It's like the power of the sun in your hands

Wow these are bright!!!!!! In fact, if you aim straight up it'll light up the skies like spotlights used at Hollywood premieres! But they are far more effective when you aim straight ahead, as it can clearly illuminate over 500 feet as if it were in the middle of daylight.

The Vector 20M spotlight uses a two-headed design with two seperate bulbs. Think of it as headlights on a car except it's brighter and lights up farther. You can choose to use only one bulb, as there are two switches (one for each bulb). No reason to use both actually, as one is as bright as two. It's just barely noticeable really. Also using only one should prolong the charge and also bulb life.

And although it's probably the heaviest spotlight ever made, it's not that heavy, weighing in at 9 pounds (as weighed on my electronic scale). I can actually pick it up with just my pinky and hold it for a few minutes. Let's just say you're not going to look like Governor Arnold carrying this around. Don't worry, they also come with a shoulder strap just in case you're a weakling. :)

The charge should last over 30 minutes but I haven't had to use it for longer than 20 minutes. It takes 8 hours to fully recharge. There are 3 lights on the handle to indicate how much charge is left. Two reds and one flashing green light, which indicates fully charged. Unfortunately they only light up when you are recharging, so you don't know how much charge is left while using it. It requires 30-35 hours of initial charge out of the box.

It also has a small 3-bulbed utility light built in to its handle. It uses white-bluish light (like HID in luxury cars) and supposedly will stay on for 250 hours on a single charge. But I haven't really tested it to see if true. It's about as bright as a small pocket flashlight though. Only useful to illuminate no farther than 5 feet ahead. But it's quite useful when changing a tire or reading a book.

Amazon sells these for $77 but I found them cheaper at Heartland America for $29. So I ended up buying two. Glad I did.