John Shiels

any leads or recommendations for a decent one with some good light?

WNDOPDLR

Mine came from Northern Tool, has LED lights and I have never changed the batterey. It is an indispensible item in both my garage and track tool box.

joemoia

I got one from the local Costco

Z11409

www.gemplers.con #10831

MJM

buy the cheapest one you can find that has LEDs. The kind with regular light bulbs go through batteries too quickly.

John Shiels

i found those but didn't know if they were any good. When I was googling them I found the same light as Northern Tool and same picture from Global Source. They are a Chinese importer and the light was 3.31 buy a case for 71 bucks


http://electrical.hardwarestore.com/...ht-621555.aspx

tons http://www.globalsources.com/manufac...-Headlamp.html

Joy of 6

Have a look at REI.com they deal in all kinds of camping equipment and have many varities of head lamps.

joemoia

This is the one I got from Costco for about $25. Works good for me

http://www.utilitysafeguard.com/Tool...ution-Headlamp

John Shiels

I see light measured in watts, lumens, and MCD guess I'll have to google a conversion if there is one. Thanks for the input all

ErnieN85

John try Harbour freight they have one on sale for $2.99

Jon B.

Get a Petzl. Find one you like from their line and you shouldn't be disappointed. Everyone I know in the Army uses one for the most part. At least everyone I dealt with in Afghanistan. They have something like a 3 year warranty, and will replace it if it fails.

Jon

John Shiels

funny I just saw an Army commercial and then wondered what they used,

thanks all!

meldog21

Retired USAF Pararescue. Did lots of mountain climbing and other work in dark remote, very wet, unbelievably dry, extremely hot and extremely cold locations. Petzl is what I have. REI should have them among the other brands they carry.

LED should be good enough for close up work on the car, and the batteries will last much longer than with incandescents.

Dog

John Shiels

http://www.rei.com/product/751760?st...Id=40000008000

going with that one above looks brightess, goes from spot to flood and it rotates.

I think I'll wear it to bed so I can see when I get up to take a whizz without the lamps waking her up

CodeBlack

Surefire if you want the best and brightest. John I have my guys use them at work

John Shiels

which one? I need to be able to work on your car when it pops at the track!

sgtskid

Head lamps can cost as much as you are willing to pay. I have a princeton tech that was about $65 but it is waterproof/shockproof and just about everything else proof. I left it on the roof of my car once and it fell off going down the road and I went back to find it and it still worked great.

My experience with the cheaper ones is that they dont always stay adjusted to where you aim the light they start to fall down. Another thing about nicer ones is the warranty...I left the batteries in mine by accident and they exploded and busted the case. I sent it back and they sent me another one no questions asked.