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4.5
Just the Facts (which I couldn't find prior to buying):Size: the front face lens is 11 inches in diameter, the length is 15 inches from lens to back of battery compartment.weight: 7.4 lbs.The term Colossus is appropriate this is a HUGE spotlight.Charging: The "Manual" (really equivalent to an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper printed on both sides pamphlet) states:1) Do not overcharge the battery, doing so will damage the battery.2) Fully charging the battery takes "around" 15 hours whether by AC or car DC.3) The spotlight indicates when it is fully charged by the red LED going from steady to blinking (initially there is a "soft" blinking, then a stronger, more definite blinking).4) Charge after each use and every 3 months whether used or not.5) The batteries have a maximum of 500 charge-discharge cycles.Note) The Cyclops net site claims the full charge time is 20 hours, probably guaranteeing you will damage the battery in short order....I charge the light 3-4 hours at a time, waiting at least about 4 hours between charges to let the battery cool down and normalize until I get a blinking LED (and the total charge time is less than or equal to 15 hours).I had a Cyclops Thor-X Scout 6.5 million CP which due to my infrequent and overcharging of the battery failed to hold a charge.Unfortunately,It had no way of opening it up to change the battery; however it was an ideal size and weight and seemed to put out as much light as the Colossus's "18 Million cp".The Colossus is designed to allow replacing the bulb and batteries, the Scout was designed to not be able to do this and had no blinking LED to indicate being fully charged.
