Milwaukee 49-24-0146 M12 12-Volt LED Work Light Bare Tool

It lasts a long time and is a very bright flood light. I take it camping or anywhere I want serious flood light (for flashlight size anyway). Normally I keep it mounted to the inside of a steel trailer, so at night it's the first thing I go for entering the dark interior. It lights up the interior like stadium lighting. Of course, the magnet is what keeps it stuck to the steel wall of the trailer, but it could be stronger so it doesn't fall off driving on the road. The one power switch is on the same side as the magnet which makes it a bit awkward turning on/off. Otherwise, what a great light and I highly recommend it. Also have M12 right angle drill and Hackzall with extended LiIon battery--love'em all! Great kit. Good on Milwaukee. Now, if it could just make all this in America.Update 6/1/2014So far I have purchased five of these lights. I just bought another last week. I'm not gentle with any of them, so I'm not sure why others complain about dimming or dim after dropping. I've dropped my many times although I'm not dropping mine repeatedly 6-feet onto a concrete garage floor either. If you're going to drop the light a lot, maybe buy something that's meant to be dropped like this or take better care. After using mine for years, the light works like the day I bought it. Literally, I'll leave the light on lighting up an entire work area for hours until the light goes out. Sometimes two or more lights...they're that bright and don't give off the heat like a 500 watt halogen light.The only negative things I have to say about these lights is the magnet is pretty weak for what it's supposed to do and the angling head is a bit sloppy especially after repeated use now. I haven't tried to tighten it as it still works ok. One person said a screw came loose inside. Well, none of mine rattle, so I'm not taking it apart. As for the magnets, really two magnets are needed (one toward the back to support the battery), otherwise, it never stays put and can fall off of metal things like EMT (conduit) fairly easily. But if you're smart and careful about placing the light, it'll provide a lot of light for a long time. In fact, my M18 Flood Light I just bought burned through its battery on low before this M12 when out. In my experience so far, the M18 Flood Light puts out a lot more light--especially on high--but doesn't seem to last as long. Furthermore the M12 light is more focused like a spotlight compared to the M18 Flood. Yet this M12 is much more a flood than spot in my opinion. Great light that'll surprise and delight first time users. Of course the M18 Flood Light has a battery gauge whereas the M12 LED light does not.Bottom-line is these M12 lights are great but understand the magnet feature and tilting head fall a bit short of the spectacular illumination itself. The fact the light is made out of plastic doesn't bother me one bit. I've dropped them many times and have zero problems. In addition, I have so much M12 gear these are great to share batteries and wonderfully light up work areas. Like I said, take them camping, use in garage, etc. always I have one handy. So far I find no compelling reason not to highly recommend these lights or any M12/M18 tool to folks. In fact, I have four and just bought another.

I love this light. I have the earlier non-LED one and it was fine given its traditional limitations, but this new LED one really fires the photons. At a foot or three, it has a center-weighted spot and can be overwhelmingly bright if used close to the target, and it is wonderful at three to six feet, but I was pleasantly surprised by its performance at 10 feet or more from the work area. The light distribution is smooth, clean, and white and bright.It appears more durable and better designed than my earlier version with a metal shroud in the light housing (compared to plastic on the older one), and since my old one has had it's share of bumps and drop but keeps on kicking, I bet this is much tougher than others give it credit for. Durable does not have to mean heavy.I think this light will also find itself on camping and hunting trips. The rotating head makes it work well on a counter or even floor when working on the ceiling. The magnet is still the same-old-same-old. While a more powerful one would help this light's performance in certain conditions, I find it more of a nuisance because it also grabs tools bolts, and credit card numbers (I often stick this light in my pocket-- not to impress anyone, just because it's that light and handy).While I'll still use my older 12v light, I might not use my Milwaukee 18v light much now because this LED 12v one beats that one as well, especially in weight and runtime.~$45-50 seems a lot, but this is more comparable to higher end LED flashlights then run-of-the-mill incandescent ones.Update:The LED fried out after about 9 months. It was so dim I could barely tell if it was on. I called Milwaukee and they said just send it in with the original receipt, which was easy enough to find since Amazon provides an infinite supply of invoices to print. A few days later, a new one was in my mailbox. Thus far, the new one works like a champ. Hope this one holds out.

Might as well get the negatives out of the way first on this one.1) The price is much higher than a work light with a "regular" flashlight bulb.2) The magnet could stand to be a little stronger - it holds fine unless the light or what it is fastened to gets bumped sideways.3) There is no power gauge to let you know how much battery life you have.All the rest is positive.1) The light is bright. Almost too bright - working in a tight cabinet doing plumbing with this light, you may be wishing it were dimmer.2) Great design with the aluminum head working as a heat sink for the LED! Aside from driving an LED with too much voltage/current, heat is the real killer. A properly designed and cooled LED light should have a life of 20,000 to 30,000 hours. Given that the "end of life" tends to be when half of a large sample reaches 70% of it's initial output, the light should still have decent light output for a very long time. After 10 or 15 minutes of use, mine is only slightly warm!3) Smallish and easy to carry size - this will fit in a pants pocket. Try that with your 18 volt worklight :-)4) Solid construction and quality materials. This looks like it should hold up over the long term very well.Not only has mine earned a permanent place in my traveling tool bag, it will do double duty as the light of choice when the power goes out! When Milwaukee releases the M12 radio, that will be the other missing piece solved for power outages.

Alumbra muy bien, ligera, excelente

I have quite a few M12 tools which means many battery packs... so I bought the light to add to the package. It has proven to be a much better purchase than I anticipated. The light is very bright and I have used it extensively for many purposes, not just to light up work sites. Get a chuckle looking at the image showing the light shining on a utility box -- in reality it will light up the entire wall with a very intense white light.This LED work light is really great for aging eyes when you seem to need more light to see things properly. Took it outside and discovered it actually lights my entire driveway. Hard to believe the small LED bulb gives off so much light. Of course in a power outage it is the first thing I grab for.Yeah it did seem expensive when I bought it, but I am very pleased with the quality of this light.

Muy buen producto

This is my 2nd one. I have had the first one for almost 3 years, first one still works but head of light doesn't stay in place very well anymore. I use it everyday and dropped it multiple times. Good brightness and light lasts long on both batteries.

Exelente herramienta y un buen regalo para mi esposo alumbra mas de lo que esperaba, recomendable!!