Is everything illuminated?
It's been a lighthearted couple of weeks here at the Hardware Aisle. Before yesterday's homage to the world of wobblers, we began with Mark Powers' reluctant headlamp conversion. Later, he followed up with his endorsement of the Bil-Light, a ballcap-brim work light that bears vague resemblance to the robot Number 5 from the film Short Circuit (BELOW).
Today I feature Strait-Line's Grip-Light, a dim little tool that unfortunately doesn't live up to either half of its name. The idea is that its two rubber-tipped fingers grip to either side of a nearby surface, allowing you 10,000 hours of hands-free fluorescent illumination. Sadly, the bulky, short-corded light's "clamp" has almost no tensile strength and the wan 26-watt bulb is just bright enough to make a surface look slightly shiny. Maybe a little jaundiced.
Surely this isn't all the world of work lights has to offer. Is there a light I haven't seen? Something to brighten my day?
Posted by Harry Sawyers | Categories: Gadgets & Electronics | Permalink
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