Review: Most expensive torch I've ever bought (but worth it)! Dewalt DCL050

[skotl]

I bought one of these generic worklamps from toolstation:

This was after buying three (I think) of these things over the years:

I hate the £11.50 ones - unreliable, and always dropping them (which probably contributes to their unreliability).
No idea why I kept buying them.

So the toolstation one is a lot better, but still really fiddly.

So, pt. 2, I splurged £52 on this last week:

and it is flipping brilliant (pun intended!)

Incredibly bright - turns the backgarden into daylight, swivels 140 degrees and runs on the Dewalt XR batteries.

It seems really sturdy and is easy to use. Pull the trigger once for full-sun, again for semi-sun, and once more to turn off.
I was using it yesterday to light up the kit I was welding and also on the mill, to make sure I was hitting the punch marks with the drill.

Never thought I'd drop £50 on a torch, but it's as true for torches as it is for all tools: buy cheap, buy often...

 

[Parm]

Torches are one of those stupid but essential things you spend a lot of money on.

ive spent double that on a tor h for work

its brilliant

 

[123hotchef]

I bought one of these generic worklamps from toolstation:

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This was after buying three (I think) of these things over the years:

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I hate the £11.50 ones - unreliable, and always dropping them (which probably contributes to their unreliability).
No idea why I kept buying them.

So the toolstation one is a lot better, but still really fiddly.

So, pt. 2, I splurged £52 on this last week:

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and it is flipping brilliant (pun intended!)

Incredibly bright - turns the backgarden into daylight, swivels 140 degrees and runs on the Dewalt XR batteries.

It seems really sturdy and is easy to use. Pull the trigger once for full-sun, again for semi-sun, and once more to turn off.
I was using it yesterday to light up the kit I was welding and also on the mill, to make sure I was hitting the punch marks with the drill.

Never thought I'd drop £50 on a torch, but it's as true for torches as it is for all tools: buy cheap, buy often...

I have a few of the first 2! and a couple of milwakee cordless ones might have to look if they do a similar one to that also. I only use the cheapo blue ones for welding as the spaette rruins the lense

 

[123hotchef]

cant beat a dencent head torch also

 

[slim_boy_fat]

If you're mean like me, you make your own....



Def not as useful/bright as yours - but I have other 'weapons' if I need to see at a distance.....

 

[Fraserb]

I often think about buying one for my ryobi batteries, then I think how my last few torches have died, 1 was left stuck under a trailer and the body let down in it, 1 was ploughed in, I probably did just break one normally as well.

 

[gav0994]

I got this back end of last year - mainly to assist in security patrols of the heritage railway I'm involved with as we had been having issues with attempted break ins. Turns night into day and the spotlight setting easily picks out a target a fair distance away! Best bit about is it uses my m18 batteries and they last forever on it

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Got the smaller DeWalt torch and a couple of decent 18650 torches live in the van.

Use these a lot though. Well worth what they cost me. Extend to ceiling height

 

[stuvy]

I love a bright torch

my snap on work light is amazing but wasn’t cheap I wince everytime I either drop it or knock it off a car Iv worked on

 

[Craig-SM]

I bought a Unilite 1750 recently. The picture below makes it look a lot bigger than it is, despite how compact it is it is very powerful with good battery life and doubles up as a power bank. The stand is magnetic so can stuck and angled in a variety of places, which I find great using on the car.

Unilite SLR-1750 Power Bank Site Light

The SLR-1750 is a compact USB rechargeable Power Bank Site Light with an ultra bright 1750 lumen output. Its folding 180° stand contains a useful carabiner hook and tripod mount along with strong integral magnets.

www.sgs-engineering.com

 

[Parm]

Got the smaller DeWalt torch and a couple of decent 18650 torches live in the van.

Use these a lot though. Well worth what they cost me. Extend to ceiling height

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I’ve got a mini led light, runs on 3 off 18650 batteries. It brilliant,

was rescued from a skip.

 

[Migmac]

Torches are one of those stupid but essential things you spend a lot of money on.

ive spent double that on a tor h for work

its brilliant

I’ve spent a bit more than double, double double. I still haven’t seen the light yet, keep looking at the O light torches.

 

[Parm]

I’ve spent a bit more than double, double double. I still haven’t seen the light yet, keep looking at the O light torches.

Had to look them up. Looks nice, Very similar to my guilty pleasure which was a Lenser

 

[pedrobedro]

I bought a Chinese LED torch for £5 delivered and it takes 3 AAA in a holder or a 18650 with an adaptor which it has in it now. It has bright, dim and strobe function and is about 6 years old and is my favourite torch.

 

[Memmeddu]

Livarno Lux from Lidl
Cheap and way worth the money

 

[Wallace]

I love a bright torch

my snap on work light is amazing but wasn’t cheap I wince everytime I either drop it or knock it off a car Iv worked on

I lost a fairly new Sealey magnetic LED a while back. I found it a few months later in the transmission tunnel of a customers car happily still attached by its magnet going donk, donk donkity donk on the propshaft and the customer completely oblivious. It's a shared torch but my favourite now for the wee spur marks off that trip but now looks like a damaged pet taken to the Supervet with masking tape holding the 360° rotation together as for no apparent reason it took a 7ft dive from a perfectly good Mustang steel floorpan to the ground. I call it Christine now and treat it with respect.

 

[brightspark]

i use ledlenzer head torches and a dewalt torch for work both are excellent and fit for my use

 

[Turbo]

i use ledlenzer head torches and a dewalt torch for work both are excellent and fit for my use

I went through several cheap head torches before buying myself an LED lenser - best £40 I ever spent! My first one took 6 years of abuse, still on its original set of NIMH rechargeable batteries before a cable failed. LED Lenser replaced it with a new one under the 7 year warranty.

 

[mcostello]

I have 125 Harbor Freight freebee flashlights. Told the kids when misbehaving I would put Them in their room and turn all of them on.

 

[Munkul]

Very nice I've tried a few over the years, settled on Sealey rechargeable led inspection lights, the more premium ones give good service and good to get into tight spaces.

We tried the makita worklights years ago, and we were so very disappointed that we ended up chucking them away. They munched batteries, and gave out feeble light.
They might be better these days, but I've not wanted to buy them since.
This was the worst:

Makita DML186 Cordless 18v LXT Cordless LED Flashlight Body Only

Makita DML186 Cordless 18v LXT Cordless LED Flashlight Body Only The Makita DML186 18v LED Torch has 6 high-efficiency LEDs for long continuous bright illumination. The LED bulbs provide high efficiency and long life. This torch is compatible with all current Makita 18v LXT Lithium-Ion...

www.powertoolworld.co.uk

this was second worst:

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The Milwaukee M12 lights are decent, my cousin in motor trade likes this one a lot

Milwaukee M12SL-0 M12 TrueView Stick Light

Milwaukee M12SL. 12 volt cordless stick LED torch. TrueView powerful three LED design provides 220 Lumens. Metal hook to be hung when being used.

www.bigredpowertools.co.uk