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kartracer55

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Right now I have an old incandescnt style work light. It serves us well, but I will be looking to upgrade to a worklight on a reel soon, for space reasons.

Those LED worklights are Incredible. They are the brightest worklights your going to find. The problem, is that they give off ALOT more glare than do the flourecents your looking at, which tends to get very annoying. Not to mention how expensive a decent one is.

Id consider a Light from "central tool" they make measuring equipment (in the usa) and lights (in the usa)

http://centraltools.com/lights.html

each model they list is available with all sorts of cord options and reels. I am Probably going to get one of thier bounce lights soon. The only thing Id be concerned about is that there is no shielding on it, so the light might be in your eyes too much.
 
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That light should treat you pretty well from Sears. Buy yourself a decent flashlight though, it seems like all the drop lights cast shadows and make it difficult as heck sometimes to see what you need.
 
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Too much time in the garages at work, I can't stand not having a flourescent light on a reel. I've got one from Lowes, it's great, the only downside is that the cord's only 20' IIRC. OTOH, it was under $30, I think, so easy enough to have more than one if needed.
 
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I have a Craftsman flourescent on a reel. I like it. Its bright, cool, and the magnet and hooks are great (except when they stick and hook to things you dont want them to).
 
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ehh cordless things liek that get annoying because they will ALWAYS die on you in the middle of a job. One problem I foudn wiht the LED lights is the glare. They are mad bright, but I tend to liek flourescent more.

Jim
 
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I have the same Craftsman work light Wolverine has posted above. It has two switches on it, one for each flourescent tube so you don't have to have both on. I've had it for two years now and have been happy with it but it's the only worklight I have so I have nothing to compare it to.
 
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I just picked up the Craftsman (2-switch/4-tube) light that I indicated in my original post. I like it. Not too expensive, feels durable and does not get too hot. Definately projects enough light. The 25' cord is nice, although I have 2 extension cords on reels in my garage so I really don't need it. Maybe after some time, I'll shorten the cord to 2 feet or something?


I did check out the LED lights that Sears carries. They were nice, but BLINDING when hitting your eyes............ not for me.
 
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Wolverine said:
...I did check out the LED lights that Sears carries. They were nice, but BLINDING when hitting your eyes............ not for me.
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They seem like a good idea but everytime I go to sears the rechargable one is dead! never have been able to try it out!
 
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I have an older single tube (Rayco) that has been excellent. A few years ago I bought a cheap chinese knockoff of it, and got what I paid for. It had to "warm up" to work, and the amount of light it gave off was inferior. After about 1 year of use, the switch died, and threw the whole thing out.
 
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gb387 said:
They seem like a good idea but everytime I go to sears the rechargable one is dead! never have been able to try it out!
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Sears does carry 2 models though: an LED that is rechargable and the same LED light that comes with an extension cord.
 
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I used the flourescent drop lights for a long time but recently I switched to the incandescent light ($25 from sears with retractible reel) and I like it better than flourescent. The colors feel a lot more natural and the glare is much less as well.

They do get hot - unlike the flourescent lights.
 
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Russell said:
I used the flourescent drop lights for a long time but recently I switched to the incandescent light ($25 from sears with retractible reel) and I like it better than flourescent. The colors feel a lot more natural and the glare is much less as well.

They do get hot - unlike the flourescent lights.
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I would agree. I actually have some of each. After accidentally burning some carpet years ago, I only take the florescent inside the car. The incandescent is for exterior work only.
 
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I got the Craftsman rechargable LED light as a birthday gift. :) I used it changing the plugs on my 5.0 last weekend and was very pleased. It's thin enough that I could shove it down through the plumbing and get direct light where I needed it. As far as it being blinding, you certainly don't want to look directly at the LED's, but I don't like to look directly at a 100 watt incandescent bulb either. That said, for work on a large open area like the top of the engine I'd probably use my old-style incandescent light. For close work in a tight area I don't think you can beat this LED style.
 
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wythors said:
I got the Craftsman rechargable LED light as a birthday gift. :) I used it changing the plugs on my 5.0 last weekend and was very pleased. It's thin enough that I could shove it down through the plumbing and get direct light where I needed it. As far as it being blinding, you certainly don't want to look directly at the LED's, but I don't like to look directly at a 100 watt incandescent bulb either. That said, for work on a large open area like the top of the engine I'd probably use my old-style incandescent light. For close work in a tight area I don't think you can beat this LED style.
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Hey, got any pics of that 5.0??


Ford junkie here! :thumbup:
 
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wythors said:
Here's the 5.0.

And here's my wife's Cobra

Also in the corral are a 2004 Crown Victoria LX Sport and a 1996 Bronco XLT.

BTW, I really like your Ford-themed garage. :rocker:
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Wow, awesome. Thank you very much. Yes, my garage is almost done (never really done). I'll be posting pics soon. I'll stop this here b/c I'm robbing this thread. Thanks again!
 
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