ive used makita products for about 12 years doing automotive audio and video installations... i have the 18v set for impact/ and driver drills with the larger flashlight which is awesome.. i tried this one because it is small enough to keep in my tool bag... overall it is a very directed light in a small beam, not impressed at all other than the fact that it will probably stay on for 24 hrs straight. i wouldnt recommend this, i would go with the fluorescent version or the larger 18v light. Makita LXLM01W 18-Volt Compact Lithium-Ion Cordless L.E.D. Flashlight
This is outdated LED technology which lights poorly considering such a large clumsy unit. I am in Central America and the light is used by my caretaker. My night guard has regular Makita BML 185 flashlight using the same batteries, not a very great flashlight either. I used to own a high end woodworking shop and have owned dozens of Makita tools, and still have many. I consider their product lines some of the very best but as far as flashlights goes, I'd go elsewhere.
The product works well. If you have this tool set you might as well buy this so you can do something with the batteries. I picked it up for about 15 bucks and it works good. Not going to replace the shop light, but its handy to have when needing mobile light.
This would be a bright LED light if the year was 2001. The light brightness is comparible to one I purchased at Home Depot for $5.99, and it came with batteries and was a handier size and shape.
It may last a long time, but who would care at this light output?
It was returned!
good light not as bright as i thought 25hr run time on bl1815 batt some light is better than none. would be neat to have diff modes like maybe 12.5hrs for twice the light. over all still happy with it.
I bought this thinking the LED would be brighter then my led maglight. Nope, even with the dozen or so individual lights it still doesn't even come close to mags 2 cell single led. I gave it four stars because it's still very useful, compact, and it lasts a VERY long time with the battery but they should have used better LEDs for a contractor grade tool like this.
It's definatly worth the twenty bucks, just don't expect a super bright light.
Nice little light,
though 3.5 stars would be more accurate
(if we had that option).
Price is pretty cheap, so I bought two.
Glad I did, since they don't throw a ton of light,
setting up one on each side of whatever project you are working on helps.
I retired my old incandescent Makita light (the last of 5, or 6 expensive little 18v bulbs finally burnt out),
and two of these make for about an even substitute.
Less light, in exchange for a much much longer run time,
and no fear of burning out the light bulb.
Other negatives are that these lights are completely non-adjustable (for beam width, nor for angle that the light comes out).
They also just sorta lay there flat, and are pretty impossible to point at anything, unless you set them up on something else.
In complete darkness,
setting one up a few feet away, to light up the general area,
and having a second one, very close to what you're working on worked best for me. - Flashlight - Lithium-ion'
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