Finds: Husky’s Tough Brite Lantern
By Sean O'Hara
After spending so much time in the shop lately under and inside vehicles I have come to be very fond of lights. Any kind of extra light that can be brought to bear on a project is aces with me, with extra points for taking a beating. The Husky Tough Brite lantern looks like it’d live up to its name.
This rechargeable lantern is rugged in design — made of tough plastic wrapped in a durable rubber hide that raises its survivability factor in the shop many fold. Another advantage: weather resistance (read: slightly water resistant).
It’s quartz-halogen bulb delivers a “bright beam” according to literature, and its LED area work-light provides up to 70 hours of runtime on a full charge — and won’t need replacing in the lifetime of the unit. The upper quartz-halogen beam provides up to 1 hour of runtime on a full charge and features an exclusive built-in 120 volt AC charger for use with ordinary household extension cord for recharging. The unit also comes with a 12 volt DC vehicle charging cord.
Light is good out in the shop or on a project –especially rugged portable light than you can lug around and stick in dark corners. For under $20, I might have to have one in the near future.
Street Pricing starts at $17.97
Tough Brite Lantern [Husky]
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December 19th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Great design. Amazing amount of illumination for a rechargeable. You press one button to shine the flashlight. In order to leave the light on for hands-free operation, there is another button to lock the flashlight in the ON position. After occasional light-duty use of this flashlight for about 6 months, the hands-free operation button stopped working, so it only operates while holding in the first button, and I cannot set it down with the light on without that lock-on button working. It has a one year warranty, but you have to mail it in at your expense with proof of purchase. I hope I can find my receipt.
September 20th, 2009 at 2:44 am
I have owned this model HSK144 for only 18 months and it will no longer take a charge.
It has been used briefly just a few times and has been fully charged from A/C only four times, each time from nearly dead to full.
I don’t remember what store I bought it at, but it must be out of warrantee.
Any suggestions? Email with subject=Husky to h98res-movingout@yahoo.com