{"id":17064,"date":"2015-06-23T00:02:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=17064"},"modified":"2015-06-23T08:35:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:35:58","slug":"product-review-scangrip-multimatch-led-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/product-review-scangrip-multimatch-led-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: Scangrip Multimatch LED Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greg recently approached me and asked if I want to “test and review a super secret new product”.\u00a0 Who says no to that!\u00a0 This is what came soon after and we’ve been enjoying it ever since.\u00a0 The Scangrip Multimatch Light<\/a>..<\/p>\n

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This is one of those products that just “feels” good.\u00a0 Even the look of the box and the charger simply screams quality.<\/p>\n

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Overall the light just looks very well made and put together, which made it hard to be unbiased when testing it out.\u00a0 The front is a plate that contains the light and a replaceable glass assembly.\u00a0 The curved shape ensures the lens doesn’t get scratched or broken during use or when dropped.\u00a0 The color combo is very nice as well…<\/p>\n

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On the rear you see the large, easy to use power button, which has 2 modes.\u00a0 One is 600 lumens and 2nd is 2000.\u00a0 This makes it a great light for both lighting up an area as well as using it as a spotlight, but we’ll get to that later.<\/p>\n

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There is a very nice screw cap for the charging port.\u00a0 This goes along with the entire unit being water resistant and dust proof.<\/p>\n

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The cap unscrews to reveal the charging port, which has 2 small holes and a little notch on top for the cord to fit.\u00a0 The male end on the charger is made with the same material and simply screws on…<\/p>\n

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Here I took a couple of photos to show how much the Colour Match actually lights up the area.\u00a0 Kept the camera on the same (somewhat dark) setting and the Corvette was fairly dark…<\/p>\n

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On the first setting at 600 lumens it was already an environment in which you can do some work, but still a bit dark on some places overall…<\/p>\n

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The 2000 lumen setting really made things nice and bright.<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to tell in the photo, but you can actually see swirl marks and defects in the paint from quite a distance.\u00a0 This makes it not only easy to work on the side of the car and see stuff like polish residue easily, but at the same time you can check for defects as you’re polishing without moving or being near the light.\u00a0 Simply positioning it the right way will allow for both.\u00a0 In this photo, the light is sitting by the rear wheel, about 4 feet away and slightly angled towards the front.\u00a0 The beam I measured is roughly 9 feet in diameter when it’s placed 4 feet away from the wall.\u00a0 Place it away a bit further and the beam grows.<\/p>\n

A few more photos showing the power of the light…<\/p>\n

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600 lumens…<\/p>\n

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2000 lumens…<\/p>\n

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Now a couple random photos because I simply couldn’t stop playing around with it :)…<\/p>\n

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Onto some serious stuff again.\u00a0 The Multimatch is extremely versatile in that it can be run all day plugged in, but also become a portable work light that you can position anywhere.\u00a0 To fully charge it takes around 3 hours and it has a run time of 1.5 hours on the 2000 lumen setting and 6 hours on the 600 lumen setting, which is pretty good on one charge.\u00a0 As shown a bit in the Corvette photos above, this portability and high power allows it too show defects from quite a distance.<\/p>\n

Here I wanted to show roughly what kind of defects can be seen when placing the light a certain distance from the car.\u00a0 In this photo, the light is about 15 feet away and on the stronger setting.\u00a0 It clearly shows swirl marks even at that distance, while illuminating the entire side of the car…<\/p>\n

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Here it’s roughly 8 feet from the car and already you can see how much stronger it is the closer it gets…<\/p>\n

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Finally, roughly 2-3 feet from the car the light simply washes out defects in the photo…<\/p>\n

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In person our eyes can adjust to the light close up, but it’s really blinding and I wouldn’t be using it any closer than 4-5 feet.\u00a0 On the higher setting that is.\u00a0 Lower setting is fine closer up and works very well.\u00a0 The below photo was adjusted for the brightness and shows things a bit darker than what our eyes would see…<\/p>\n

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As you can see, one can easily spot any defects in the paint and again, you can do this along the whole side of the car without moving the light.\u00a0 You may have to adjust the angle of it once or twice depending on the size of the car, but it should be fine even in just one position.\u00a0 Here’s just a closeup of some very hard to see defects…<\/p>\n

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And finally a couple of mandatory half\/half photos…<\/p>\n

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In addition to the great light it provides, the Multimatch has a stand that allows it to almost fully rotate 180 degrees, which means you can use it at multiple angles and place it in many different places in the work area…<\/p>\n

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At the end of the day, I believe it’s a great light for the money.\u00a0 I’ve only had it for a few weeks now so can’t speak for it’s durability, but based on the look and feel of it I can see this lasting quite a long time.\u00a0 The price may be on the higher side for enthusiasts, but I believe it’s on par with anything of really great quality and can see it easily being well worth the money over time. You can also save a bit of cash with the Scangrip Colourmatch Kit<\/a>, which contains the Multimatch<\/a>, Sunmatch<\/a> and Matchpen<\/a> all in a custom made, shock resistant case. The neutral color is another great feature of the light.\u00a0 We’re used to the cooler LEDs in the Brinkmann, which show defects extremely well, but seeing both the defects as well as the actual color of what the paint should look like seems easier on the eyes.\u00a0 We’ll be ordering a few of the smaller Sunmatch lights asap to either replace or be used in tandem with the older Brinkmann LED lights we have.\u00a0 Here’s my review of the Sunmatch light<\/a> which we also recently had a chance to put to good use. I can keep going with examples of how the light can be used and how well it works with each of those uses, but I really don’t think I can say enough about it.\u00a0 It’s just one of those tools that comes by every now and then and blows everything else away.\u00a0 We’ll be investing in 2-3 of these lights to use both on the job and around the shop.\u00a0 As always, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

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