I’m Looking for a high CRI floody work light.

[Ace12]

Seems all the work lights I see on the internet are just 6500K COB lights. I'm looking for something in the 4000-5000K range. COB would be fine. Would like a good magnet on it to secure it while I use both hands. Any suggestions?

 

[Hooked on Fenix]

Milwaukee 12 volt 700 lumen magnetic Rover Service and repair floodlight.

 

[aznsx]

Seems all the work lights I see on the internet are just 6500K COB lights. I'm looking for something in the 4000-5000K range. COB would be fine. Would like a good magnet on it to secure it while I use both hands. Any suggestions

Milwaukee 12 volt 700 lumen magnetic Rover Service and repair floodlight.

Not sure I can help much with that right off the top of my head. I will say that some of the most promising looking designs (on paper) I've seen recently were from Fenix, but none specified either CT or CRI, so I would assume those are high and low, respectively.

If I wanted to pick something up today, I'd likely go with the Streamlight Flipmate. It looks like a good design on paper. It apparently has two sets of LEDs, one being 'cool white', and the other '90 CRI', although CT of both are unspecified. There's a fair chance the latter are a low-er CT. It also has an FL1-compliant Impact Rating of 2 meters. It's also a Streamlight, and in my book that's a big 'plus', so there's that.

Edit:

FlipMate® | Rechargeable Work Light | Streamlight®

www.streamlight.com

https://www.streamlight.com/docs/default-source/fact-sheet/268.pdf

https://www.streamlight.com/docs/default-source/data-sheet/flipmate_datasheet.pdf

 

[DaveTheDude]

Would a headlamp work for you? There are numerous floody headlamps available in high CRI configurations...

 

[twistedraven]

Sounds like you want either a Nov-MU or PL09MU from Fireflies. They're mules (pure flood, no focusing optics or reflectors) with E21A arrays. They also have strong tail magnets. The Nov-MU uses 21 E21As, making for a very efficient light, but it's hard to get one these days because of chip shortages. The PL09MU uses 9 E21As in a grid, and is a little cheaper.

Both lights offer the E21A in 4500k R9080 grade CRI (>90 cri, >80 R9).

 

[alohasurftoad]

acebeam PT40, $113 with battery, though...

PT40 Multipurpose Work Flashlight and L-shaped Headlight

PT40 is a multi-functional compact light that integrates work lights, headlamps and EDC. It is designed for campers, construction workers, hiking enthusiasts and other needs for all-round lighting.

www.acebeam.com

lumintop E21C

E21C - Lumintop

E21C is a portable and high-performance dual light sources outdoor flashlight. By adopting a Luminus SST40 LED on the front and four Nichia LEDs on the side, it emits up to 1600 lumens on High and delivers up to 280 meters throw. Built-in USB Type-C rechargeable and discharge function, magnetic...

lumintop.com

streamlight flipmate

FlipMate® | Rechargeable Work Light | Streamlight®

www.streamlight.com

 

[3oni]

What about something like an Emisar D4V2? Adding a magnet to the tailcap is a checkout option, and you can even order a mule by request.

 

[defloyd77]

acebeam PT40, $113 with battery, though...

PT40 Multipurpose Work Flashlight and L-shaped Headlight

PT40 is a multi-functional compact light that integrates work lights, headlamps and EDC. It is designed for campers, construction workers, hiking enthusiasts and other needs for all-round lighting.

www.acebeam.com

lumintop E21C

E21C - Lumintop

E21C is a portable and high-performance dual light sources outdoor flashlight. By adopting a Luminus SST40 LED on the front and four Nichia LEDs on the side, it emits up to 1600 lumens on High and delivers up to 280 meters throw. Built-in USB Type-C rechargeable and discharge function, magnetic...

lumintop.com

streamlight flipmate

FlipMate® | Rechargeable Work Light | Streamlight®

www.streamlight.com

Unfortunately the PT40 really isn't that floody, at least not the SST-20 version. It's still a nice light, but that is quite disappointing.