I bought a generic LED worklight off of Amazon. They are sold under various brand names. It is a battery-powered LED outdoor/shop light that claims to output the equivalent of a 100W work light. But unlike old school light, this work light is internally powered, which offers versatility in it’s placement location.
My initial impressions of the unit when taking it out of the box was that it felt light and cheap plastic. I doubt that it would survive a typical commercial construction site for very long. I did not do a drop test from 1m onto a concrete floor but I doubt the housing or or solar panels would likely not survive the fall intact.
My goal was to determine its usefulness in my home repairs and garage projects. I tested the unit and had difficulty confirming it’s brightness in my DIY flashlight lumen testing rig due to it’s large size. I got a reading of 364 lumens which is far less than the 3000 lumen advertised and a fraction of an old school halogen bulb (100,000 lumens). My naked eye estimate was that it output closer to a 40W.
After fully recharging the unit it ran for 270 minutes with both warm and cold LED lights on. The next day, I placed the unit’s panels in direct sunlight for 6hrs and found it was 2/3 recharged. I was initially dubious of the usefulness of the solar panel but in an emergency situation, the unit could provide lighting for a good +4hrs after spending a day in the sun.
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