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DerbyDad03 DerbyDad03 is offline
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On Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 5:10:40 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Sun, 10 May 2015 10:20:11 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
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Not, it is better in the right circumstances. Chances are you'd not
have the kit in the trunk, but did you ever change a tire in the dark
on a country road with no one to hold a flashlight? Where would you
plug in your lights?

How about a camping trip? On a boat?


Perhaps you missed my point. Each of the attachments can be mounted on the "base" so it can imitate a stationary tool: A drill press, a scroll saw, a table saw and yes, a work light on a pole.

At 0:48 he attaches the flashlight to the battery, stands it up on the workbench and alters the angle to show it's versatility.



No, you missed my point. If you are changing a tire on a dark road,
you sometimes need two hands. Unless you stick the flashlight in your
mouth or up your ass, there is no way to hold it and aim it exactly
where needed. A regular flashlight has to be propped up on a rock or
some sort of makeshift holder. This is the holder.

As you point out at 0:48, --- versatility


At 0:48 the flashlight is used with the battery base which stands up on it's own and then allows the head to be angled at various positions. Tell me why anyone would choose to set up the kit's base and pole instead of just using the battery base flashlight while changing the tire?

Are you saying that you couldn't find a way to position the battery base flashlight to aim the light where you need it? I have more faith in you than that. If you can position one of the lanterns you mentioned in another post, I'm sure that you don't need the kit base and pole to aim the flashlight at that flat.

BTW...if you put the flashlight up your ass I believe it would be pointed in the wrong direction.