I want something for working on cars. How's the brightness? Does it get hot at all? Anyone recommend a different product instead?
817108
We are a Body Shop and all of our technicians have used this product for the longest time. Great product....
817109
The brightness is average, I have a Streamlight product which is brighter... It does not get hot .hope this helps
817110
Good in small areas, does not get hot...I like it...it does not have a cord
817111
It is good and helps in dark tight spots. I repair cars for a living and use it daily. More expensive from Snap-on
1653788
Not too bad if you aim it just a few feet in front of you. But that means you can't go too fast and the beam is pretty narrow. I found it's not much brighter than some 1 watt lights I have had. I replaced it with a Cygolite Metro 360. It's about $20 dollars more but it's a far, far, better light with a much wider and brighter beam, good for safely going about 18mph. Best light I have ever had. I would highly recommend it as a reasonably cost effective alternative. (There is also a Cygolight Metro 400 which is only a couple dollars more than the 360) I believe the top of the mount of the blaze will swivel if you loosen a screw but I'm not positive of that. Don Solt
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I think there are better choices, this is bright and very focused light. I use mine attached to a hat when walking dogs or fixing stuff in dark corners.
1518745
It's bright, but not blinding. Just enough to let you know it's on. I have mine mounted in my jeep for my auxiliary lights. They are perfect.
1560407
I would say yes. It can get hot after extended use but it is extremely bright. Maybe have an extra battery or second light so they do not get too hot.
1290443
For the price I think there extremely bright and blinding. In my opinion I feel it's a great light regardless of its output. If you want a brighter light pay a ton more and you'll have it.
672124
Do NOT use it. It does NOT work well on headlights, you won't be able to see at night, it's VERY illegal and your headlights will look purple.
1403477
I keep it on solid medium beam and it lasts approx 2.5 hrs. I wish it lasted longer, but it's sooooo bright and I have noticed since I got this, I have quite a few less potential hood ornament incidences with cars.
677919
Sorry for the late response. .. it definitely is bright enough for the job.. I read some prople sayin to get a better rechargeable lithium battery, I would agree, constant on run time is roughly 1-2hr.. plus zoom is nice.. but it's not a circle. .zoms all the way down to a bright square with lines.. (giant L.e.d)
699441
It is a great light It does have some long range viewing but if you dont aim it right you do get a hot spot. Overall i would buy this light no questions asked.
1439809
I personally own this for filmmaking and I think it would be bright enough for sure. But mounting it would be hard unless you built something because it takes two hands to hold/operate unless it's on a camera.
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I haven't had trouble with the screen, it is bright enough and the dimmer has a variety of options to adjust the brightness. Regarding the temperature I use my Alienware daily for school (including CPU intensive programs like ArcGis) and leisure and it doesn't get extremely hot. If you use it for a long time and with CPU intensive programs it will get hot, but the cooling system works just fine.
2005016
Its more of a garage or hobby work light i would suggest.For under the bonnet repairs or on machinery when you need a spotlight to focus on where you're working on.The magnetic base makes it ideal for such !Does a pretty decent job, but not for backing up a trailer.I suggest something with more candlelight power.Thanks.
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It's probably bright enough, but it is a cheap China made product. Mine has not had a problem yet,but I'm sure it will in time. If you want it to last buy a more quality product. I have mine just for fun and it works well! Hope this helps.
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I just went and got my flashlight(out of the safe) with the 9 T6 emitters and it does not have anything green in it, but this one does not rattle either. I'm very happy with mine as far as brightness, it's incredibly bright, but the batteries don't last very long at full power. I used it to help a friend load articles into a storage shed and in 5 or 6 minutes it started blinking do to low battery power, I then set it on a dimmer power and it was fine , but then I used a different flashlight to finish. I charged the batteries and it works fine again, and incredibly bright again. No rattles
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Mine works great for any situation. I would do 250 lumen. The more light, the better traffic will be able to see you.
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I have both flashlights and both are really good lights. I actually use the mag light though while working. The other is in my car as a back up.