What kind of lights are some of you using for work lights at night.

I had tried some of the bright led lights and similar CREE led lights were way, way brighter and light up more room.

It seems like the other brands of led lights are not near as good as the CREE led lights.
 
110 lumen's is ok, but I find it not enough light when doing heavy equipment late.

I picked up this as I found those costco ones not enough.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/hl7-focusing-led-headlamp/854362

You can call me crazy, but I would rather see better then get a call back for not being clean enough. I don't wash at night if possible, but it was either I did it last night at 40'f or this morning at 15'f and getting colder.
 
That looks like a great light Benjamin, I agree the more lumens the better.

I bought a couple of lights from Sam's Club a while back that are really good and bright: http://www.samsclub.com/sams/led-flashlight-3-pack-with-batterie/prod11770317.ip

These will hurt your eyes if you look at them when they are on, they really light up everything great but not a head light like what is needed a lot of the time.
 
I just bought an ECCO 2101 for a back up lamp on my pickup I use for a backup light while plowing but it is adjustable and can be turned towards whatever I might be working on too. Extremely bright and cover a wide area with even light. Price at my local store was about $85 for one. http://www.eccolink.com/products/productdetails.aspx?id=13320&catid=2496&tabid=2&menuId= I plan on putting a couple of these on a pivoting mount on the back of the box truck so I can point them at the worksite.

I also agree with the headlamp idea but I buy mine right at Lowe's or Walmart and go with the Energizer one, it's bright and cheap and runs for a long time on 3 AAAs. I have a trucking company that has lights in their yard which light up most but it's nice to have when there area shadows. I also do freeze ups and ice dams which usually we end up doing after dark because of the short light hours here in the north. Only $20 http://www.lowes.com/pd_288207-346-HD5L33AE_4294644948__?productId=1081291&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1%26page%3D2&facetInfo=
 
I've been thinking of a solution also. Just a couple fixed trailer or truck lights seem limited. So heres what I've come up with but haven't yet put together. We all have safety cones and caution tape on our trucks and could easily utilize them together with led floods on pvc poles. So material list 1 cheap plastic cord reel 1 roll of quality caution tape 1 200ft roll low voltage wire . Traffic cones 10 traffic cones = 1 every 20ft . 10 led flood lights. Pvc pipe 5- 10ft 1" 1/4" cut in half.
1 Unroll cation tape and wire and every couple feet secure together neatly w electrical tape 2 make a visible mark every 20ft on tape/wire combo 3 attach quality male female wire connectors at 20ft marks- roll the combo onto the cord reel . 4- 5ft pvc pipe slide into traffic cone mark the top of pvc for cone height. 6 mount lights to pvc with extra wire lead down to pvc mark from cone height attach the other wire connector male or female. Last is how to power the lights 12vdc off the pressure washer or generator. Using ac a generator means being able to use the buildings power also..
Now you can light up more than 1 side of a building adjust light angles, even lighting and quarantine and large section off with cones and cation tape. If a light breaks its easy and affordable to replace. The down side storing the light poles. Going with 2 reels 150 / 200 tape/wire combo truck center you can cover 300ft 400ft without ever moving the truck. Most guys use 200ft hose reel so this may be a good option. That would have saved me time last week bigtime. Could have covered 1/2 of a 18000 sqft building
 
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