On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 9:29:33 PM UTC-5, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 18:55:45 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster wrote:

On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 8:40:59 AM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 7:58:55 AM UTC-4, TimR wrote:
On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 7:13:08 AM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 12:12:27 AM UTC-4, wrote:
Hi,
I must have gone through 6 lightbulbs in the 4days week. Every time my drop light/work lamp accidentally falls on the floor, the bulb doesn't shatter but definitely burns out. Is there a certain type of impact-resistant lightbulb I should be buying for this? I don't see anything like that when I walk through the lighting aisle of the big box stores.
Thanks for any recommendations.
Regards,
Theodore

http://www.bulbs.com/learning/roughservice.aspx

Why do you drop your work light so often? I think you might want to examine your process
and figure out why that keeps happening.

Here's a guess.

(we never get enough information on these so any suggestion is based on a guess)

The work lamp falls because you keep adjusting it to put light on a particular spot. The general area is bright enough, but you need to see that one bolt/connection/wire color etc so you reach for the lamp and you drop it, bump it, put it back on the hook wrong, etc.

And here's the answer: a head lamp. The combination of the work lamp for the area and the head lamp for that bit of light exactly where you need it is ideal. My head lamp (well, three now) is the most useful tool I own; I can't believe I waited so long to buy one.

A couple of years ago I went camping in Maine. Now, I've been camping all my
life and never recall seeing people walking around the campgrounds with head
lamps. However, in this Maine campground, I saw head lamps bopping up and
down all over the place.

It took a few days but I eventually realized that almost all of the people
that used the head lamps were from Canada. When I came home I bought a cheap
version to see if I liked it and was amazed at how convenient it was. I
bought a better version and now use it quite often. I do find it interesting
that it was mainly the Canadians that used them while camping, but I now
do also.

I used headlamps when I was working. First the typet used regular incandescent flashlight bulbs which weren't really all that bright then later, hybrid headlamps then bright LED headlamps then I couldn't fraking work anymore. o_O

[8~{} Uncle Lamp Monster

You were probably wearing it too tight!

If I could walk, I'd be working. I was in home hospice care and I kept working. My nurse yelled at me for not taking it easy then after 6 months of care, showed up for her regular tri-weekly visit and told me I was being dropped from the program because I wasn't dying fast enough. I had actually improved, fooling those doctors who wrote me off. My battery hasn't run down yet but I'm on wheels and frustrated as hell that I can't get up and go when someone calls for my help with something. Dammit! o_O

[8~{} Uncle Frustrated Monster