Rechargeable work light.

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Rechargeable work light.

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I'm after a portable rechargeable work light for garage. When boredom sets in, I often go to the garage and clean my bike wheels and other bits I've missed. I've got an Erbauer plug in, but it's kind of fixed and a pita to move, so rechargeable it is.

Any suggestions??
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The eBay bicycle lights are super bright. They'll last 3-4 hours

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/383444650703 ... BMkqLSjcdf
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I have a Makita 18v jobby. It's great :)
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I have one of these

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-recharge ... 00lm/613kf

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Or maybe one of those head torches?
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https://www.diy.com/departments/erbauer ... 068_BQ.prd

I have an erbauer light that I’m very happy with, there are a couple of models with different outputs, I think I have the middle one which is really bright.- wall mountable if needed too.
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Try NightSearcher - I purchased several for a project at work and they are very good. Light, bright and good battery life. Their customer service is very good too - I had one fail out of warranty and they still repaired it FOC for me.....
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Druid wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:50 am I have one of these

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-recharge ... 00lm/613kf

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Or maybe one of those head torches?
Got this one, bloody ace. 👍
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Druid wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:50 am I have one of these

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-recharge ... 00lm/613kf

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Or maybe one of those head torches?
I’ve got a similar one from Toolstation, it is excellent, so much so I’m probably going to pick up another next time I’m there.
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Re: Rechargeable work light.

Post by demographic »

What battery platform are you on if you have any cordless tools?

Most of the big players (Makita, De-Walt-Hitachi- Milwaukee and so on) have LED worklights that use the same batteries and chargers as the drills.

I have a good De-Walt one but I also have three 5 Ah and two 9 Ah De-Walt batteries to power it so the choice was simple.
If your on another battery platform tben try to go with that, its a lot better than the LED lights with integral batteries cos they don't have the amp hours nor ca you just fire another bettery in when it runs out.