Awesome pocket LED light!

jvitez · Sep 23, 2012

I was browsing at a local tool store and came across this EZ Red light.

http://www.tool-chest.ca/Products/Product_214.aspx

It's designed to fit in a shirt pocket, and has a magnetic base. Fit in a shirt pocket? Whirrr, whirrrr......click. Then it hits me. Shirt pocket? So mean so it shines light forward and I have both hands free? You mean no squiggling my neck like a pigeon to shine light where I need it? Only $15? SOLD!

And it works just as it says. Awesome! I worked an afternoon on my tractor, and it was in my shirt pocket and on the whole time. The AAA batteries held up fine. It was so cool to just crawl underneath and the light shone as I moved. It's such simple engineering, but perfect for what it's designed for. It's the best purchase I've made in a long time!

Maybe this is old hat for professional techs, but it was way-cool for me so I thought someone might be interested. Anyone else have this light or something similar?

canuckian · Sep 23, 2012

my snap on driver sells those on the truck. I've never asked the price but I'm willing to bet it's a helluva lot more than the $15 you paid!! :lol:

They do look handy though and the light is nice and bright.

firebox40dash5 · Sep 23, 2012

Matco sells them for a little over $20. I bought one for $10, but lost the end cap somewhere in an engine bay.

For the record, the one Advance sells with the Autocraft name on it looks identical, but the body is a hair bigger, and the end cap doesn't fit. However, it works just as well, and only costs $7.

Danglerb · Sep 23, 2012

Home Depot has them, $12, online only, but free shipping with a $45 min.

I haven't tried a pocket flood, but I do like the HF LED bar of soap sized lights. My main light for that type of work is a $7 headlight from China, puts the light right where I want it, but does take some getting used to a ******** the head.

Skin · Sep 23, 2012

are your shirts made of cardboard? that thing would flop all over the place in my pocket.

jvitez · Sep 24, 2012

Skin said:
are your shirts made of cardboard? that thing would flop all over the place in my pocket.

Woven cloth last time I checked. It's embarrassing when I spill coffee on my cardboard shirt and it melts....... :lol:

Actually we had a cold snap already, it was only 10C in the garage so I had it clipped to my hoodie. Headlights are OK, but my head bobbles way more than my torso when crawling into or under something, so I really appreciated the steady light this pocket light gave.

countryroad82 · Sep 25, 2012

This is what I carry every day. Plenty of light, small enough to have in a shirt pocket, and lasts forever if you can keep up with it. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Streamlig...en-Flashlight-Black/17011820?findingMethod=rr

Mandres · Sep 25, 2012

Danglerb said:
I haven't tried a pocket flood, but I do like the HF LED bar of soap sized lights.

I have one of these and really like it too. It has magnets on the back and a folding hook on the top so it's easy to position. I use it all the time.

http://www.harborfreight.com/27-led-portable-worklight-flashlight-67227.html

sdguy55 · Sep 25, 2012

countryroad82 said:
This is what I carry every day. Plenty of light, small enough to have in a shirt pocket, and lasts forever if you can keep up with it. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Streamlig...en-Flashlight-Black/17011820?findingMethod=rr

stylus pro here. used to have a stylus but it just didnt put out enough light. if i need hands free light i have a blue point with 48 leds on a swivel magnetic base that is BRIGHT.

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Piper27 · Sep 25, 2012

Looks like the same thing here for $8.99 and free shipping. May be a cheap knockoff though.http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050DEL3Y/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Monte · Sep 25, 2012

Facom sells them too..

jamesemery728 · Sep 25, 2012

Seems like the clip should be located in back of the LED's instead of on the side of them so that the light would shine out in front of you when it was clipped in your pocket. Am I missing something?

Skin · Sep 25, 2012

jamesemery728 said:
Seems like the clip should be located in back of the LED's instead of on the side of them so that the light would shine out in front of you when it was clipped in your pocket. Am I missing something?

even better would be to make the clip the actual light housing so the heavy battery compartment sits in your pocket.

stonesfan68 · Sep 25, 2012

That's a nice find, thanks for sharing it.

Gary S · Sep 25, 2012

Pocket light? I don't need lighting in my pocket to see what is in there. :bounce:

Mori55 · Sep 26, 2012

I had 2 of them , be carefull the battery cap seems to come off . Lost two them working at night.

Mori55 · Sep 26, 2012

Danglerb said:
Home Depot has them, $12, online only, but free shipping with a $45 min.

I haven't tried a pocket flood, but I do like the HF LED bar of soap sized lights. My main light for that type of work is a $7 headlight from China, puts the light right where I want it, but does take some getting used to a ******** the head.

Not even close to the light this thing puts out! It's a flood , lights my whole bedroom up.
Be careful some if the knockoffs look the same , but there isn't any magnet in the end.

MattPersman · Sep 26, 2012

had the advance auto parts version, the older version with the clip on the back. lasted probably about a year used duct tape on the cap to make sure it stayed on. finally the cap broke. great light though really need to go buy another.

plinker · Sep 26, 2012

The EZ Red's are nice lights for the money.

I would advise some electrical tape (or duck tape) wrapped around the end cap as it has a very bad habit of coming off leaving a trail of batteries behind you.

Altec · Sep 26, 2012

They sell a uv one too. I have that one for ac work.

Awesome pocket LED light!

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