Better than the vagabond ?

The vagabond has a 20AH battery and 300 W inverter……… I just don’t think that can produce the recycle times and last as long as I need……so I designed my own for exactly the same price as the vagabond …..yes its bigger… yes it weighs a bit more… but it’s better and still decent looking so who cares……

Thought I would share ….


600W (peak 1000) inverter (pure sine wave) + 55 AH battery + 5 amp charger built in (all I need to do is plug it in when its running low!

Tested it with 2 AB1600’s and got exactly the same time (recycle) that I did with wall power ….. **sweet**

Shots from a crapy P+S …. But you get the idea….. +

Good stuff mate.

The Vagabond recycles a single AB1600 at close to same speed, but not two of them.

Rob

thanks man .... it's the cat's meow .... lol ..... allways wanted to say that !

Schweet!

Looks good. How many flashes will you get out of this all together. And can you post up a full component list please!?

hmmm.... how many flashes..... good question .... i have no idea..... its been powering my whole office (computer, monitor, lamp, Radio) for the last half hour and still going strong..... I'll take it on-location this weekend and see how it does..... component list is as follows ....

55AH AGM battery from (batteriesplus)
600W Samlex Pure Sine Waver Inverter from HYT America
Battery Tender 5 Amp waterproof charger from Batterymart.com
Orange outlets + Junction box cover+ few nuts and bolts
and a plastic box ALA target !

Wow good job, I wish I was this DIY type guy

I was using the Vagabond II unit to power one of my 650ws photoflex strobe on Sunday for a 10 hour shoot. Never had a single issue with recycle time or glitches.

Lugging around a 20lb battery through out the day was pretty punishing, I can only image something heavier.

most of what i do is in highschool gyms or something of the like.... i really wouldn't have to lug it to far if at all between shots..... I really think its going to work out nice !

Any possible way of installing a battery meter? Like to see how much battery life you have?

hmmm..... I dont know .... im sure i can find an LCD or something that can display battery voltage ... but the inverter does have an alarm for low voltage.....

Been playing call of duty 4 for the past hour and a half..... it's still going strong ... LOL im really curious to see how long this thing is going to last....

topher04r1 wrote in post #4964156
55AH AGM battery from (batteriesplus)
600W Samlex Pure Sine Waver Inverter from HYT America
Battery Tender 5 Amp waterproof charger from Batterymart.com
Orange outlets + Junction box cover+ few nuts and bolts
and a plastic box ALA target !

The prices I'm finding are around $140 for the battery and $330 for the inverter. The Vagabond II sells for $300.

What am I missing?

LOL ...i got the battery local for about 130 bucks ... and the inverter online from HYT america for 172 smackers http://www.hytamerica.​com …aspx?Itemcode=P​ST-60S-12A..... the charger was right arround 50 (ish)

topher04r1 wrote in post #4964639
Been playing call of duty 4 for the past hour and a half..... it's still going strong ... LOL im really curious to see how long this thing is going to last....

Yea, reason why you can run your PC off a battery is because yours isn't water cooled

I'm thinking of going into phase change cooling for my PC, but that is very time consuming on my current water cooled system.

LMAO .... i have yet to get that hard core with my pc .... but ... i'm due for an upgrade here soon ..... lol

Cool idea... but the battery is 40lbs and the inverter weighs a bit I bet.. so you have to lug 50+ lbs around? I understand you shoot sports mainly and that is okay - but that is huge!