FYI
Morrisons petrol stations have some really nice little aluminium body LED torches for £2.99 inc 3 AAA batteries.
Three LED's and a lens, really bright, sends a beam a pretty reasonable distance.
I didn't need another torch, but I bought one anyway. You can never have too many torches IMO.
I like torches.
I like these torches better:
Proved invaluable when the Microwave was tripping out the RCD recently as I haven't fixed the garage light. :¬)
In article , The Medway Handyman writes
Head torches?
They are excellent. With 19 LEDs, not only do you get twice the light output of the 9 LED version, but the body of the torch is better made, with a rubberised handgrip. Highly recommended.
The 9 LED version is available singly:
My brother has an excellent one which is rectangular in section and hence doesn't roll when laid down. Rubber case and the light on one side. Don't know where he got it from sadly.
Rob
I have a few, actualy maybe 20, They are comming from China by the boatload and are 1.50 US here with 3 batteries, but more Leds dont mean more light, this group of chinese lights is maxed out at maybe 8 Leds, for 19 Leds you really need double the voltage, I have them from
3- 19 led and gave alot away as gifts. Shop at your large hardware store you will find them cheap, the real bright ones are 3-5 watt look for a rating on the package, one 5 watt led is 5x brighter than a 6-19 Led with 3 aaa batteries. Here Home Depot has the best price. 5, 9 led lights and 15 batteries for 15$ US.
A touch more expensive, but I really like
Not if they are wired in parallel.
19 vs. 9 LEDs gives twice the illumination but half the battery life. I can live with that.I have bought a couple of nice head lights (for strapping to your head) from here.
Tim
An interesting choice of words, it's 6 times the price :-!
I'm sure it's not a great work of art but it's doing the job for me.
I forgot to mention it can be switched between 4, 8 and 12 led operation to save the battery, I haven't had to use it above 4 yet.
I have never worked out why I would need to strap a torch to my head.
I see the things on sale and wonder who on earth buys them, and what on earth for?
When I take the wheelie bin down to the road on a moonless, overcast night in winter, I use a headlight. There are no streetlights nearby, and the neighbours are not close enough to provide any light.
My husband uses a headlight when working on awkward bits of computer equipment, as it points the light exactly where he's looking, and leaves his hands free.
They're also useful for seeing what you're doing if you need to work in the crawlspace under the ground floor.
You have never worked in a cellar on a CU of wired the lights up in a loft then.
Adam
- Going out to shut the chickens in their coop when it's dark (keep both hands free for opening gates, carrying food bowls etc
- Seeing the ignition timing marks on my Moggy Traveller (which design genius decided that they should be _under_ the car, tucked up behind the radiator ??)
- Fixing the plumbing in dark corners of the loft
- Trotting down to the polytunnel in the dark to get some herbs for supper
They're amazingly useful, really !
Adrian - West Cork, Ireland
I have, and I had no need of a strap on head light.
Nor have I, but holding a torch in your mouth gets tiring.
I think it might be useful for painting, especially white on white ceilings. Unless the light's at a particular angle you can't see the wet edge. Then again, you might spend all your time adjusting the bloody thing
Ideal for grovelling about under sinks, baths etc so you can see what you are trying to undo - do up & LED's give a fantastic illumination to any drips - they glisten.
Cos they illuminate the area you are looking at.
They also provide glare that comes straight back in your eyes!
I much prefer lighting from a torch; it's usually a trivial job to prop it so it illuminates what you need. But it's a matter of personal preference, and we're all different.
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