Joe Jensen
01-03-2016, 4:36 PM
Quick review on one of the best gifts I gave my dad, brothers, and son-in-law for Christmas. Bosch has a new LED light. It's a very well thought out light and at $49 it's way cheaper than the Festool I have and it's almost as bright. The Festool sits in one of three positions, vertical, horizontal, or at a slight angle horizontally. It also has a hook and a threaded base to mount on a tripod. The Festool has a built-in battery and it can also accept Festool cordless drill batteries.
The Bosch is much smaller and lighter and it takes the Bosch 12V batteries from their Litheon line. IMHO the Bosch is better designed. It can tilt at multiple angles, has a Carabiner style hook, a magnet mount, and a small loop to hang on a nail. Here are some pics. I haven't run a battery down yet so I don't have a run-time but I do have a ton of the Bosch 12V tools so batteries are plentiful.
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The Bosch is much smaller and lighter and it takes the Bosch 12V batteries from their Litheon line. IMHO the Bosch is better designed. It can tilt at multiple angles, has a Carabiner style hook, a magnet mount, and a small loop to hang on a nail. Here are some pics. I haven't run a battery down yet so I don't have a run-time but I do have a ton of the Bosch 12V tools so batteries are plentiful.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w99/AZEngineer/Shop%20photos/498D23C7-779A-4567-908E-A2E881BCBF08_zpsyngr1jzl.jpg (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/AZEngineer/media/Shop%20photos/498D23C7-779A-4567-908E-A2E881BCBF08_zpsyngr1jzl.jpg.html)
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w99/AZEngineer/Shop%20photos/944AFB86-56F3-4CD6-91BD-27355872F76C_zps3ekyjfdo.jpg (http://s174.photobucket.com/user/AZEngineer/media/Shop%20photos/944AFB86-56F3-4CD6-91BD-27355872F76C_zps3ekyjfdo.jpg.html)
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