Flood lantern/working light with stand, adjustable brightness and CCT

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Hi All,

I am looking for an alternative to my right angle headlamp for close range work, I find myself too often try to set my headlamp on surfaces to find the correct angle and brightness for the job at hand. I also want something with more brightness and possible CCT choices.

Main features are:

  • brightness control, or at least 5-6 levels
  • flood and spot
  • built-in charging with 21700 or similar
  • CCT control
  • stand/hook/magnet to adapt to different working conditions
  • weight < 500g

So far the Fenix CL27R or the Nitecore NWL20 seem to check most of these but are a bit pricey. Are there other alternatives I should look at, maybe from more niche brands? I would probably avoid any mule headlamp such as DW4 just because I will still have the problem of not having a proper stand.

Edit: I am located in Europe, just in case some seller don’t ship here

Any suggestion is appreciated!

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This may suit- it fulfils a lot of your requirements. Wuben F5 - The Best Rechargeable LED Camping & Tent Light?

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Thanks! That seems to be pretty good but it has an integrated battery and the stand seems to be flimsy. Have you tried it yourself?

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Fenix CL27R All The Way !

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Yes, I’ve got one.

One of the review sites has pulled one apart - so it’s possible to replace the battery. From memory, they measured the CRI and it was above 90 too. It’s got a tripod socket- so you could fit a mini tripod on the base of it- if the inbuilt flip out stand doesn’t work for you? It can be used as a powerbank, comes with a carabiner hook for hanging it up, has the built in magnet etc.

It’s in a lower price bracket than some of the others mentioned.

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That’s how I got to the Fenix by reading that thread!
Yes the Fenix looks really cool, just twice the price as the other choices such as Sofirn LT1/S or the Astrolux® WL01 also looks interesting and quite cheap.

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Probably they aren’t in the same exact category… !? But you probably know better… !?

I chose Fenix every day of the week and twice on Sunday… !

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There’s no doubt that the rotary dials of the Fenix are really classy!

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There are many ways to find what product fits better and why… ! I prefer my way… !

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I can’t find it now, and it’s possibly discontinued, but there was a machine lamp style light with adjustable gooseneck, which took 3 or 4 18650 cells and had a magnetic base…

At one point Vinh was selling a souped up version, I can’t for the life of me find any record of it on the web, does anyone remember this light?

Edit: just needed a bit more digging on Google, found it! Weltool M3!

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Thanks for looking into that! Unfortunately I really prefer with internal charging. It’s definitely a strange looking lamp but cool concept.

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