable. Pretty much perfect for people that just need ID lighting and not response/ lane blocking.

 

[Hoser]

My organization has had 30 of these in the 5mm early edition for years. They do take a beating and with very few problems. I have the Responder LP and it blows them away.

 

[jprleedy4680]

These are very popular in my region. The ones with the strobes are a little more rare around here, but every man and his brother seems to have the wrap-around 5mm bar like this.

 

[chief1562]

I got one of those and put in cudas.

 

[Rusted413]

Ive never seen one in person either, but the wacker in me loves the led strobe combo, especially using the mirrors to direct the strobes. Not sure how effective it is, but in theory I think its a great idea.

 

[MEVS06]

The original led strobe combo sucks. The supervisor for my side job has one and it blows. I'm selling them all new lights.

 

[bfd740]

Ive never seen one in person either, but the wacker in me loves the led strobe combo, especially using the mirrors to direct the strobes. Not sure how effective it is, but in theory I think its a great idea.

I always kind of liked the idea, you get bursts of white strobes on the corners without having to have 4 tubes. The idea never really caught on, but this was one of the few Sho-Me products that I actually like.


What they should have done, is offered it with either linear LED's all the way or linear LED's on the front and sides and kept the white strobes in the corners. They also should have offered an optional flashing alley light for the sides either in the place of the LED board or as a split alley/color LED combination.

 

[Jtsou]

MEGA alternating?!@?!?


YES!!!!


The way they name their products (11.12314124151, etc) annoys me.

 

[JohnMarcson]

Once apon a time in a land that I can neither confirm nor deny..... One of our members claims to have submitted this idea to the company.... he has pics to back it up... or he went to a lot of trouble to fake it.... The story goes it was a mod of the able 2 led bar posted here and submitted to the company. Either way, I always thought it was an over complicated mod and not the best work for that member's custom bar portfolio anyway....

 

[Kd8bao]

I had and loved the 11.1200 mini bar. It was bright. I used as a response bar. Then I split the boards positive lead across the top so I had 8 flashing panels instead if just 4.


http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e159/kd8bao/aa05daa6.mp4

 

[chief1562]

I still like what I did to one of their dual level strobe lightforce's.

 

[bfd740]

The way they name their products (11.12314124151, etc) annoys me.

:iagree:

 

[chief1562]

It's easier that what nobody can say "Hay that's the name of our product and it's a rights protected name" anybody can use numbers.

 

[Kevin K.]

Just so you know, Able 2 Products never asks "Why?" They ask "Why not?"

 

[Station 3]

The original led strobe combo sucks. The supervisor for my side job has one and it blows. I'm selling them all new lights.

My whole damn life i have wanted one of those bars in R/B with white strobes i think they are fricken cool! But.... im not willing to pay over $1,000 for them most of the time they cost more then that and for some reason Sho Me is still charging EXTRA for the diffrent color LEDs as if the BLUE, RED colors were more expensive to make then the AMBER color????????


I have seen the little bar in person in R/B strobe mix and it looked AWESOME got a chub just watching it flash.


Prices


Suggested retail price


Permanent Mount


11.1230.000


Amber or Red


$ 846.16


11.1230.000


Blue or White


$1,029.98


11.1230.000


Amber or Red & Blue or White


$ 938.08


Magnetic Mount


11.1230.008


Amber or Red


$ 893.16


11.1230.008


Blue or White


$1,123.98


11.1230.008


Amber or Red & Blue or White


$1,008.58

 

[jprleedy4680]

My whole damn life i have wanted one of those bars in R/B with white strobes i think they are fricken cool! But.... im not willing to pay over $1,000 for them most of the time they cost more then that and for some reason Sho Me is still charging EXTRA for the diffrent color LEDs as if the BLUE, RED colors were more expensive to make then the AMBER color????????


I have seen the little bar in person in R/B strobe mix and it looked AWESOME got a chub just watching it flash.


Prices


Suggested retail price


Permanent Mount


11.1230.000


Amber or Red


$ 846.16


11.1230.000


Blue or White


$1,029.98


11.1230.000


Amber or Red & Blue or White


$ 938.08


Magnetic Mount


11.1230.008


Amber or Red


$ 893.16


11.1230.008


Blue or White


$1,123.98


11.1230.008


Amber or Red & Blue or White


$1,008.58

Yikes. I saw some NOS/NIB at MI Fireman's Memorial (Red or Amber) with strobes for just under 300. I reckon you would pay a better price by not going direct through the factory.

 

[NCFD43]

1 grand for that bar when I got my mini liberty for 300, added 2 more 500 series for 150, and still have room for more lights. Hmmm...