RescueWV
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The Background: I'm Fire Police Captain for a rural volunteer fire department. I typically respond direct to scene in my POV, a 2014 Jeep Cherokee, which currently has only a Red/White Feniex Apollo Mini-X. Once on scene, I'd say about 50% of the time I end up at the scene itself amid other emergency vehicles, while 50% of the time I'm elsewhere, either providing advanced warning on the highway, or doing traffic control or a road closure on secondary roads.
The Problem: I'm finding that if I shut down to all red once on scene (especially at night) that the lightbar can easily start to blend in among taillights and the like. I'd like to add some amber into the mix to make it pop a bit more. But given our limited call volume, I'd like to still keep my set-up somewhat simple and cost effective, ideally less than $150.
Possible Solutions:
The Problem: I'm finding that if I shut down to all red once on scene (especially at night) that the lightbar can easily start to blend in among taillights and the like. I'd like to add some amber into the mix to make it pop a bit more. But given our limited call volume, I'd like to still keep my set-up somewhat simple and cost effective, ideally less than $150.
Possible Solutions:
- (Used) Whelen Tir6 Slimlighter - Centered high in rear windshield
- Feniex Fusion 200 (40 degree optic) - Centered high in rear windshield
- Does it make more sense to have both lightheads be amber? Or one red, one amber?
- Is the Slimlighter comparable behind tint to the Fusion 200? Or would the Fusion be noticeably brighter, being the newer technology
- Would you prefer the separation of the lightheads provided by the Slimlighter, or the compactness of the Fusion 200?
- And finally, what are your thoughts on throwing solution one and two out the window, and just doing a single Feniex T3 on either top corner of the rear window? And again, one red/one amber, or both amber?