Rechargeable Lamp

Surfn

any recommendations on a rechargeable handheld lamp thats not too expensive.

Boardnashea

I got a good one from co-op in Mountmellick €20. main beam and lantern type from the openable base. Bright yellow shell - easy to find. Don't know the name.

reilig

Got an LED rechargable in Woodies about 5 years ago for €15. Its a great light - has a flip out space light as well as a normal lense. Used every day around the yard. Its a great flashlight with ample light, but its not a great search light - it doesn't have a long beam. A 24 hour charge lasts over a month with approx use of 1 hour per day. When battery goes low, it doesn't switch off - instead the light gets dimmer.

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reilig wrote: »

Got an LED rechargable in Woodies about 5 years ago for €15. Its a great light - has a flip out space light as well as a normal lense. Used every day around the yard. Its a great flashlight with ample light, but its not a great search light - it doesn't have a long beam. A 24 hour charge lasts over a month with approx use of 1 hour per day. When battery goes low, it doesn't switch off - instead the light gets dimmer.

I think I have the same one as Reilg, and its a good job, got it in the local co-op from what i remember.

I also got something like this.
Now, I know they aren't rechargeable, but I find the head light handy at times and the small flash lights can be very handy - I have one in the glove box & tool box of the tractor. And light from them is better than you'd think...

kingstown

Just bought a LED torch myself last week. It has 2 levels of light and a flashing mode and a red warning lamp at the rear. It came in a Sparex box, i haven't had to recharge it yet but only use it for 1/2 an hour or so each night over the last week or so.

blue5000

I've the same as whelan, torch on mobile phone. For more long term I've a de walt torch that takes the same batteries as the cordless drill, only drawback is that it's heavy.

ford2600

Search cycling forum on bike lights. Mount on your head, brilliant for farming in winter, two hands free. I have abike one for 100, like a car headlight, multiple power settings.
Couldn't recommend enough.

Farmer Pudsey

Get Led head torch's usually 3 AAA batteries maplin or scouting store (more expensive) ebay or just google you should get a good led headlamp for 10 euro nowadays. The one's with bulbs are too heavy on the head.

bealaha

Brought one of these Energizer rechargable lamps home with me from New Zealand, they are the choice of most dairy farmers in NZ, very good long lasting light on them and the rubber casing makes it very durable,

bealaha

brought this one home with me from new zealand, the choice of most dairy farmers in nz, i find it excellent, long lasting light and rubber casing makes it very durable

candor

Led lenser H7 headtorch, well worth the money.

vanderbadger

have one of these its fairly good
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DeWalt-DW908-18V-Cordless-Flashlight/dp/B0001IWG2G/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355509756&sr=8-1-fkmr1
takes the same battery as the drills

supersean1999

light for 27 e got it in argos. lithium battery, led, extremely light, lasts a good while, halco, there is a handy hook on it , so it can be hung overhead

An Ri rua

Have a look at www.LEDpowerhouse.com in Cork. I came across them on Twitter. They sell, among other lamps, Fenix. I bought mine on ebay.de btw. Not from these guys.

Now they're not handsfree, but a Fenix TK15 or more ideally a Fenix TK-35 is a great search and utility lamp, yet handheld. I suppose its horses for courses. Handsfree is always best for your focus, I'd say. Even though mine is also usable for self-defence (TK15 is tactical) and therefore only one hand is free (the lamp hand is now a weapon). With 5 settings, its a serious piece of light for the size of it. 400 Lumens on maximum. I use it to scan a 4 acre field at home at night (a quick security sweep) and it will pick out anything moving, animal or object. I use it successfully to deter attacking dogs, scum doing doughnuts in the church ground near me when I'm dogwalking and for all sorts of attack / defence purposes ;-) . Amazing how useful light is tactically. As a tactical lamp, it also is a perfect match for any of you who are hunters; as it fits seamlessly to rifles etc (its the light of choice for many US forces and cops).

Best bet for farm use though (IMO) would be a dual spotlamp and lantern if there is such a thing. AN LED one of course. I have a smaller version of that, an EverReady handheld torch / lantern that gives mediocre light out in a ring around its head, once the main lamp-face becomes the base. Not great light, but ample for my Granny who it was bought for.

Maybe worth a look here at lanterns http://ledpowerhouse.com/index.php/torch-type/lantern.html and maybe a dual purpose lantern / spotlight isn't workable at the power output of a spotlamp.

Lots of good options on this thread though.

Edit: -Apologies. Price. I paid about 75 delivered for my TK15 from Tobishop on eBay. Since then I paid another 40 for 2 x 18650 Weiss batts and an Ultrafire charger (Buy Ultrafire chargers, but not their batts). Here it is on http://ledpowerhouse.com/index.php/fenix-tk15.html but note that the latest mode l TK15 is max 400 lumens, not 337. So this may be last year's stock, hence price drop to equal to my eBay purchase. Come to think of it, my model is 337 lumens. Still an unreal piece of technology.

http://ledpowerhouse.com/index.php/torch-type/rechargeable-led-torch/egear-6day-led-lantern.html for space lighting maybe and then a good handheld spotlapmp with good throw would be my idea. But you might only want one lamp. But what you DO want is somethig that is sturdy and will last. I have an Osram spotlamp in front of me here that I bought in Lidl or Aldi and was always singing its praises when my neighbour (who used his more) said they were sh1t. That's exactly what they are. Mine doesn't work anymore either ..... A dear lamp now.

Bizzum

I have a couple of serious lamps here myself, both rechargable, a Maglite that sits in a bracket in the jeep always charger up and a Clulite SL2 spot light. There was a time when these were top of the range kit but with the advances in LED technology I'd be looking at a Led Lenser or the like now. I'm supposed to be getting one soon but I've heard great reports about them. Time will tell.