What's the difference between the whelen Ion wide angle and standard. Which do u prefer and does anyone have vids to compare.
Difference between the Ion wide angle and standard
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fleetcomm
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I will do a compairson when I get to the shop in the morning. I like the wide angle better.
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SireLite
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it could very well be that the standard is spot beam and the wide angle is flood beam.
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Eric1249
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Would the standard be ok on the sides of a brushguard? I am guessing the standard is more of a focused beam
chiefolson
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Eric1249 said:
I think that the Wide would be best in the brushguard installation. I haven't seen them side-by-side, but I would compare the utilization of standard versus wide on a par with using a linear versus TIR in the 500 light. I install linear 500s when the intent is a wide dispersion of light, such as the outside lights in a two pair configuration in the grille of a vehicle. For the inside lights, I utilize the TIR style as I am looking for directional reach and punch. We have two ambulances on order and are moving from 500 Linears to Wide IONS for the supplemental brake lights in the rear doors and the high mounted turnsignals. These are lights that I am wanting a wide distribution of light so that they are clearly visible from all angles from the rear of the vehicle.
My installer recently outfitted an LEO vehicle with the Wide IONs and was most impressed with them, both straight on and at wide angles.
Jon
VolEms said:
current mirror beams I have received are standard ions. i'm sure you could request it to be sent with the wide version, but the std ones do fine in that application.
sidekicks are avail in both standard and wide.
I thought there was a thread on here with a pic of the spread difference...
Too hard for me to search for it now on my iPad.
Too hard for me to search for it now on my iPad.
It's basically for the normal ion it would be like a flashlight with a circle on the wall as compared to the wide angled ion which would be say more of an oval reflecting more light to the left n right. Or check out whelens pic for the m2 they have in same way with a normal and a wide angled. Hope this helps. 
Is the price the same for the standard and wide angle.
Still waiting for a vid of them side by side. Any Whelen ppl out there.
Still waiting for a vid of them side by side. Any Whelen ppl out there.
fleetcomm
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I did a video and it does not show the difference very well.
the wide angle ion is on top and the regular ion on the bottom
The wide angle is on the right side.
the wide angle ion is on top and the regular ion on the bottom
The wide angle is on the right side.
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