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Default Harbor Freight Free Flashlight and Work Light Question

Most of the time here (Rochester, NY 14623 store) they have
red or blue. Last time they had black, which I kind of like.
saturday, they were given out, and the free ones will
restock, Thursday.

I got one of these
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=66308

which is disappointing. Puts a spot on the far wall, instead
of spreading light around. But, I had a coupon. I can also
run it off a small battery and inverter, for light when I
don't have house power.

My old boss used to use 150 watt bulbs in his clamp on lamp
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=98486
which was too bright for me. I'd have to guess that 500
watts is much way extremely too bright. My old fire
department used to use 500 watt lights for night accident
scenes.

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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First, the important question:

When I presented the coupon for the free flashlight, I was
given the
choice of Red or Blue. Just curious...are those the same
colors
offered everywhere?

Second:

I used my most recent 20% off coupon on one of these:

http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...o?itemid=40123

This unit stands just under 4' high and is d*mn bright maybe
too
bright - 500 watts. I can't imagine turning around,
accidentally
looking into these lights and then being able to see for the
next 10
minutes.

I've never used free standing shop lights this bright so I'm
curious -
are they too bright to be practical, unless mounted much
higher than
the 44" stand allows?