What did you do to prepare today?

Picked up a Rechargeable LED Working Light from Lidl today, it was from an offer a few weeks back and I'd left it because I didn't really have the money. Anyway they still had them today and I did have some money.



LED is rated at 8.5 Watts
Run time from full charge is supposed to be 3 hours
Recharge time 6 hours (has a built in LED red when charging, green when charged, flashing red when in use battery low)
Li-ion 7.4 Volt/5.2 Ah sounds about right for 3 hour running claims and should hold charge for a decent length of time
12/24V lighter charging lead & mains charging lead, handy to charge it from a car battery
Battery and LED are not replaceable

Seems nice and solid and produces plenty of light would certainly light up a large room if the power went out and handy for changing a tyre or working on an engine in the dark.

For the time being I'll keep it hung up in my workshop while I think about finding a better home for it. I doubt it will get a huge amount of use so needs to be put somewhere I won't forget about it otherwise it will discharge and be useless when its needed most.

I didn't post this as a bargain alert as the cost was €35 which I think is a tad on the expensive side but has a 3 year warrantee so I've kept the receipt and won't fail to get it repaired or my money back if it fails in that time.

hexosan wrote: »

Does it work while its charging

Yes, first thing I tried in the car when I got out the shop with it.

EDIT> Only thing is I can't be sure its charging while its working? I've just plugged it into a little unit that measures its power usage and power used remains the same with the light on and off so maybe its not actually charging?

The plasters are aptly named

Picked up another item for the BOBs. They have a good selection of stuff but I have a bit of room for a change of cloths so I'm getting good brand name stuff from charity shops. Today I picked up a really nice Lowe Alpine fleece for a fiver that will get a wash and then go away in my wifes BOB.

anvilfour wrote: »

My darling girl unrolled our collection of bacofoil by accident, so today she's going to Dealz, I asked her to get 25 rolls or around 625 metres of tinfoil. Very useful to have but when it's gone, it's gone!

Depending on how you use it then it might be worth getting some more expensive thicker foil. For home use in an oven you can use the thinnest foil which at €1.49 a roll I'd guess thats what you get in Dealz but you might want to test how well it holds up on an open fire or hot BBQ.

anvilfour wrote: »

Good idea my3cents, it was Dealz she went to... I suppose you could double up but that's a waste of foil. We might have to have a BBQ to test it out... don't you agree that's the best way...? Ribs! :-D

Well if you want an excuse for a BBQ But we could do with some decent weather first, I'm drowning here.