I use both in my shop. I have a homemade underhood light that is spring loaded and clamps to the sides of the hood (cost me $40 to make). It uses a corded LED shop light. And I made a light to use under the lift by mounting a corded LED light array to an old shop stool I don't use anymore. And I upgraded the casters. For targeted areas, I have several magnetic battery lights.
Like you, I use both. Here's my $0.00 cost corded shop light, also made from things on-hand. An old film camera tripod, very adjustable, and it can be raised to 68" if that was necessary. Most of the time, if I need-to, I'd adjust the legs to full-extension, ~55" and leave the single central pole fully retracted, which makes the unit less-'tippy.' Leaving the three double-length adjustable legs fully retracted shown in pic #1 is probably the most-stable, though here I show the central adjustable pole at full-extension.
Are there alternatives to the old hanging trouble light - yes. Old trouble light obsolete - no.
I am in-agreement.
Corded lights or tools or whatever are not obsolete. They get used regularly in my shop. However I also have some battery powered hand tools. Just because you have a choice nowadays does not mean that you have to trash the corded tools and replace them with the latest and greatest battery tool.
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Another 'in-agreement' post.
A single home-made lamp can light a large area. Yeah, it's cluttered. The Snap-On roller seat is one of the few things of that brand I own. I bought it from the shop owner who ran Blais Motorcycle in Dania Beach FL. He had a dyno that saw many bikes over the years. When he closed shop, he gifted the dyno to his employee who was going to open his own shop.
Working underneath a car, which was on jack-stands, I used a HFT LED 4 ft. shop light, which was very rugged and easily-positioned. It's the one in a round plastic sleeve, and no steel/aluminum shroud.
I have a lot of the HFT giveaway blue plastic battery-powered rectangular lights, I call 'em, 'bars of soap' lights; which are handy to keep around the house in various places so you don't need to go to the garage for one. The ones w/the newer-style LED lamps are really-bright.
I also have a HFT Icon hinged magnetic stick light which I find very useful, as it can be positioned numerous ways. It also has multiple elements, w/variable output, so the battery lasts longer. In the background are a couple of the HFT 'bars of soap' lights.
The Husky top toolchest, w/the deep measurement in the background? I bought that a few years ago, after reading about a GJ 'Hot Deal' announcement, that the toolchest was on-sale. I went to the local Home Depot closest, and had to get an employee to pull one off the inventory stacked up in the rafters above the floor-level display. While I was waiting for that, another person showed-up and I suspect he may have been a GJ member himself, as he was looking for the same item. They only had two, and the employee said, "If you want them both, tell me and they're yours." I decided I didn't wany to do a re-sale online, so I declined. Nice of him to ask me. The other shopper was happy to get the last one.
