Milwaukee49-24-0146 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.

Excellent work light. The beam pattern covers the work area nicely. I have an older M. 18 flashlight and it’s more like a spotlight. I wish I had this years ago.

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.

The gadget geek inside overcame reason when I saw LED and once again Milwaukee's m12 line surpassed my expectations. It's a lot for a flashlight but I think it was worth it.The Bad* It doesn't feel very tough in places. Especially the black plastic on the business end of the light and at the joint where you can twist to a 90 degree angle. I would take it hiking but I'd probably take extra precautions to secure it when in high places. I like the light overall but this is uncharacteristic of Milwaukee tools and bugs me enough to pull a star.The Good* It's LED. I didn't notice any candlepower ratings on it, which surprised me because it seems quite powerful. Definitely more powerful than a large mag-lite. Won't have to replace the bulb and you get more light for the juice.* It's powered by m12 batteries. I've been using them for months now and have been very impressed with their longevity, ability to hold a charge over time and very rapid recharge.* Powerful magnet. Sticks to our fridge which is more plastic than steel and usually requires more than a strongish fridge magnet to hold a piece of paper. It's not a super-lightweight flashlight so this impressed me.* The 90 degree tilt works well in conjunction with being able to stick it to stuff.

This work light appears to be well constructed and sturdy. The light output is quite interesting in that it is adequately bright and focused to provide a 4 foot circle of light at about 5 feet. After 5 feet the light diffuses and spreads out. But what is interesting is that even though the light is diffused after 6 to 8 feet it still illuminates items about 20 feet away. Good for looking at Trees or Rooftops in the dark. The only draw back is the diameter of the flashlight is quite large and hard to hold for smaller hands. I have medium sized hands and find holding the work light little awkward. A benefit is the tilting headlamp. You can stand the light on end and then tilt the head lamp up to 90 degrees to illuminate something. I recommend this work light as a good compromise in functionality versus size.