P1000m5 TSC Traveller 13.25” light bar

[RickMaynard]

I went to Tractor Supply the other day. While I was there, I decided to buy their 13.25” light bar (for the front bull bar on my 1000-5) for $125. I got home and decided to google to see if anyone else sold it for a lower price. The 1st one that popped up was a light called MaxLoad. I researched it and it had all the same specs (exactly), same dimensions and looked the same in the pictures but it was from Walmart and only cost $32ish. I decided to take a chance and order it.
It came today and looks and weighs exactly the same with the same hardware. Only difference is the traveller has the word “traveller” molded into a side plate.
My thing is how in the heck can Walmart sell the same light for $32 and TSC sell it for $125?
Needless to say, I’m taking back the traveller tomorrow for about a $93 bonus!!
Woot!


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[ohanacreek]

There is a difference in light bars but it’s in the seals, LEDs, reflectors, and internal electronics.

For a Pioneer there’s no point in spending the extra money.

 

[JTW]

Have you actually lit them up yet?

Stick them both to a battery and shine across the yard...

 

[RickMaynard]

Have you actually lit them up yet?

Stick them both to a battery and shine across the yard...

Sounds good. I’ll try that.


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[RickMaynard]

There is a difference in light bars but it’s in the seals, LEDs, reflectors, and internal electronics.

For a Pioneer there’s no point in spending the extra money.

I was wondering if they weren’t made by the same manufacturer and branded differently.


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[ohanacreek]

The Chinese knock offs are electrically noisy, poorly sealed, poorly centered in the reflector, they use wide angle reflectors.

But they are $40 for a 40” vs $1600 for a 40”, for in the woods the $40 is fine. For interstate or desert I’d spend the $1600

 

[JTW]

I was wondering if they weren’t made by the same manufacturer and branded differently.


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Very possible.. I’m sure there are high dollar lightsbthat are the same as off brands but we just don’t know what is what.

 

[OnTheJob]

You better hurry up and hide all that before your wife gets home.

 

[RickMaynard]

You better hurry up and hide all that before your wife gets home.

I’m lucky, I have a wife that is OK with anything I want to buy. I’m really the only thing that holds me back from going bankrupt on toys.


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