Rotators, slow or fast?

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Bigassfireman

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What is everyone's oppinion on rotators, slow with longer exposure or fast with more flashes per minute?
 
I prefer slower on outer lenses, faster in the middle maybe or alternating (F/S/F/S/F).


Just my opinion:


All fast (in a fullsize bar) is just too much of a blur & with standard outers, you get more of a punch.
 
I say slow, especially for D-Techs. However, having all the rotators slow or fast doesn't help with creating a random flash pattern.


Dwell time of the "flash" that hits your eye each time the beam comes around in my opinion is more attention getting. That's why I like the old visibars and the MSP beacons. Even at steep approach /departure angles, the beam is still strong and visible (well I guess some of that might be due to the par32/36 fresnel optic bulbs used in some of them.


I guess that was a longer answer than you needed. Oh well.
 
all of my bars in my collection have a mix of both. Only one that has all fast rotators is my all light streethawk, rest are s/f/f/s.


I guess it all depends to be honest though.
 
Mainly I like slow, put I like the center clear rotator tobe fast. For D-Techs, they need to be slow. On high speed it's a purplish blur.
 
Newberry13 said:
Mainly I like slow, put I like the center clear rotator tobe fast. For D-Techs, they need to be slow. On high speed it's a purplish blur.

I've noticed with the D-Techs, it doesn't seem much like a flash, just a more steady dim light with very brief periods of increased brightness. Does that make any sense?


What about dash lights with reflectors? Any thoughts on those?
 
True. They do seem to always be lit. For dash lights like the dashlaser-M or FS FB3 with the Ultra Flash, regular speed. That means the dashlaser is putting out about 500 FPMs, and the FB3 is 720 FPMs. I used to have a dual speed FB3, and I noticed that people would be pulled over further ahead if it was on standard speed. Put if I was in town in bumper to bumper the intersection cleared better on high speed.
 
I dont like fast rotators i dont know if its just me but they just dont look like they are doing much when they are spinning fast like that. I preffer the regular speed rotators something like a tear drop or the federal firebeam.
 
I prefer slow rotators. Would prefer to have counter rotating lights as well, had a couple of cheap throw lights that rotated in different directions once and found them to be actually effective despite the low output.
 
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Newberry13 said:
True. They do seem to always be lit. For dash lights like the dashlaser-M or FS FB3 with the Ultra Flash, regular speed. That means the dashlaser is putting out about 500 FPMs, and the FB3 is 720 FPMs. I used to have a dual speed FB3, and I noticed that people would be pulled over further ahead if it was on standard speed. Put if I was in town in bumper to bumper the intersection cleared better on high speed.

If I recall correctly, the FireBeam was 95FPM on standard (665 FPM with the UF7 mirror), and the fast was 175FPM (1225 FPM with the mirror). Just a bit of trivia. :)
 
Doug said:
If I recall correctly, the FireBeam was 95FPM on standard (665 FPM with the UF7 mirror), and the fast was 175FPM (1225 FPM with the mirror). Just a bit of trivia. :)

Thanks Dr. Doug! I couldn't remember if they were 90 for standard or 95. Also, could you tell I was doing late night math?!
 
Slow if you've got mirrors or at least 6 rotators; fast if you've got no mirrors and 5 or fewer rotators.


...Which means that slow is generally best since mirrors are pretty much standard everywhere.
 
I've always liked the set-up for the mini vector s/f/s... Now if they would only come from FedSig with the 2 outer rotators going in opposite directions, is would be sweet... LoL


I wonder what a f/s/f mini vector would look like...? LOL
 
TritonBoulder47 said:
I wonder what a f/s/f mini vector would look like...? LOL

I used to have one in R/C/R, and it worked beautifully!
 
TritonBoulder47 said:
I've always liked the set-up for the mini vector s/f/s... Now if they would only come from FedSig with the 2 outer rotators going in opposite directions, is would be sweet
Couldn't you just swap +/- to one of the rotators?
 
NPS Ranger said:
Couldn't you just swap +/- to one of the rotators?

Yeah, but I'd like it if they came from FedSig like that... LoL I've done this with most of the halogen mini bars I've had... LoL
 
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I'm a fan of slow -- quiet, smooth, gets attention without blinding.


Place red and blue fast rotators next to each other and result can look purple IMO.
 
03crownvic said:
The best setup (and factory recommended) is slow for the outboards and fast for the inboards, especially if any of them are clear.
+1, My current MX7000 Mimmics this setup, and i love the pattern it makes.
 

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